Gibson was born and raised in Watts, Los Angeles, California. His mother, Priscilla Murray Gibson (née Durham), raised him and his three older siblings as a single parent after his father, Tyrone Gibson, left. While growing up in Watts on 113th Street during the late 80s, Gibson was exposed to gangs, with some of his childhood friends becoming members of the Crips. In his autobiography, Tyrese stated it was an older gangster named "Dirtbike Fred" that encouraged him to take a different path.^[9] He later graduated from Locke High School in 1996.

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Tyrese Gibson, known to most simply as Tyrese, has the art of ticket sales down. Not only has he forged a successful music career, but he’s also a driving force in “The Fast and the Furious” movie franchise — not to mention an international supermodel, MTV VJ and New York Times bestseller.
The Los Angeles-born R&B singer has sold more than 3 million albums and counting, beginning with his 1998 self-titled RCA Records debut and extending through his fifth release, 2011’s “Open Invitation.” He took home an American Music Award in 2000 for Favorite New R&B/Soul Artist, as well as three Grammy Award nominations.

In 2007, Tyrese joined forces with Ginuwine and Tank to form the supergroup TGT. The trio unveiled their long-awaited debut album, “Three Kings,” in August 2013, and took their sexy R&B on tour, performing concerts in theaters across the U.S.

Tyrese is preparing to unveil his sixth solo set, “Black Rose,” in 2014. The collection will be a double album, according to a March 2013 interview with the Grammy Foundation, for which he recorded 146 songs over the course of 34 days.

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