Lil Tecca

Tyler-Justin Anthony Sharpe was born August 26 in 2002. He is also known as Lil Tecca. The success of "Ransom," his 2019 single, has helped him become a popular star. His mixtape debut We Love You Tecca (2019) included the track. It reached 4 on the US Billboard 200. It also contained the singles "Love Me" and "Did It Again". The album he released as his debut studio album, Virgo (2020) which debuted at number 10 on the Billboard 200. It also featured the Billboard Hot 100-charting singles "Dolly" & "When You Down". The second mixtape "We Love You Tecca 2", was released in August 2021. It featured "Repeat It" and "Lot of Me". Tyler-Justin Anthony Sharpe is the son of Jamaican immigrants. He was born August 26, 2002 in Queens, New York City. He was raised in the Springfield Gardens a neighborhood of Queens however, he later moved to Cedarhurst in Long Island. From an early age, Sharpe had aspirations of playing in the NBA however, at 12 years old, he turned his attention to pursuing a career in music. Sharpe attended Lawrence High School. When Tecca was just nine years old, he responded to his interest in music by rapping with his buddies using his Xbox. The two would make diss tracks about each other. One was uploaded to SoundCloud in the past, but it was removed. He initially had no plans to pursue a musical career although he did dream of becoming a NBA superstar. He began to pursue music more seriously when having dropped the interest in basketball at the age of middle school. His debut single, "Tectri", which became popular in beginning of 2017, was recorded in collaboration and released by Lil Gummybear. Other preliminary tracks of his include "Callin". A year later, Tecca's career began to flourish with the hit single "Ransom" The track was released on Cole Bennett's Lyrical Lemonade YouTube channel on May 22nd, 2019. The song reached number 4 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. The track has been a hit with more than 900 million Spotify listeners and more than 300 million YouTube views.