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Michael Ray Nguyen-StevensonMicheal Ray Stevenson
at California Birth Index. Retrieved on February 4, 2018.
(born November 19, 1989), known professionally as Tyga () (a
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for Thank you God always), is an American rapper. After a number of independent releases, Tyga signed a recording contract with
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,
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and
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in 2008. His major label debut '' Careless World: Rise of the Last King'' was released in 2011 and included the successful singles "
Rack City "Rack City" is a song by American rapper Tyga. First released on December 2, 2011, the song served as the third single from his second studio album, '' Careless World: Rise of the Last King'' (2012). It was produced by Mustard and Mike Free. It r ...
", " Faded" (featuring
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), " Far Away" (featuring
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), " Still Got It" (featuring
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), and "
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". The album's success was followed up with ''
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'' (2013) and '' Fan of a Fan: The Album'' (2015), in collaboration with singer
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. Due to disagreements with Young Money, Tyga's next album, '' The Gold Album: 18th Dynasty'' was released independently on June 23, 2015. The album, executively produced by
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, became his lowest selling album to that point, selling 5,000
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in its first week. After a period of poor sales and mixed reception from previous material, his May 2018 single, "
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" (featuring Offset), peaked at number 8 on the ''
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''
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, being his first
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single since "
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" with
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in 2015. The song would later serve as the lead single for his seventh album ''
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'', which was eventually released in 2019.


Early life

Michael Ray Nguyen-Stevenson was born in
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, on November 19, 1989, and raised there until he "was about 11, 12", before moving to adjacent Gardena. He was born to Jamaican and Vietnamese parents. His mother was born in Vietnam and has the maiden name
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. He grew up listening to
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,
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, Cam'ron and
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among many others. On December 3, 2012, debate arose concerning Tyga's upbringing. Tyga claimed to have been brought up in the low
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area of Compton, but in leaked footage from the unaired
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''Bustas,'' he claimed he grew up in a "well-to-do" home in the Valley, where his parents drove a
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. He also claimed that he attained his nickname from his mother calling him
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. There has been speculation that his claims on the show were satirical and not to be taken seriously. Tyga responded to the video's leak on
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: "When u 14 an ambitious u don't give a fuk about anything. Scripted tv isn't that what we all live for. Hahahaha."


Career


2007–2010: ''No Introduction'' and mixtapes

Tyga's career began with him releasing a multitude of demo tapes and mixtapes. His 2007 debut mixtape, ''Young On Probation'', garnered the attention of fellow California rapper and Gym Class Heroes lead vocalist,
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. Seeing talent in the young artist, McCoy offered him a record deal with the independent label
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(known then as Decaydence Records). Tyga also formed the record label G.E.D. Inc. (Grinding every day, Getting every dollar, or Getting educated daily) around the time, the same imprint that helped launch the career of fellow
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rapper
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, with whom he's worked with early in his career. Tyga also has a ''G.E.D. Inc'' tattoo above his right eyebrow. On June 10, 2008, Tyga released his debut independent album, ''
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'', on
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.(April 7, 2008)
Tyga: No Introduction Album Cover Art
''ProHipHop''. Accessed May 9, 2008.
The album was preceded by the single "
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", featuring McCoy. One of the songs from this album, "Diamond Life", was used in the video games '' Need for Speed: Undercover'' and ''
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'', as well as in the 2009 movie ''
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''. In late 2008, Tyga signed a new record deal with
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's
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, which was a subsidiary of
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at the time. Tyga met Wayne at the 2008 VMA's, performing the remix of
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's "
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". He was first featured on the song "
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" by Young Money soon after signing to the label. He later released the mixtape ''Fan of a Fan'' with singer
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and producers DJ Ill Will and DJ Rockstar. It features other artists such as Bow Wow, Lil Wayne, and
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featured in several tracks. Four tracks ("Holla at Me", "G Shit", "
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" and " Deuces") are also accompanied by music videos. The track "Deuces" was released as the lead single of the mixtape and reached No. 14 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and number 1 on the ''Billboard''
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by August 26, 2010. The track has also been nominated for
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at the 53rd Grammy Awards. The track, among others, was on the track list of Chris Brown's fourth studio album, '' F.A.M.E.''. Tyga also told MTV in an interview that the mixtape's production took just short of a week.


