Lil Tecca

Tyler-Justin Anthony Sharpe, born August 26, 2002 is an American musician and singer. He gained mainstream recognition with the release of his 2019 single "Ransom" that reached number 4 on the Billboard Hot 100. The single was released as part of the mixtape he released in his debut "We Love You Tecca" (2019) that peaked at number 4 on US Billboard 200. The mixtape also contained the singles Love Me and Did It Again. The debut album of his studio,"Virgo" (2020) it debuted at Number 10 on the Billboard 200. It also featured the Billboard Hot 100-charting singles "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 many more. Tyler-Justin Anthony Sharpe was born 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 which he later moved to Cedarhurst in Long Island. Sharpe had always wanted to join the NBA as a youngster however, at the age of 12 he decided to pursue a career in music. Sharpe attended Lawrence High School. Tecca at the age of nine at the time, was rapping with his classmates with his Xbox to record. The two would sometimes make diss tracks about one another. One of the tracks was uploaded to SoundCloud years back, but it was removed. The singer initially didn't intend to pursue a musical career and he envisioned becoming a NBA star. He began to take music more seriously after he dropped his interest in basketball when he was in middle school. The first single he released, "Tectri", which has gained some attention in spring of 2017 was produced with Lil Gummybear and released in collaboration. Lil Gummybear. Other preliminary tracks of his include "Callin". His smash hit single "Ransom," which was first uploaded to Cole Bennett's Lyrical lemonade YouTube channel on May 22 2019 started Tecca's meteoric rise. The track reached number 4 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and has received more than 990 million views on Spotify and over 300 million views on YouTube.