Velous
Rapper, singer, record producer

Velous

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Rapper, singer, record producer
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11 September 1991(Kingston, Ulster County, New York, U.S.A.)
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Introduction

Tyler Bryant (born September 11, 1991), better known as his stage name Velous, is an American rapper, songwriter, singer 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".. In 2016, he later produced several songs for West's 7th studio effort, The Life of Pablo, and the track "Deja Vu" on J. Cole's 4th album, 4 Your Eyez Only.

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. He was also in a jazz ensemble in high school.

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. The release helped Velous gain attention from Cus Maven, who signed him to Swanky Music Group. 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.

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. In 2015, Velous announced the release of his debut EP, The Disco.

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The Disco
  • Release Date: 2015
  • Label: Swanky Music Group, Coke Boys Records
  • Format: digital download

Mixtapes

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Velocity The Mixtape
  • Release Date: June 10, 2011
  • Label: self-released
  • Format: digital download

Guest appearances

List of non-single guest appearances, with other performing artists, showing year released and album name
Title Year Other Artist(s) Album
"Adult Swim" 2014 DJ Spinking, Tyga, Jeremih N/A
"Gone For The Winter" Fabolous The Young OG Project
"What They All Say" Chinx Cocaine Riot 5
"Proud Side Nigga" 2015 DJ Spinking, Ty Dolla $ign The Connect
"Bag For It" 2016 Tru Life ft. Rick Ross N/A
"Music Is My Religion" Tru Life N/A