Tyga

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Tyga in 2012, photo by Prphotos

Birth Name: Micheal Ray Stevenson

Place of Birth: Compton, Los Angeles, California, United States

Date of Birth: November 19, 1989

Ethnicity: African-Jamaican, African-American, Vietnamese

Tyga is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, actor, and television personality. He is also known as T-Raww.

His father is of African-Jamaican descent. His mother is usually described as either of Vietnamese, or a mix of African-American and Vietnamese, ancestry. Tyga mentioned his ethnic background in this video. It is said that he received his stage name from his mother, who used to call him Tiger Woods, perhaps due to the black-Asian mix he shares with Tiger. Tyga is also said to stand for “Thank You God Always.”

Tyga has a son with his former partner, model and entrepreneur Blac Chyna.

Tyga is said to be a cousin of rapper, singer, and songwriter Travie McCoy.

Tyga’s maternal grandmother is named Kim/Kimberly Nguyen. Kim is Vietnamese.

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  1. Alicia says:

    Jamaican Black is very different since Jamaican blacks are mixed with everything under the sun like myself. Our features are slightly different because of this and because of where we are situated on the glove. So the author has alright to make the differentiation. Afro-Jamaicans are nothing like African-Americans. Both have their special and unique differences that I admire.

  2. karmelleyez says:

    Well, African American and Afro-Jamaican are just black people from two different countries, so that would mean he’s 3/4 black. Just one slave ship stopped in Ja., the other stopped in U.S….Different nationality and culture, same race of people

    • yupyup says:

      you cant say that they are the same because they come from the same place. that would be like saying russian and mongolians are the same because they are from asia. unless you are referring to his skin color..

    • careaba says:

      I’m Jamaica an I have to tell u we r not the same as African America becuz they a mostly juss black.the people in ja r mixed with every thing my granny is white German and my papa is Swedish Chinese and Jamaica we r a melting pot in the us they will call u black but in ja u r Jamaica (yadi)

  3. Taryn says:

    WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
    GO TYGA

  4. Bob says:

    Who gives a crap! all black african american people got a mix but they still black in the end! and tyga still got a big black you know what! so he can gett it:)

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