Tasha Cobbs Leonard

Natasha Tameika "Tasha" Cobbs Leonard (born July 7, 1981) is an American gospel musician and songwriter. She released the extended play "Grace" in 2013 with EMI Gospel (now Motown Gospel). The EP reached No. 61 on the "Billboard" charts. At the 56th Annual Grammy Awards, Cobbs won the Grammy for Best Gospel/Contemporary Christian Music Performance. She has also won 3 Stellar Awards and 3 Dove Awards.
Personal life.
Natasha Tameika Cobbs was born on July 7, 1981, in Jesup, Georgia, to Bishop Fritz Cobbs (1954–2014) and Lady Bertha Cobbs. She started leading worship at Jesup New Life Ministries, founded by her father.
In 2016, Cobbs-Leonard revealed that she had been diagnosed with depression in 2007.
On March 3, 2017, in a private ceremony attended by family and friends, she married Kenneth Leonard, a music producer and her longtime love.
Ministry.
Starting in 2006, Cobbs-Leonard toured America with Pastor William H. Murphy III (of the dReam Center Church in Atlanta, Georgia) for three years. Since then, she has been leading worship at the dReam Center and managing the Worship and Arts department. In 2018, she appeared as herself in the film "Sinners Wanted".
In 2019, Cobbs and her husband, Kenneth, founded The Purpose Place Church in South Carolina, where they serve as co-pastors.
Music career.
She started her solo music career in 2010, with the independently self-released album "Smile". The album got the attention of EMI Gospel (now Motown Gospel), and they released her EP, "Grace", on February 5, 2013. This was listed on two "Billboard" charts: the "Billboard" 200 at No. 61, and at No. 2 on the Top Gospel Albums chart. The EP later reached No. 1 on the Top Gospel Albums chart. The singles "Break Every Chain" and "For Your Glory" also reached No. 1 on the Hot Gospel Songs charts. At the 56th Annual Grammy Awards in 2014, Tasha Cobbs took home Best Gospel/Contemporary Christian Music Performance, winning her first Grammy. Cobbs was awarded the Gospel Artist of the Year, at the 2015 GMA Dove Awards.