Background
Tigist was born and raised in Chagni, a small town in northwestern Ethiopia.
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She was the sister of singer Gigi. She was one of ten siblings, born into a family of coffee farmers that relied on the local river for their harvest. Their father had initially forbidden Gigi from becoming an entertainer.
Tigist died at the age of twenty-eight in Bahar Dar, Ethiopia where she is said to have traveled on a spiritual journey shortly after she finished recording with Bole2Harlem.
Details regarding the circumstances surrounding her death never emerged, including the exact date of her death. She was buried in Chagni, Ethiopia, the town where she was born, among family.
