Velous
Tyler Bryant (born September 11, 1991), better known as his stage name Velous, is an American singer, songwriter, rapper 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".[1][2]
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.[3] He was also in a jazz ensemble in high school.[4]
Career
2011–present: debut mixtape and The Disco
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.[5] The release helped Velous gain attention from Cus Maven, who signed him to Swanky Music Group.[6] 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.[7]
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.[8] In 2015, Velous announced the release of his debut EP, The Disco.
Discography
Extended plays
Mixtapes
Guest appearances
References
- ↑ "Musician’s Corner: Velous Joins French Montana’s Coke Boys". The Vocal Vixen. July 1, 2014. Retrieved March 20, 2015.
- ↑ "News: Velous Signs to French Montana’s "Coke Boys"". That's Dupz. July 29, 2014. Retrieved March 20, 2015.
- ↑ NMB (March 22, 2013). "The Break Presents: Velous". XXL. Retrieved March 19, 2015.
- ↑ Hudson, Tanay (March 4, 2015). "Get To Know Velous, The Producer Behind Kanye West’s ‘All Day’". AllHipHop. Retrieved March 17, 2015.
- ↑ "Velocity The Mixtape - Velous - Listen and discover music at Last.fm". Retrieved March 16, 2015.
- ↑ Pierre, Georgette (March 12, 2013). "Producer/Singer Velous Talks Talking Over the World". KillerBoomBox. Retrieved March 16, 2015.
- ↑ Navjosh (December 29, 2014). "Exclusive: Velous Talks Producing Kanye’s ‘All Day’, Working With Fabolous & Upcoming Solo Project". HipHop-N-More. Retrieved March 23, 2015.
- ↑ Lilah, Rose (July 7, 2014). "French Montana Signs Velous To Coke Boys". Retrieved March 16, 2015.
- ↑ "My new all original release "Velocity The Mixtape" is available for free download at my website velous.com Check Me Out....Dey Know!". Twitter. June 10, 2011. Retrieved March 27, 2015.
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