2011–2012: ''Careless World: Rise of the Last King''

''Careless World: Rise of the Last King'' was his second studio album. The album was released on February 21, 2012, on Young Money Entertainment,
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, and
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. ''Careless World: Rise of the Last King'' is a move to the rapping style he featured in the collaboration album ''
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'' rather than the poppy dance element exemplified on his previous effort, ''
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''. Tyga stated that the album shows he has grown up but still relates to the kids. In preparation for the album, Tyga released the mixtape ''#BitchImTheShit'' in December 2011. The first official single, " Far Away", was released on May 17, 2011, and peaked at 86 on the Billboard Hot 100. The second official single, " Still Got It", was released on October 4, 2011, and peaked at 89 on the Billboard Hot 100. The third official single, "
Rack City "Rack City" is a song by American rapper Tyga. First released on December 2, 2011, the song served as the third single from his second studio album, '' Careless World: Rise of the Last King'' (2012). It was produced by Mustard and Mike Free. It r ...
", was released on December 6, 2011. It was originally listed on Tyga's ''Well Done 2'' mixtape, and was added to the album after it gained commercial success. It debuted at number 94 on the Billboard Hot 100, and has peaked at number 8 since then. The fourth official single, " Faded", was released on January 13, 2012. It peaked on the
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at No. 33. Tyga's sixth single, "
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" which features 2 Chainz was released on October 2, 2012, and peaked at No. 79 on the Billboard Hot 100. He has released various mixtapes such as well-acclaimed ''#BitchImTheShit'' and ''
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''. That year Tyga also produced and co-directed (with Justice Young) a multi-
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-nominated crossover adult film, ''Rack City: The XXX Movie'', which starred
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, Jada Fire, Ice La Fox, Sophie Dee,
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, Kristina Rose, London Keyes and Daisy Marie.Steve Javors, "Adult Who's Who: Tyga's Tail", '' AVN Magazine'', Vol. 28/No. 9, Issue 357, September 2012, pp.38-40. He also signed the soundtrack, which includes the hits "Rack City" and "Faded" together with several original songs, and he appeared in the film in a non-sex role.


2012–2013: ''Hotel California''

Tyga's third studio album, ''
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'', was released on April 9, 2013. The first single, " Dope", was released on December 25. The sported a feature from rapper
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. Before the single dropped Tyga released a nine-track mixtape under the name 187. ''187'' the mixtape was released on November 30, 2012. It features remixes to songs such as 2 Chainz's " I'm Different",
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's " Young & Gettin' It" and
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's "
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", among others and new material. On episode three of Tyga's tour vlog Tyga confirmed four features on the upcoming album, including
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,
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,
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, and
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. Tyga performed at Harvard University's Yardfest in the Spring of 2013, despite opposition from critics who've signed a petition seeking to keep him away over what they call his "violently
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lyrics". At this time, Tyga collaborated with singer Sabi on her song "Cali Love". ''Hotel California'' was released on April 9, 2013. The album featured guest appearances from Lil Wayne, Chris Brown, Rick Ross, 2 Chainz,
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, Wiz Khalifa,
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and
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. Along with
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by
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,
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,
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,
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, Mars of 1500 or Nothin',
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, and
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among others. The album was supported by three official singles — " Dope" which features Rick Ross, " For the Road" featuring Chris Brown, and "
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" featuring Future, along with the promotional single " Molly". The album was met with generally mixed reviews from music critics. It also was less successful than his debut album commercially, debuting at number seven on the U.S. ''Billboard'' 200 with first-week sales of 54,000 copies in the United States.


