Tyga Biography, Age, Height, Weight, Girlfriend, Family, Wiki & More

Tyga’s actual name is Michael Ray Stevenson. He was highly inspired by famous rappers like Cam’ron and Eminem among others. He entered various rap contests with his friends and regularly posted songs which he composed in chat rooms. It was his cousin, the famous rapper of Gym Class Heroes named Travis McCoy who exposed him to music at a young age. He started touring with his cousin’s group. It was McCoy who helped him find his first record deal with Bat Squad records and released his debut album titled No Introduction in 2008.

 

Three singles from that album released and all were critically acclaimed. The remix of his single “Coconut Juice” also featured the verse from superstar rapper, Lil’ Wayne. He launched his first studio album four years after the release of his debut album but a lot of singles and mixtapes kept him in public eye. He during this period collaborated with various veteran artists like Chris Brown on the song called “Deuces” which received a Grammy nomination. His third album “Hotel California” released in 2013 with some mixed reviews and commercially too I couldn’t match the sales of his previous albums. He collaborated with singers and rappers like The Game, 2 Chainz, Wiz Khalifa and Lil Wayne. After his fallout with Lil Wayne’s Young Money Entertainment, he was signed by Kanye West’s Def Jam Recordings. His fifth studio album BitchImTheShit2 was released in 2017. This album was a sequel to his famous mixtape titled #BitchImTheShit.

 

He will be joining the sets of MTV slasher television series Scream for the series’ 3rd season.