She danced with and choreographed the rapper Drake in his much lauded-and much parodied-video for 2015's " Hotline Bling." Rihanna assigned Scott to her ANTI World Tour and she appears in the singer's "Work" video. American Express profiled Scott in a 2015 commercial series. Scott choreographed the videos for Whitney Houston's "I Look to You" and "Million Dollar Bill," Elephant Man's "Pon De River," Nas' "Bridging the Gap," and Amerie's "1 Thing." Scott also serves as the coach for the NBA's Brooklyn Nets Kids Dance Troupe. She also demonstrated dance moves in the Making of We Found Love documentary." Scott took part in Rihanna's Countdown to TTT, a behind-the-scenes documentary that lead up to the Talk That Talk LP's release in November 2011. She worked with the singer during the Rated R, Loud and Talk That Talk albums and choreographed the " What's My Name," " Rude Boy" and " You Da One" videos in addition to choreographing Rihanna's tours. Her body of work, largely influenced by her Jamaican roots, attracted Rihanna's camp as they hired Scott for the Loud Tour, which featured heavy reggae basslines on songs such as " Rude Boy," " What's My Name?" and "Man Down." Scott went on to be the lead choreographer and movement coach behind the singer's “ We Found Love” video.
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Scott later worked with Beyoncé on her " Upgrade U" and "Check on It" videos. In 2003, Vibe magazine's Rob Kenner wrote that Scott's choreography for Sean Paul's "Gimme The Light" video "introduced the latest Jamaican dances to the MTV crowd." The next year, she was nominated for an MTV Video Music Award in the Best Choreography category for Sean Paul's " Like Glue." She was nominated again in 2006 for Sean Paul's "Temperature" and in 2007 for rapper Eve's "Tambourine."Ī 2008 Billboard magazine issue included Scott in its 30 Under 30 list the article noted that Scott was chosen to choreograph Beyoncé's "Baby Boy" video based on her previous work with Sean Paul. She earned her first choreography credit for the Little X-directed video “ Gimme The Light” for Sean Paul and continues as the artist's choreographer and creative director for tours and videos. Director Hype Williams booked Scott as a dancer for various videos early in her career, including a FUBU commercial featuring LL Cool J. Scott auditioned for a backup dancer slot on Mya’s tour and was selected for the gig by Sho-Tyme, the singer’s then-choreographer. While she was enrolled at the University of Windsor on a track scholarship, she joined the local hip-hop dance troupe Do Dat. Her father owned a sound system and that inspired her love of music and movement. Her entry to dance was greatly influenced by her Jamaican roots. Tanisha Scott was born in Toronto, Ontario.
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