2013–2015: ''The Gold Album: 18th Dynasty''

On August 27, 2013, Tyga released a new single with DJ Mustard, "Throw It Up". It was also revealed that he was working on two new mixtapes, ''Black Thought 3'' and ''Well Done 4'', as well as ''The Gold Album''. On October 21, 2013, Tyga premiered "
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" featuring
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. It was released to
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the following day. He then confirmed that an album would be released in early 2014. He also explained that the album would, be more "way less commercial". He also said "I felt like ''Hotel California'' was more commercial and I made more radio-type records. This album is straight rap." Then on April 9, 2014, Tyga released a song called " Hookah" which features the rapper
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. On May 1, 2014, Tyga made a tweet referring to
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, Mike Dean, and his own producer Jess Jackson with a hash-tag The Gold Album. Kanye West served as the executive producer for the album, which was slated for release on November 18, 2014. Tyga was also featured on
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's single " Loyal", he was featured on the video version, the song since then peaked at number nine on the US Billboard Hot 100. On May 28, 2014, Tyga released a new song entitled "''Real Deal''" via
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. "Real Deal" was later released on
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on August 1, 2014. On September 12, 2014, Tyga announced via his
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that his new single titled " 40 Mill" would be produced by
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, Mike Dean, Dupri and his own producer Jess Jackson, artwork, The release date was not revealed though. The album was set to have features from
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,
Young Thug Jeffery Lamar Williams (born August 16, 1991), known professionally as Young Thug, is an American rapper, singer, and songwriter. He is considered to be an influential figure of his generation, with his music impacting the modern sound of hip ...
,
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,
Chris Brown Christopher Maurice Brown (born May 5, 1989) is an American singer, songwriter, dancer, and actor. According to '' Billboard'', Brown is one of the most successful R&B singers of his generation, having often been referred to by many contempo ...
, and
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. Tyga criticized Drake in an October 2014 interview, calling Drake "fake" and said that he did not like
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. On October 21, 2014, Tyga lashed out on his record label Young Money Entertainment, reporting that his album was completed, but that his music was being "held hostage" by the label, who would not allow him to release it, and stated that he was considering leaking the album. On December 4, 2014, Tyga made a tweet declaring his project, '' The Gold Album: 18th Dynasty'' would be released independently due to not being on good terms with label
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. In February 2015, Tyga released a collaborative album with Chris Brown, titled " Fan of a Fan: The Album. Supported by the #21 peaking ''Billboard'' single "
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", the album peaked at No. 7 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 200 and featured guest appearances from
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, T.I.,
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, Wale,
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,
Schoolboy Q Quincy Matthew Hanley (born October 26, 1986), better known by his stage name Schoolboy Q (stylized as ScHoolboy Q), is an American rapper. In 2009, Hanley signed to Carson-based independent record label Top Dawg Entertainment (TDE) and in late ...
,
Boosie Badazz Torence Ivy Hatch (born November 14, 1982), better known by his stage name Boosie BadAzz or simply Boosie (formerly Lil Boosie), is an American rapper. Hatch began rapping in the 1990s as a member of the hip hop collective Concentration Camp, ev ...
, and
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. On June 23, 2015, Tyga released ''The Gold Album'' for streaming exclusively on
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then later on
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. The album became his worst selling album to date, selling roughly 2,000 units on its opening week. His reality show ''
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'' premiered on July 24, 2015, on
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.


2016–2017: Signing to GOOD Music and ''BitchImTheShit2''

On September 7, 2016, Kanye West, who, like Tyga, was in a relationship to a
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at the time, announced that he had signed Tyga to his
GOOD Music GOOD Music (also known simply as GOOD, stylized as G.O.O.D. Music; a backronym for Getting Out Our Dreams) is an American record label founded by rapper Kanye West in 2004. The label signed an exclusive long-term worldwide label agreement with t ...
imprint, under the aegis of
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. On July 17, 2017, it was announced that Tyga will join as a series regular in the third season of the VH1 slasher television series ''
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''. He starred in the role of Jamal Elliot. The season premiered on July 8, 2019. On July 21, 2017, Tyga released his fifth studio album, ''
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'', the sequel to his 2011 mixtape ''#BitchImTheShit''.


