Kanye West has signed Tyga — yes, that Tyga — to G.O.O.D Music. On Wednesday evening, at a G.O.O.D Music pop-up show at New York City’s Highline Ballroom. West made the announcement in front of a sell-out crowd.
If you’re wondering why West would sign Tyga to a recording contract the answer is simple: nepotism. Kanye is famously married to Kim Kardashian, whose half-sister is Kylie Jenner. Jenner is Tyga’s longtime on-again-off-again girlfriend. Dots connected.
Tyga released his last album, 2015’s The Gold Album: 18th Dynasty, independently via his own Last Kings label, but he’s no stranger to working with high-profile music moguls. The California native’s previous two full-length releases, Careless World: Rise of the Last King and Hotel California, were both released through a joint deal between Lil Wayne’s Young Money and Birdman’s Cash Money. Unlike Wayne, however, Tyga was somehow able to squeeze his way out of his Cash Money record deal in late 2014, claiming Birdman never paid him.
For West, Tyga’s signing is his second of 2016, following an 11 label bidding war for Desiigner. While fans have given Yeezy a hard time for signing the Panda Man, Desiigner’s breakout No. 1 single, as well as the rise of follow-up “Tiimmy Turner,” suggest he might just have the laugh last.
Sources: Daily Mail, The DJ Booth Home|Hip Hop stories
T Raww, skinny Nigg@ big boss…
I think media needs to stop making Tyga look like a gigolo, he’s a very talented Mc who has paid his due in the game. So please put some respek on his name next time you’re writing an article about T Raww, and stop making up frivolous stories about the reasons he was signed.
Thanks for the clarification in the last paragraph of this article, cos Yeezy has never ever signed any artiste based on sentimental reason or pressure, his reputation presides him, the list of his signing proves it, artiste like, John Legend, Pusha T, Big Sean, Desiigner. All those artiste were nobody before he signed them on good music, but becomes household name under Good music.
Dbanj signed to good music and “Oliver Twist” hit the number 2 on UK billboard chart. The name strikes a chord in the international music markets today.
Tyga is a great talent who have had so many billboard Top10 songs in the past, either features or solo tracks, and the set backs he have is as a result of the problem he had with cash money records.
This is turning out to be a family business.