Micheal Ray Stevenson (born November 19, 1989 in Compton, California), known by his stage name, Tyga, is an American rapper, singer and songwriter.Tyga is signed to Young Money Entertainment, Cash Money Records and Universal Republic. He is of Vietnamese and Jamaican descent. Jan 10, 2012 Watch the official music video for 'Rack City' performed by Tyga Music video by Tyga performing Rack City. (C) 2011 Cash Money Records Inc. #Tyga #RackCity #Vevo #HipHop #OfficialMusicVideo. Oct 1, 2018 - Tyga lives by two rules, he says, adjusting his $188,000 Goyard neckpiece. 1 is, 'Don't listen to anybody.' “No one cares, bro. Tyga, Soundtrack: Logan. Tyga was born on November 19, 1989 in Compton, California, USA as Micheal Ray Stevenson. He is an actor and composer, known for Logan (2017), Fighting (2009) and Keanu (2016). Over the weekend, a video of Tyga being forcefully removed from Floyd Mayweather's Los Angeles birthday party surfaced on the internet, and the reason for his removal was unclear. Tyga lives by two rules, he says, adjusting his $188,000 Goyard neckpiece. “No. 1 is, ‘Don’t listen to anybody.’” The other? “No one cares, bro.” To the divisive rapper’s haters, his erratic moves earn him splashy headlines rather than big numbers. But if you’re Team Tyga, he’s a maverick. “I go off feeling,” he continues. “Sometimes it has worked for me. Sometimes it hasn't. In this case, I guess it worked.” Tyga is referring to his late-summer hit, “Taste,” featuring Migos’ Offset, which has peaked at No. 8 on the Billboard Hot 100. It’s the biggest of several recent wins for the 28-year-old rapper born Micheal Ray Stevenson: solo single “Swish,” which peaked at No. 44 on the R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay chart, and a guest spot on Iggy Azalea’s Hot 100-cracking comeback, “Kream.” The peak comes just six months after an all-time low in his decadelong career. His February album, Kyoto, a foray into introspective R&B, debuted with just 1,000 units sold, according to Nielsen Music. Yet suddenly he’s matching the success of his 2012 breakthrough earworm, “Rack City,” which peaked at No. 2 on Hot Rap Songs. Speaking in his native Compton, Calif., drawl on the patio of a glitzy Hollywood restaurant in late August, the rapper shares another rule: “I’m a guy you can never count out.” Slouched in his seat wearing track pants, he doesn't say this with the air of an egotistical star determined to shut down the haters. Instead, he’s relaxed, even indifferent. Tyga’s music is often eclipsed by TMZ coverage, of lawsuits alleging he owes money everywhere; baby-mama drama with model Blac Chyna; and every nanosecond of his relationship with ex Kylie Jenner. He has also made some distracting artistic choices, like directing a “Rack City”-themed porno, and launching a 2015 MTV reality show in which, among other oddities, Chris Brown spray-paints a mural in Tyga’s son’s room. Even when he tried to take control of his story with Kyoto, the album got less attention for its hazy, pining, Auto-crooned songs than it did for its lewd cover art: a nude tiger-woman on all fours. Tyga admits that his path has been rocky -- “I’ll get success, gain momentum, then lose it, get it again, lose it” -- but refuses to acknowledge any regrets. “If you fuck up, you got to get back up,” he says. “That’s it. Nothing to it.” Tyga’s latest songs are summer jams with video treatments that recall the Jiggy Era: cars, blunts, jewels and pools full of models. He insists the about-face isn't a strategic rebound attempt -- that ’96 to ’05 is his inspirational rap “golden era” (“Swish” even interpolates vintage Juvenile and David Banner lyrics). But also, he admits, “I know what people want from me. There’s too much going on in the world, and life is too short. Everybody has to have fun, and I’ma supply that background music for you.” Tyga AgePausing periodically to check his phone, Tyga openly wonders about his underdog status. He proposes a few reasons for his meandering career path -- mistakes he made while young and naive, working with the wrong teams over the years, having “control issues” in general. After hustling his way into an unofficial spot in cousin Travie McCoy’s Gym Class Heroes, he then rapped over a Fall Out Boy song at the 2007 MTV Video Music Awards alongside Lil Wayne. The Young Money CEO signed and mentored Tyga through his early days. He has since worked with Young Thug, had an album produced by Kanye West and even scored a supporting role in Barbershop 3. When Tyga’s on top, it all feels like something of a rolling redemption narrative, on loop. “I don’t look for the pat on the back. Hopefully the universe sees that and blesses me, which I feel like is kind of happening.. which is weird,” he says. But he mostly seems energized that, as he puts it, “I haven’t even reached what I know I’m capable of yet.” Even with his recent hot streak, Tyga is vague about capitalizing on it with a new project. He has been independent since 2015 and is strategizing future business moves. He’s A&R’ing other artists -- he says he personally pitched Azalea on the “Kream” beat. He’s also suing former label Young Money and