2018–present: ''Kyoto'', commercial resurgence and ''Legendary''

On February 16, 2018, Tyga released his sixth studio album, ''
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''. The album was panned by critics and sold poorly, becoming his first album to fail to chart anywhere. On May 16, 2018, Tyga released the single "
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" featuring Offset of
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. The song was a hit, becoming one of the biggest songs of summer 2018 and peaking at number 8 on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100. It marked Tyga's first entry on the Hot 100 in three years, since 2015's Ride Out, and is certified 4x
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by the
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(RIAA). The song is considered the catalyst for Tyga's return to the mainstream music spotlight after almost 5 years of poor sales and negative reviews, being considered his "comeback" record. Following the success of "Taste", Tyga released a number of other singles throughout the latter of 2018, beginning with "Swish", which was certified
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, and later released " Dip" featuring
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, which was certified platinum. He was also featured on
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's platinum single, "
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". Tyga's seventh album ''
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'' was released in June 2019. In 2019, YG released the single " Go Loko", which featured Tyga. He stated, "We wanted to do something different to kinda try to bring all Latins together" and "Even YG could tell you, he grew up around all Mexicans, so we really wanted to do something to give back to the culture." In July 2020, Tyga partnered with businessman
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to launch a virtual kitchen brand called Tyga Bites, which uses existing restaurants' kitchens to produce branded menu items such as boneless chicken wings for delivery service only. In 2021, Tyga competed on the sixth season of ''
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'' as "Dalmatian". He was the first of Group B to be eliminated.


Personal life

Tyga met
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on October 5, 2011, at The F.A.M.E Tour After Party with Chris Brown at King of Diamonds in
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. Blac Chyna became Tyga's leading lady in his "
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" music video. They became an official couple on November 9, 2011, and posed for the cover of ''Urban Ink'' magazine in March 2012. On October 16, 2012, their son was born; and Tyga purchased a $6.5 million mansion in
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went viral a few days after her 18th birthday. The couple split in April 2017. Tyga also dated British social media celebrity,
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, for a short while in 2016. In October 2021, Tyga was arrested by police over domestic abuse charges.


Robbery

In June 2008, Tyga was robbed of his jewelry by unknown assailants. A pair of diamond chains would end up in the hands of local rapper 40 Glocc, who showed them off in an online video. Tyga would eventually admit to the robbery, but said 40 Glocc wasn't behind it. "Some niggas seen me and ran up on me with a little burner... I guess 40 Glocc's peoples robbed the peoples that got me, and then hopped on
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, talking about they robbed me."


Legal issues

In late 2012, Tyga was sued by two women who appeared in the "
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" video for $10 million each; they claimed he had shown their nipples without their consent. They were assured that this would be edited out and the unedited version would not be released, but Tyga proceeded to release a fully unedited version. On September 21, 2013, another woman from the video sued Tyga for sexual battery, fraud, invasion of privacy, and infliction of emotional distress. She claims, like the two other women who have filed suit against him, that she was convinced to dance topless and assured her breasts would be edited out. On September 4, 2013, it was reported Tyga had been sued by
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-based jeweler Jason for allegedly not paying for roughly $91,000 worth of jewelry. Jason claims that Tyga agreed to pay $28,275 for the jeweler's diamond pantheon watch in August 2012 and that he borrowed a $63,000 diamond Cuban link chain in December 2012 and never returned the item, so he sued Tyga for the cost of both pieces, plus late fees, which totaled up to $185,306.50 in damages, double the original total cost. Tyga fell ill before the interrogation of this debt and was considered not able to proceed. He also did not bring the documents he was supposed to, however, he paid $100,000 of the $200,000 owed to his client. In June 2015, a judge ordered Tyga to pay an $80,000 settlement to a former landlord, who rented a home to the rapper in the city of Calabasas, California. It was the second ruling in the case, following a judgement in May 2015, in which he was ordered to pay $90,000, though the debt was never paid. In September 2015, the state of California placed a
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on Tyga for $19,000 in unpaid taxes. On his birthday, he was given a lawsuit in 2016.


Discography

Studio albums * ''
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'' (2008) * '' Careless World: Rise of the Last King'' (2012) * ''
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'' (2013) * '' The Gold Album: 18th Dynasty'' (2015) * ''
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'' (2017) * ''
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'' (2018) * ''
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'' (2019) Collaborative albums *'' Fan of a Fan: The Album'' (2015)


Tours


Opening act

*
Between the Sheets Tour The Between The Sheets Tour was a co-headlining concert tour by American recording artists Chris Brown and Trey Songz, along with rapper Tyga supporting, in support of their sixth studio albums '' X'' and '' Trigga'', respectively. The tour bega ...
(2015)


Filmography


Awards and nominations


References


External links

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