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Producer Timbaland’s latest protege is an Asian AI pop singer named TaTa Taktumi

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Timbaland's (right) latest protegee is a slight, swaggering pink-haired Asian singer called TaTa Taktumi.

Timbaland's (right) latest protegee is a slight, swaggering pink-haired Asian singer called TaTa Taktumi.

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David Peisner

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NEW YORK – Timbaland has been producing shape-shifting hip-hop, R&B and pop music since the mid-1990s.

He has won four Grammys, created hits with American stars Jay-Z and Justin Timberlake, and been a mentor to artistes including Aaliyah and Missy Elliott.

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