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Ty Dolla Sign

Tyrone William Griffin, Jr. (born April 13, 1985), better known by his stage name Ty Dolla Sign (stylized as Ty Dolla $ign or Ty$), is an American hip hop and R&B recording artist from Los Angeles, California. He first gained major recognition in 2010, through his appearance on YG's "Toot It and Boot It," which Ty Dolla Sign wrote and produced for Def Jam Recordings. In the summer of 2013, he signed a record deal with Wiz Khalifa's Taylor Gang Records and subsequently released the successful Beach House 2 mixtape. He originates from Inglewood, California.

Musical career

2007–11: Career beginnings

The son of musician Tyrone Griffin, a member of Lakeside, Ty Dolla Sign began his music career by learning how to play the bass guitar. Since then, he also learned to play drums, guitar, keyboards and the MPC. Later, he and his partner Kory, signed a record deal with Venus Brown and Buddah Brown Ent, and released a mixtape, titled Raw & Bangin Mixtape Vol 2. The duo also made guest appearances on albums by other artists such as Sa-Ra Creative Partners and Black Milk, where they sang on the song "U" on the latter's 2007 recording Popular Demand. However, that deal began to fall through, causing Dolla Sign and Kory to call it quits with each other.

Free TC

Free TC is the debut studio album by American hip hop recording artist Ty Dolla $ign. It was released on November 13, 2015, by Taylor Gang Records, Pu$haz Ink and Atlantic Records. Recording sessions took place from 2012 to 2015. Ty Dolla $ign alongside a fellow rapper Wiz Khalifa were executively produced this album, while the additional productions was handled by DJ Mustard, DJ Spinz, Cardo and Johnny Juliano; as well as the guest appearances from R. Kelly, Kendrick Lamar, Brandy Norwood, Sevyn Streeter, Trey Songz, Jagged Edge and Kanye West, among others.

Free TC was supported by five singles; "Only Right" featuring YG, Joe Moses and TeeCee4800, "Blasé" featuring Future and Rae Sremmurd, "When I See Ya" featuring Fetty Wap, "Saved" featuring E-40 and "Solid" featuring Babyface.

Critical reception

Free TC was met with generally positive reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from critics, the album received an average score of 78, based on 16 reviews, which indicates "generally favorable reviews". In a positive review for Exclaim!, Calum Slingerland praised Ty's talent in composition and arrangement, writing "what could have easily been a 16-track collection of Griffin's ambition becoming his downfall is a worthwhile look at the multifaceted nature of his musical brain."