Amy-Elizabeth

Elizabeth Marie Phillips (b. 5th December 1985), better known by her stage name Amy-Elizabeth is a Kuboian rapper, record producer and television presenter who is best known for being a co-presenter for Tiny Vision from 2006 to 2008.

Life
Elizabeth Marie Phillips was born on 5th December 1985 in the Dominion of Kuboia, which was transitioning into an independent Kuboia at the time. Her maternal family is of Belgian heritage, with her maternal grandparents having moved to Jetania after World War II, whilst her father is of English heritage.

Phillips grew up in Fahrbahnin, North Kuboia. Her mother, Amy Valk, died of alcohol poisoning when Phillips was six years old. Since Fahrbahnin had no official school at the time, she attended a private classroom for children that ran three days a week where she was taught basic reading, writing and counting. The group stopped when Phillips was twelve after its funding was pulled. One of her close childhood friends, Samantha Schudel, committed suicide in the spring of 2004, with Phillips being the one to find her body; she says that the event dramatically lowered her self-esteem and optimism.

Shortly before Schudel's death, she and Phillips got into rapping through their hobby of collecting albums. She later met Rodrick Miles at a concert in 2005, who offered her a role as a co-presenter. She started presenting Tiny Vision in January 2006, and continued until it was closed in 2008.

Family
Phillips' maternal grandmother Marie Valk began to help look after Phillips after her mother's death. She praised her grandmother for "helping her through tough times". The two remained closed until Valk's death in late 2011.

From 2007 to 2015, Phillips had an on-again, off-again relationship with Dan Guseo. The two have a daughter called Luckie, who was born in 2009. In April 2015, Guseo revealed that their relationship was "definitely over for good", and that the two had been separated for some time. Although Luckie initially lived with Phillips, she eventually moved to live with Guseo in early 2020; Phillips mentioned that she had done something that "upset" Luckie, and that the two had no contact for nine months, although it was later revealed in February 2021 that the two had reconnected with each other.

Health
After Phillips developed anxiety as a teenager, which prompted her father to send her to a counselling service. In late 2006, she admitted she has suicidal ideation "all the time". Although it did not cause her to become overweight, Phillips gained two stones in weight after developing an eating disorder stating "Around 2005, 2006ish, I went through a phase where I just wanted to eat crisps, fast food and soda all the time. [...] I would basically eat four meals a day. My dad was worried about me when he saw me drink a two-litre of Pepsi in one day."

During the COVID-19 pandemic, Phillips released a series of YouTube videos relating to her mental health state and her attempts to improve it. In April 2020, she revealed that she was diagnosed with bipolar disorder and post-traumatic stress disorder in 2016, and was initially afraid to talk to her family about it. Later in June that year, she revealed that she had spent K20,000 building her own private gym.

In July 2021, Phillips revealed that she had been taking karate lessons.

Studio albums

 * Amy-Elizabeth (2007)

Compilation albums

 * Greatest Hits (2016)

Mixtapes

 * The Biography (2004)
 * The New President (2005)

As lead artist

 * 2006: "Grow Up Girl"
 * 2006: "Within Fahrbahnin Streets" (feat. Dan Guseo)
 * 2006: "I Do" (feat. Ericka Streets)
 * 2007: "Bring It On" (feat. Charlie Karma)
 * 2007: "Set Me Free" (feat. Spy Fandel)
 * 2007: "No Stopping Me Now" (feat. Mayzie Kat)

As featured artist

 * 2005: "Don't Back Down" (Stella C feat. Amy-Elizabeth)
 * 2006: "Go-Go Gospel" (Northern Project feat. Amy-Elizabeth, Kool Teazer and ZD)

Promotional singles

 * 2004: "Amy's Anthem / No Place Like This"