U-Tion Dalyan Merritt ungumrepha waseMelika owaziwa ngumphakathi jikelele njengo-Lil Tjay. Lo mculi uthole ukuduma ngemva kokuqopha ingoma ethi Pop Out ne-Polo G. Ingoma ethulwayo ithathe indawo ye-11 eshadini le-Billboard Hot 100.
Izingoma ze-Resume kanye nethi Brothers zigcine zithole isikhundla somculi ohamba phambili weminyaka embalwa edlule ka-Lil TJ. Ithrekhi ye-Brothers inemidlalo engaphezu kwezigidi ezingu-44,4 ku-SoundCloud, ngenxa yokuthi i-rapper isayinwe ku-Columbia Records.
Ubuntwana nobusha bukaTion Dalyan Merritt
U-Tion Dalyan Merritt wazalwa ngo-April 30, 2001 eBronx (USA). Ubuntwana bomuntu omnyama nakanjani abukwazi ukubizwa ngokuthi ujabule. Wakhulela emndenini ompofu, futhi indawo lapho uTion echitha khona ubusha bakhe yaba nomthelela ebukhoneni besikhathi esidlule sobugebengu emlandweni wakhe.
Lo mrepha ukhulele eSouth Bronx futhi uchaza indawo yangakubo njenge "ehlukahlukene". Izakhamuzi zezizwe ezihlukahlukene zazihlala lapho. Ngenxa yalokho, uTion wakwazi izilimi eziningana ngesikhathi esisodwa. Ikakhulukazi, wayekhuluma iSpanishi esihle kakhulu.
Kuyaziwa ukuthi umfana wakhulela emndenini omkhulu. Lapho uTion esemncane, uyise wawushiya umndeni. Yonke imithwalo yawela emahlombe kamama. Lapho esemusha, lo mfana wabona ukuthi kwakunzima kangakanani kumama wakhe. Efuna umsebenzi, uTion waphendukela endleleni yobugebengu.
Ngo-2016, eneminyaka engu-15, wathola isikhathi sakhe sokuqala. Umfana ugwetshwe izinyanga ezingu-12 esikhungweni sokuboshwa kwentsha. U-Lil uchithe lo nyaka ukuze azuze. Wangena ekubhaleni izingoma zomculo. Engxoxweni abe nayo noRolling Stone, lo rapper uthe:
“Lapho ngiphuma ejele, ngabona abangane bami benza amaphutha engangiwenza. Ngemva kokushiya lesi sigceme, ngabona ngokucacile ukuthi ngifuna ukwenza imali ngomculo. Ngabona ukuthi asikho isizathu sokwenza ibhizinisi endaweni nokwenza ubugebengu. Ngibona ugqozi oluqhamuka kulokhu. Abantu abaningi bangibheka njengokuthi, “Damn, lesi yisixazululo…”
Ekupheleni kuka-2017, uLil Tjay wathembisa umndeni wakhe ukuthi ngeke ahlanganyele ebugebengwini. Ngaphambi kokuqopha izingoma kusitudiyo esiphrofeshinali, umculi wenze amathrekhi amaningana kumagajethi. Amabha asetshenzisiwe ahloselwe ukwenza i-hip-hop. Yilapho indlela ye-rapper uLil Tjay yaqala khona.
Isitayela somculo sika-Lil Tjay
Uma lo mculi ebuzwa ngabaculi ababa nomthelela ekwakhiweni kwesitayela sakhe, uphendula ngokuthi uthando lwakhe lwe-hip-hop luqale “ngokukhuhla” izingoma zabaculi uDrake noMeek Mill.
Isitayela somculo we-rapper siyihlumela lomunye umdabu waseBronx, u-Boogie Wit Da Hoodie. Inani eliphakeme lokuduma lalingo-2016. Impumelelo yomculi ikhombisa ukuthi i-rap ikhula ngokushesha kangakanani namuhla nokuthi isitayela samaciko asemancane sikuthinta kanjani lokhu. Lapho u-Boogie ethatha indima yesithandwa esinqatshiwe, u-Tjay usebenza endaweni engachazwanga kangako ngokomzwelo.
