Lil Tecca
Tyler-Justin Anthony Sharpe (born on the
26th of August, 2002) who is professionally referred to as Lil Tecca, is an
American rapper and singer. The rapper gained fame through the release of his
single from 2019 "Ransom" which had a peak at number 4 on the
Billboard Hot 100. The track was also featured on his debut mixtape Love You
Tecca (2019) which reached number 4 on the US Billboard 200. The mixtape also
included the singles "Love Me", "Did It Again" and
"Did It Again". His debut studio album"Virgo World" (2020)
was released at number 10 on the Billboard 200 and included the Billboard Hot
100's top-charting tracks "Dolly" and "When You Down". His
second mixtape We Love You Tecca 2 was released in August 2021. It included the
songs "Repeat It", "Lot of Me" and others. Tyler-Justin
Anthony Sharpe was born on August 26, 2002, in the Queens area in New York City
to Jamaican immigrants. He was raised in the Springfield Gardens a neighborhood
of Queens however, he later moved to Cedarhurst in Long Island. From a young
age, Sharpe had aspirations of being a player in the NBA however, after 12
years old Sharpe shifted his focus to pursuing a career in music. Sharpe
completed his studies at Lawrence High School. Tecca was just nine years old
age when he began rapping on his Xbox. The two would create diss tracks on one
another. One of the tracks was uploaded to SoundCloud some time ago, but the
track has since been deleted. He initially had no plans to pursue a career in
music, but he dreamed of becoming an NBA star. However, in middle school, he
resigned himself to basketball and began to consider taking music more
seriously. The first track that gained some attention, "Tectri", was
made by him and his friend, Lil Gummybear, and it was released in the early
part of 2017. The other tracks that he had in the beginning include
"Callin". A year later, Tecca's career began to grow with his hit
single "Ransom" The track was originally released on Cole Bennett's
Lyrical Lemonade YouTube channel on May 22nd in 2019. It reached the top spot
at 4 in the Billboard Hot 100 charts and has been played over 900 million times
on Spotify and more than 300 million times on YouTube.
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