US superstar in the making TYGA announces UK tour
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CASH MONEY’s NEXT BIG THING
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US superstar in the making Tyga, whose number 1 monster hit “Rack City” introduced him as the latest superstar to emerge from Cash Money Records, the red-hot hip hop label and home to Lil Wayne, Drake & Nicki Minaj, has announced his first UK tour in support of his recently released debut album ”Careless World : Rise Of The Last King”. The album, which stormed in at number 1 on the US iTunes chart, includes “Rack City” one of the biggest tracks of the year so far with well over 1 million downloads sold to date. Tyga, whose cousin is Travie McCoy from Gym Class Heroes, is joined on ”Careless World : Rise Of The Last King” by a stellar cast including Nicki Minaj, Lil Wayne, Chris Brown, Big Sean and J Cole.
The full list of UK dates is as follows :
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23rd London Indigo2
24th Manchester Ritz
25th Birmingham HMV Institute
26th Glasgow ABC
28th Bristol Academy
Tickets go on general sale from 9am on Friday 23rd March at www.aeglive.co.uk/artists/TYGA
Born in Compton 1989 Michael Stevenson - the same town as Hip Hop Legends Dr Dre, NWA, The Game & more, Tyga first came to prominence as one of the featured artists on the Young Money collective’s top 10 UK smash ‘Bedrock’ as well as the massive street track ‘Roger That’. He has also featured on Chris Brown’s hit ‘Deuces’, has over 4 million fans on Facebook www.facebook.com/tyga & well over 2 million Twitter followers. Tyga is no stranger to the UK having completed 2 club tours on these shores and appeared on Tim Westwood’s 1Xtra show.
He’s released a flurry of mixtapes including a collaborative one with Chris Brown - http://www.youngmoneyhq.com/2010/05/18/tyga-chris-brown-fan-of-a-fan-mixtape-download/ & ‘Well Done 2’ - http://www.datpiff.com/Tyga-Well-Done-2-mixtape.252451.html
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