Tyga

Tyga has had a number of affairs. His first relationship was with Kiely Williams in 2006 followed by a brief stint with Chanel Iman in 2009.

Tyga has a son, King Cairo Stevenson, with Blac Chyna, who appeared in his video ‘Rack City’. Cairo was born in October 2012, after which the couple got engaged and moved to a mansion in Calabasas, California. However, the relationship broke up in 2014 and both moved on their separate ways.

It did not take him long to start dating reality star Kylie Jenner, the youngest scion of the Kardashian dynasty, in 2014. Their on and off relationship went sour and ended in 2017 due to a considerable age difference between the two. Kylie was just 16 when they started dating while he was way beyond 20.

Micheal was born on November 19, 1989 in Compton, California, where he lived with his Vietnamese and Jamaican parents till the age of 11, after which they moved to Gardena, California.

It is said that he got his nick name, Tyga, from his mother calling him Tiger Woods. It also stands for ’Thank You God Always’. He claims to have been brought up in the low socioeconomic area of Compton, though there is some footage of his parents moving around in expensive cars and living a lavish lifestyle. Tyga has been satirical about his upbringing.

His cousin, Travis McCoy, was a member of Gym Class Heroes who introduced Tyga to music and rap in particular. He was influenced by Fabolous, Eminem, Cam’ron and other rappers that motivated him to enter local rap contests with his friends from school. They also posted songs made by them on online chat rooms and became popular.

After the success of his 2007 debut mixtape ‘Young On Probation’, Tyga signed a recording deal with Lil Wayne’s ‘Young Money Entertainment’. The track ‘Deuces’, which he performed with Chris Brown and Kevin McCall, was released as a debut single which reached number 14 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number 1 on the Billboard Hot R&B / Hip Hop Songs list. The number went on to receive a Grammy nomination for Best Rap / Sung Collaboration.

Courtesy his cousin MacCoy, he toured with Gym Class Heroes and made his first independent album, ‘No Introduction’ which was released by Decaydance Records in 2008. His song ‘Diamond Life’ featured in the movie ‘Fighting’ as well as the video games ‘Need for Speed: Undercover’ and ‘Madden NFL 2009’.

Before he made his first studio album, ‘Thank God Always’ he made a number of mixtapes and singles that kept him in the public eye. By then he had established himself and was recording for Young Money Entertainment, Cash Money Records and Republic Records.

After his initial success with Money Entertainment he collaborated with big names like Rick Ross, Chris Brown, Bow Wow and others to make a splash on the music scene. He signed up with Kenye West’s Good Music Imprint to start a new chapter of his music career.

Tyga’s style transformed with the release of his Young Money debut album, ‘Careless World: Rise of the Last King’ in 2012. It contained a snippet of Martin Luther King Jr’s ‘I Have a Dream’ speech that had to be removed before the album was released. The album reached number 4 on the US Billboard Top 200 and featured guest artists like T-Pain, Pharrell, Nas, Robin Thicke and J Cole.

His major label debut ‘Careless World: Rise of the Last King’ (2012) includes the hit singles ‘Rack City’, ‘Faded’, ‘Far Away’ ‘Still Got It’ and ‘Make It Nasty’.

His other albums are ‘No Introduction’, ‘Hotel California’ and ‘Fan of a Fan’ with Chris Brown.