His second album and major label debut, Careless World: Rise of the Last King , peaked at number four on the Billboard , received platinum certification by the Recording Industry Association of America RIAA , and was met with critical praise.
His third album, Hotel California , was met with trailing critical and commercial response, along with his collaborative album with singer Chris Brown , Fan of a Fan: The Album Executive-produced by his then-common law relative Kanye West , it became his lowest-selling album to that point with estimated sales of 5, album equivalent units in its first week.
His May single, " Taste " featuring Offset , marked a brief period of commercial resurgence; it became his first top 40 single since 's " Ayo " with Chris Brown βpeaking at number eight on the Billboard Hot βand received diamond certification by the RIAA. It served as lead single and preceded the release of his seventh album, Legendary Michael Ray Stevenson was born on November 19, , in Compton, California , [ 7 ] and raised there until he "was about 11, 12", before moving to adjacent Gardena.
On December 3, , debate arose concerning Tyga's upbringing. Tyga claimed to have been brought up in the low socioeconomic area of Compton, but in leaked footage from the unaired television show Bustas, he claimed he grew up in a "well-to-do" home in the Valley , where his parents drove a Range Rover.
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He also claimed that he attained his nickname from his mother calling him Tiger Woods. Tyga responded to the video's leak on Twitter : "When u 14 an ambitious u don't give a fuk about anything.
