Lil TJAY
Lil TJAY was born in The Bronx, New York, United States on April 30th, 2001 and is the Rapper. At the age of 22, Lil TJAY biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, songs, and networth are available.
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Tione Jayden Merritt, also known as Lil Tjay, is an American rapper, guitarist, and songwriter from the Bronx, New York.
On SoundCloud, his partnership with Polo G, Pop Out, peaked at number 11 on the Billboard Hot 100, and his album "Leaked" received 44.4 million views, prompting his signing with Columbia Records.
Early life
Merritt was born in New York City's Bronx borough. In what was described as a "roomy" apartment, he was raised by a single mother and had two younger siblings. Merritt characterized himself as the troubled one of the three children, as he would often be involved in petty thefts and school fights. Merritt was arrested for one of his robberies and was sentenced to a youth detention center where he would write raps; they even included "Resume," one of his hit songs that he revealed on SoundCloud, at the age of 15.
Career
In 2016, Merritt began releasing music on SoundCloud. "Resume", one of his first songs, was released when Merritt was 16 years old, and quickly began spreading online.
On March 10, 2018, Merritt competed and placed first at the Coast 2 Coast LIVE NYC All Ages Edition, where his performance gained the attention of a record label A&R who was in attendance to judge the showcase. Soon after, Merritt released the single "Brothers", which became his biggest song at the time and led to him signing with Columbia Records.
Within the first ten months of Merritt's music career, he had released five tracks that recorded over one million plays on SoundCloud. "Brothers", "Resume", "Goat", and "Leaked" each accumulated tens of millions of streams. In July 2018, Merritt worked with producer CashMoneyAP to release "None of Your Love", which also amassed tens of millions of plays. Merritt released his debut EP No Comparison at the end of 2018.
In January 2019, Merritt was featured on fellow rapper Polo G's single "Pop Out", which peaked at number 11 on the Billboard Hot 100. In July, he was featured on boy band PrettyMuch's "Lying". Later that year, he released an EP titled F.N; the project's lead single, "F.N", peaked at number 56 on the Billboard Hot 100 and became his first solo charting song. Merritt released his debut album True 2 Myself on October 11, 2019. It debuted and peaked at number 5 on the US Billboard 200. In December, he was featured on a remix of 24kGoldn's song "Valentino".
In early 2020, Merritt reached the Billboard Hot 100 again with his single "20/20", which peaked at number 94 on the chart. On May 8, 2020, Merritt released the EP State of Emergency, which focused heavily on drill music, a popular subgenre in New York City. The seven-song EP included the track "Zoo York", featuring Fivio Foreign and Pop Smoke, which peaked at number 65 on the Hot 100. In July, Merritt appeared on Pop Smoke's debut posthumous album, Shoot for the Stars, Aim for the Moon, on the track "Mood Swings", which reached number 17 on the Hot 100. On August 11, Merritt was included on XXL's 2020 Freshman Class. In October, Merritt hinted at a new project on Twitter.
On February 12, 2021, Merritt released his single "Calling My Phone", a collaboration with singer 6lack, which was accompanied by a music video directed by Cam Busby. The song debuted at number three on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming the highest-charting single of Lil Tjay's career. On March 19, Merritt released "Headshot", a collaboration with Polo G and Fivio Foreign as the second single from his second studio album, Destined 2 Win, which was released on April 2, 2021. The album consists of twenty-one tracks. On October 22, Merritt released the lead single to his upcoming third studio album Not In The Mood with Fivio Foreign and Kay Flock. The single was teased in snippets using TikTok from September prior to its release.
In early March 2022, Merritt began teasing a new song titled "In My Head" which uses a sample of Iyaz’s "Replay". It was eventually released on April 1, 2022. On April 24, Merritt released a freestyle "Lavish" on his YouTube channel. The following day, he announced his EP Strictly 4 My Fans.