Lil Tecca

Tyler-Justin Anthony Sharpe (born on the 26th of August, 2002) is known as Lil Tecca, is an American musician and rapper. His 2019 single "Ransom" was his breakthrough hit. It reached number 4 on the Billboard Hot 100. The single was released as part of his debut mixtape "We Love You Tecca" (2019) that peaked at the top spot on the US Billboard 200. The mixtape also included singles "Love Me", "Did It Again" and "Did It Again". The debut album of his studio called Virgo World (2020) was released at #10 on the Billboard 200 and included the Billboard Hot 100-charting songs "Dolly" as well as "When You Down". The second mixtape, We Love You Tecca 2, was released in August 2021 . It included "Repeat It" and "Lot of Me". Tyler-Justin Anthony Sharpe was a child 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 and later moved to Cedarhurst in Long Island. Sharpe was always hoping to join the NBA as a youngster however, when he was 12 Sharpe decided to pursue his career in music. Sharpe attended Lawrence High School. When Tecca was nine years old, he adapted to his passion for music by rapping along with his friends over his mic on his Xbox. The two would create diss tracks on one another. One of them was uploaded on SoundCloud some time ago, but it was later removed. When he was a child in high school, he had no plans to pursue an income in music, and instead dreamed of becoming an NBA star. When he was in middle school However, he began to become bored with basketball and began taking music seriously. His first single, "Tectri", which was a hit in spring of 2017 was produced with the help of Lil Gummybear. He also released "Callin", another of his early songs. Tecca's career exploded a year later with the hit single "Ransom" that was released to Cole Bennett's Lyrical Lemonade YouTube channel in May 22nd, 2019. The song reached number 4 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. The track has had more than 990 million Spotify listeners and more than 300 million YouTube views.