Birth name Tyler Bryant Website www.velousmusic.com Years active 2009–present | Name Tyler Bryant Record label Coke Boys Records Role Singer-songwriter | |
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Born September 11, 1991 (age 32) ( 1991-09-11 ) Origin Kingston, New York, United States Occupation(s) singersongwriterrapperrecord producer Labels Swanky Music GroupCoke Boys Records Genres Pop music, Hip hop music, Rhythm and blues Nominations Grammy Award for Best Rap Song Associated acts French Montana, Sean Combs, Vinylz, Chinx, DJ SpinKing Similar People DJ SpinKing, Jeremih, Fabolous, Tyga Profiles | ||
The artist profile series velous
Tyler Bryant (born September 11, 1991), better known as his stage name Velous, is an American rapper, songwriter, singer and record producer from Kingston, New York. He is mostly known for featuring on the song "Adult Swim" by DJ Spinking, and co-producing Kanye West's hit single "All Day", which was Gold-certified in the US and subsequently procured a Grammy nomination for Best Rap Song.
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Early life
Tyler Bryant was born on September 11, 1991 in Kingston, New York. His father, who is now deceased, was a musician. His mother was a singer. When he was eleven, he began rapping after listening to Kanye West's "Through the Wire". He learned how to play the drums, then piano, and started playing the guitar when he was twelve years old. He started getting into production when he was thirteen. He was also in a jazz ensemble in high school.
Career
Velous came up with the his name after someone told him how marvelous his production skills were; the name is "marvelous" minus the "mar". In 2011, he released his debut mixtape, Velocity The Mixtape. The release helped Velous gain attention from Cus Maven, who signed him to Swanky Music Group. Velous met Fabolous through fellow producer Vinylz, who Velous had frequently worked with during the past year. Vinylz and Velous went to Fabolous' studio to check out what he was doing. Velous ended up playing some of his music, which Fabolous liked.The two ended up recording the song "Gone For The Winter" for Fab's album The Young OG Project in 2014.
In 2014, French Montana signed him to his label, Coke Boys Records. Montana spoke about Velous in an interview with the Village Voice: "I love his style. He sings. He raps. He's everything in one." He revealed that Velous also impressed Kanye West. "He came to the studio and played me like 1,000 songs", he said, before adding that Kanye West picked "like two beats" from Velous.
Writing
List of singles written by Velous, showing year released, performing artists and album name
