| Rapsta Chik | |
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| Alias(es) | Rapsta Chik, Chiksta (formerly) |
| Hair | Red |
| Age | 33 |
| Occupation | Rapper, singer |
| Location | Springfield |
| Relatives | Mother: Fay Middlestone
Father: Michael Middlestone Half-brother: Zachary Phylson Adopted sister: Amy Middlestone (deceased) Aunt: Kari Campbell (deceased) Ex-husbands: Artie Ziff, Bart Simpson Wife: Rachel Layton Daughters: Lisa Ziff (deceased), Delia Simpson Sons: Ryan Simpson, Bram Simpson |
Amanda Lucille Layton-Middlestone (formerly Ziff and Simpson), known professionally as Rapsta Chik (born 31 May, 1985) is an American-English rapper, singer, actress, and director. She currently resides in Springfield with her three children and her wife Rachel Layton.
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Biography[edit | edit source]
Amanda was born to teenage parents, an American girl named Fay and an English father named Michael. Her parents were forced into marriage due to the pregnancy and they didn't love each other. At the age of 10, Amanda sneaked out to a Tupac concert, and met him. To save their marriage her parents decided to adopt a child (they were unable to conceive as Michael had a vasectomy after Amanda's birth), and together they adopted a girl named Amelia (Amy for short) and Amanda bonded with her instantly. Her mother eventually divorced Michael and had a son named Zachary with her new husband before they reconciled in the early 2000s. At the age of 15, Rapsta came out as bisexual, and at the age of 19 she married former billionare Artie Ziff. When Artie cheated on her, she divorced him in 2008. That same year, she gave birth to her and Artie's stillborn daughter Lisa, a moment that Amanda described as devastating. In 2012 she began a relationship with Bart Simpson, their twin children Delia and Ryan were born in January 2013. They married three days before. They separated in April 2013, but remarried in July. In December 2014 they had their third child, a son named Abraham. Rapsta and Bart split once again up in early 2018 after Bart once again struggled to remain faithful. Since the split, Bart remarried, and Rapsta decided to make her main focus her children and her music. In September 2018, Rapsta confirmed she's changed her legal name back to her maiden name, and so all songwriting credits will now be by Amanda Middlestone. In December 2018, Rapsta confirmed in a statement that she's in a committed relationship with a woman that she had considered a close friend for many years. In February 2020, it was revealed she was dating openly gay singer Rachel Layton and had been for close to two years. On September 19, 2020, Layton and Rapsta confirmed they had gotten married two days earlier, choosing to hyphenate their surnames.
Discography[edit | edit source]
- Main article: Rapsta Chik discography
- Stupid Boys (EP) (2011)
- TGIF Pt. II (2012)
- TGIF Pt. III (EP) (2012)
- TGIF Pt. IV: Last Friday Ever (2013)
- Rapsta Chik: The Truth (EP) (2013)
- Ceramic Doll (2013)
- TGIF Pt 5: Friday Returns (2013)
- TGIF Pt 6 (EP) (2013)
- I Love It (2014)
- TGIF Pt. 7: The Hits (GH) (2014)
- Rapsta Chik (2014)
- SEVEN (2015)
- Woman of the Year (2016)
- Amanda (2018)
- TGIF8 (EP) (2020)
- TGIF9 (EP) (2020)
- TGIF10 (2020)
Tours & Concerts [edit | edit source]
I'm a Rockstar Tour (Young Prince's tour) (guest star) (2013)
TGIF Tour (2013)
2 Days Of Chikmas (2013)
Livin' Life Tour (with Helena Fasesha and Amara) (2014)
We Three Queens Tour (with Helena Fasesha and Amara) (2020)
Filmography[edit | edit source]
Acted Films/Television Shows[edit | edit source]
Elf 2 as Selena Perez (2013)
Guide to Finding a Great Guy (Episode: Date Him or Hate Him) as Valerie (2013)
Internet as various characters (2013)
Black Soul as Toots (2013)
Heart2Heart as Jenny (2014)
The Eyes as Ellie-May Johnson (2014)
LOAP Episode 2: Rapsta Chik (2015) as herself
Soul2Soul (2015) as Jenny
The Eyes: Confrontation as Ellie-May Johnson (2016)
Target Acquired as Aria Shaughnessy (2017)
Directed[edit | edit source]
Heart2Heart (2014)
Soul2Soul (2015)
Gloves (2016)
Television[edit | edit source]
Queen Chanté's Drag Race (2020 - present, main judge (Season 1), alternating judge (Season 2 onwards))
Nora's World (2020 - present, recurring role) as Orisha
