Lil Tecca

Tyler-Justin Anthony Sharpe (born on 26th August 2002), known professionally as Lil Tecca, is an American musician and rapper. The single he released in 2019 "Ransom" was his breakout hit. It reached number 4 in the Billboard Hot 100. This track was part his debut mixtape "We Love You Tecca" (2019) that peaked at number 4 on US Billboard 200. The mixtape also featured the singles Love Me and Did It Again. The album he released as his debut, Virgo world (2020) was released on the Billboard 200 at number 10. It contained the Billboard Hot 100 chart-charting songs "Dolly" as well as "When You Down". His second mixtape, We Love You Tecca 2, was released in August 2021 which included "Repeat It" and "Lot of Me". Tyler-Justin Anthony sharpe was the son of Jamaican immigrants. He was born on August 26 2002, in Queens, New York City. Sharpe was raised in Springfield Gardens a neighborhood of Queens, but later relocated to Cedarhurst in Long Island. From a young age, Sharpe had aspirations of playing in the NBA, but around the age of 12, he turned his attention toward pursuing a career path in music. He attended Lawrence High School. Tecca was just nine years old age when he began to rap on his Xbox. One of their diss tracks was posted to SoundCloud many years ago but was later removed. At beginning, he didn't have intentions to start an aspiring career in music, but instead dreamed of becoming an NBA superstar. He began to pursue music more seriously when dropping his interest in basketball in middle school. His first song that became well-known, "Tectri", was made in collaboration with Lil Gummybear and released in early 2017. The other tracks he has released comprise "Callin" as well as "Tectri". The hit song of his "Ransom," which was first uploaded to Cole Bennett's Lyrical lemonade YouTube channel on May 22, 2019, marked the beginning of the meteoric rise of Tecca. It peaked at number 4 on the Billboard Hot 100 charts and was played over 900,000,000 times on Spotify and more than 300 million times on YouTube.