Tyga
Sign in to saveMicheal Ray Stevenson (born November 19, 1989), known professionally as Tyga (; a backronym for Thank You God Always), is an American rapper, singer, and actor. After several independent releases, he signed a recording contract with Lil Wayne's Young Money Entertainment, an imprint of Cash Money Records and Republic Records in 2008. His second album and major label debut, Careless World: Rise of the Last King (2012), peaked at number four on the Billboard 200, received platinum certification by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), and was met with critical praise. It spawned t
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- 1989
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- Kyoto
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Acting · Compton, California, USA
Michael Ray Stevenson (born November 19, 1989), known professionally as Tyga, is an American rapper, songwriter and actor. He is half-Jamaican and half-Vietnamese.
Known for
- A GRAMMY Salute to 50 Years of Hip-Hop — Self2023
- The Masked Singer — Dalmatian2019
- All That — Self - Musical Guest2019
- Once Upon a Time in Venice — Salvatore2017
- Barbershop: The Next Cut — Whack MC / Yummy2016
- Boo! A Madea Halloween — Himself2016
- Kocktails With Khloé — Self2016
- Dope — De'Andre2015
- November Rule — Himself2015
- The Game: The Documentary 2 — Self2015
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Micheal Ray Stevenson (born November 19, 1989 in Compton, California), better known by his stage name Tyga, is an American hip hop artist signed to Lil Wayne's Young Money Entertainment and Decaydance. He is of Vietnamese and Jamaican descent. He is the cousin of Travis McCoy, lead vocalist of the group Gym Class Heroes. In 2006 he released his first mixtape, Young on Probation, and released his debut studio album, No Introduction, in 2008. He has since released a further mixtapes <a href="ht
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- Micheal Ray Stevenson
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- Compton, California, U.S.
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- 2004–present
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- Gardena, California, U.S.
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- solo_singer
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- Born
- 19 November 1989
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Stevenson
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Compton
- Occupation
- musician
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Genre
- pop rap
- Instrument
- voice
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17 sectionsContents
- Early life
- Career
- 2007–2010: ''No Introduction'' and mixtapes
- 2011–2012: ''Careless World: Rise of the Last King''
- 2012–2013: ''Hotel California''
- 2013–2015: ''The Gold Album: 18th Dynasty''
- 2016–2017: Signing to GOOD Music and ''BitchImTheShit2''
- 2018–present: ''Kyoto'', commercial resurgence, ''Legendary'' and ''NSFW''
- Personal life
- Robbery
- Legal issues
- Discography
- Tours
- Filmography
- Awards and nominations
- References
- External links
Micheal Ray Stevenson (born November 19, 1989), known professionally as Tyga (; a backronym for Thank You God Always), is an American rapper, singer, and actor. After several independent releases, he signed a recording contract with Lil Wayne's Young Money Entertainment, an imprint of Cash Money Records and Republic Records in 2008. His second album and major label debut, Careless World: Rise of the Last King (2012), peaked at number four on the Billboard 200, received platinum certification by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), and was met with critical praise. It spawned the Billboard Hot 100-top ten single "Rack City", as well as the top 40 single "Faded" (featuring Lil Wayne). His third album, Hotel California (2013), was met with trailing critical and commercial response, along with his collaborative album with singer Chris Brown, Fan of a Fan: The Album (2015).
Due to disagreements with Young Money, Tyga's fourth album, The Gold Album: 18th Dynasty (2015), was released independently. Executive-produced by his then-common law relative Kanye West, it became his lowest-selling album to that point with estimated sales of 5,000 album equivalent units in its first week. His fifth and sixth albums, BitchImTheShit2 (2017) and Kyoto (2018), were both met with continued stagnation. His May 2018 single, "Taste" (featuring Offset), marked a brief period of commercial resurgence; it became his first top 40 single since 2015's "Ayo" (with Chris Brown)—peaking at number eight on the Billboard Hot 100—and received diamond certification by the RIAA. It served as lead single and preceded the release of his seventh album, Legendary (2019).
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