Bryan “Birdman” Williams’ Cash Money for $10 million in unpaid dues stemming from financial issues with the label. Still, Tyga insists, it hasn't caused a rift with Wayne: “He is one of the greatest to ever do it, and I’ll always voice that.” On his L.A. Leakers freestyle in early August, Tyga kicked things off by declaring, “N---as know I broke the curse.” It could be a reference to the “Kardashian Curse,” which consigns any man who dates a member of the famous family to a life of bad luck. Or, it could be about Kyoto. When asked what he meant, he explains: “Anybody that has doubted me, held me back, tried to block me behind the scenes or spread negative energy or stories on me.. whoever try to curse me, it doesn't matter: The curse is broken.” For now, at least. “Tyga…. TYGA? TYGA???” Soulja Boy’s recent interview on New York radio show “The Breakfast Club” included this meme-worthy line. Barely 24 hours after sitting down with Power 105.1 hosts DJ Envy, Angela Yee and Charlamagne Tha God, the clip has logged over 4 million views, roughly the same amount of followers Soulja has on Instagram. Among the jaw-dropping highlights of the hour-long interview was Soulja’s claim that Drake stole his “drip for years.” A post shared by Soulja Boy (Drako) SODMG (@souljaboy) on “Drake? DRAKE?? The n—a that got bodied by Pusha T? The n—a that was hiding his kid from the world, but the world wasn’t hiding from the kid? Aubrey Graham in a wheelchair… Drake? Y’all better stop playing with me. Stop playing like I ain’t teach Drake everything he knows.” Angela Yee, the female co-host on “The Breakfast Club,” tells Variety: “Before he came on the show, he was on his Instagram Live already turned up! So I knew he was going to [give] a memorable interview.” As for what got the biggest reaction from the show listeners (“The Breakfast Club” is syndicated by Premiere Networks to 90 markets and is simulcast on Revolt): “When he jumped out of his seat at the mention of Drake’s name as the biggest artist in the world,” says Yee. “Just even the way he said Drake’s name and called him Aubrey will live on forever.” At one point, Soulja broke into song, asking the hosts: “Y’all ain’t hear Drake’s first song? Tell me what’s really going on Drizzy Drake back in this thing already, what’s happenin’?” The implication: that Drake copied Soulja’s flow from his own record, “What’s Happenin’,” on Drake’s 2010 single “Miss Me” featuring Lil Wayne. Said Soulja: “That’s my bar! He copied my whole f—ing flow! Word for word, bar for bar. Don’t act like I didn’t make Drake, n—a. Don’t do that.” The conversation then segued to the topic of who had the biggest comeback of 2018 — which Charlamagne Tha God defines as a return to the charts with a massive hit. Someone like, say, Tyga. Soulja didn’t hold back, exclaiming: “TYGA? This n—a sitting right here talking about Tyga? The n—a that lost to Travis Scott? Psp iso. … He had the biggest comeback? Because what, he did a record with Nicki Minaj?” Charlamagne was referencing “Taste” with Offset, which Tyga is well-aware gives him the lead. Taking to his 5.4 million followers on Twitter, the Los Angeles rapper posts a side by side snapshot of both artists’ streaming numbers on Spotify, comparing Tyga’s 884 million to Soulja’s 98 million in 2018. Who had the biggest comeback?! ??? pic.twitter.com/bWS2mMZ5B4 — T-Raww (@Tyga) January 17, 2019 Paying little mind, Soulja Boy reminded listeners of his biggest hits — “Crank That,” “Turn My Swag On,” “Kiss Me Thru The Phone,” “Pretty Boy Swag” — each of which have gone either Platinum or Diamond. While it’s crazy to think this is the first time Young Drako visited the morning show at Power 105 in the eight years since its inception, Soulja details how he had to take the bullets for this new generation of rap. I HAD THE BIGGEST COMEBACK OF 2018! — Soulja Boy (Young Drako) ??? (@souljaboy) January 17, 2019 “I had the biggest comeback of 2018 period. When I say comeback, I’m not meaning I fell back and had to get back on — 2016, 2017, I got into all them problems with the Migos, Chris Brown, Shia LaBeouf, this person that person, and I was presented in a way that people counted me out.” (Many of those past beefs have been resolved, he revealed, though not his latest spat with Famous Dex on Instagram Live.) Blac Chyna“They laughed at me!,” he continued. “They said I killed hip-hop, and now they’re doing exactly what I did and I’m being shunned upon. I’m the reason y’all doing this. I’m the reason why all these artists have social media. Y’all should thank me. Every artist in the game, all y’all record labels, y’all owe me 5% bro. Y’all gon’ respect it. Y’all ain’t gotta like me. I ain’t did nothing to nobody my whole career but try to help people and make fun music, and be this happy young kid.” Offers Yee: “For the people who didn’t think Soulja Boy influenced so many other artists, their minds were definitely blown.” Tyga InstagramBut don’t cry for Soulja. Making good use of his time on-air, he plugged his own video game console, SouljaWatch, which he boasts has been making him a lot of money.
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