Ty Dolla $ign
Apr 10, 2016
Tyrone William Griffin, Jr. better known by his stage name Ty Dolla Sign (stylized as Ty Dolla $ign or Ty$), is an American hip hop and R&B recording artist from Los Angeles, California. He first gained major recognition in 2010, through his appearance on YG's "Toot It and Boot It," which Ty Dolla Sign wrote and produced for Def Jam Recordings. In the summer of 2013, he signed a record deal with Wiz Khalifa's Taylor Gang Records. He is best known for his hit singles "Paranoid", "Or Nah" and "Blasé", as well as writing the hooks to "Loyal", "Post to Be" and "FourFiveSeconds".
While working on his debut album, Ty Dolla Sign appeared on Chris Brown and Tyga's Fan of a Fan: The Album on the second track, titled "Nothin' Like Me", as well as Big Sean's song "Play No Games" off of Dark Sky Paradise. On May 26, 2015, he released his first single for Free TC, titled "Only Right" featuring TeeCee4800, Joe Moses and YG, produced by DJ Mustard. On June 26, 2015, he released his second single for Free TC, titled "Blasé" featuring Future and Rae Sremmurd. The album's fourth single, titled "Saved", which features E-40, peaked at number 83 on the Billboard Hot 100.[33] Ty's album pre-order as well as the third single "When I See Ya" featuring Fetty Wap, became available on September 11, 2015. Ty revealed that on October 13, 2015, exactly one month before his album comes out, he would release a new mixtape Airplane Mode. The album was released on the 13th of November, 2015, via Taylor Gang Records, Atlantic Records & Pu$haz Ink.
On February 26, 2016, Fifth Harmony released the single "Work from Home" featuring Ty Dolla Sign, which so far has peaked at number 10 on the Billboard Hot 100.