UTjay uhlale ezama umsindo. Isibonelo, engomeni ethi None of Your Love, uhlanganisa ingoma ka-Justin Bieber yango-2010 ethi Baby. Umrepha uze wasolwa ngokuzama ukukopa. Lapho ebuzwa izintatheli, uLil waphakamisa amahlombe, ephendula: “Ngisanda kungena endaweni yokuqopha futhi ngifuna ukudlulisa umbhalo obhaliwe ngokucula, hhayi ngokufunda ...”.
Isitayela somculi we-rapper sivame ukuqhathaniswa ne-A Boogie wit da Hoodie. Futhi kufanelekile. Ufundela "abafowethu", uculela ubulili obuhle futhi uzivumelanisa ngobuchule nezimfuneko zemisakazo. Izintatheli zibiza u-Leela ngesosha lomhlaba wonke lesimanjemanje.
Indlela yokudala ka-Lil T.J.
Ngo-2017, i-rapper yaseMelika ithumela amathrekhi akhe okuqala ku-SoundCloud. Kuhlanganisa namaculo adumile athi Resume nethi Brothers afika lapho.
Ingoma yomculo ethi Resume yakhululwa lapho umculi eseneminyaka engu-16 ubudala. Ukwethulwa kwengoma kuhambisana nevidiyo ehambisana noLil TJ.
Ngemva konyaka, u-Tjay waqhudelana futhi wathatha indawo yokuqala ehloniphekile ku-Coast 1 Coast LIVE NYC All Ages Edition. Kamuva, ukusebenza kwe-rapper kuhehe ilebula enkulu i-A&R.
Lo mculi ube nenhlanhla yokusayina inkontileka neColumbia Records ngemuva kokuthi le nkampani ibone ingoma yakhe ethi Brothers. Ingoma ethulwayo igcwele ubuhlungu. Engomeni, uLil urepha ngokufa, ukuboshwa nokucindezeleka.
U-Lil Tjay wethule izingoma ezinhlanu zomculo kubalandeli bomsebenzi wakhe phakathi nonyaka. Sekukonke, izingoma zithole izigidi zokudlala kusayithi le-SoundCloud.
Ingoma ethi Resume izuze ukubukwa okungaphezu kwezigidi ezingu-14 ezinyangeni ezingu-12 nje. Ingoma ethi Brothers iqoqe imidlalo eyizigidi ezingama-44,4 ku-SoundCloud. Amanye amahithi adumile angaleso sikhathi ahlanganisa amaculo athi Goat and Leaked.
ngiyabonga namuhla
Kusukela ngo-2018, uLil Tjay ubonakale esebenzisana nomdidiyeli we-Cash Money AP engomeni ethi None of Your Love. Ukwakheka kuzuze ukubukwa okungaphezu kwezigidi ezingu-20 esikhathini esingaphansi konyaka. Ingoma yamukelwe ngemfudumalo ngabalandeli nabagxeki bomculo.
Ngawo lowo nyaka, i-discography ka-Lil Tjay yaphinde yagcwaliswa nge-albhamu encane. Sikhuluma ngeqoqo elithi Akukho Ukuqhathanisa. Irekhodi lalihlanganisa iculo elilodwa, elaqoshwa nguYNW Melly, rapper oneminyaka engu-19 ubudala waseGifford. Waqala ukuthandwa ngesikhathi esifanayo noLil TJ. Ukuhlanganiswa okuhlangene kwama-rapper Ready for War kube impumelelo enkulu kusukela ekuhlanganiseni okuncane kwe-No Comparison.
Ngemva konyaka, uLil Tjay wabonakala engomeni eyodwa iPolo G. Abarepha baqopha ingoma ehlangene, eyayibizwa ngePop Out. Kamuva, abaculi baphinde bathumela isiqeshana sevidiyo ku-YouTube, esizuze ukubukwa okungaphezu kwezigidi ezingu-80.
Ngo-2019, i-discography yomculi yaphinde yagcwaliswa nge-albhamu yesitudiyo egcwele i-True 2 Myself. I-albhamu iqukethe amaculo angu-17 esewonke. I-True 2 Mina ngokwami ikhishwe okokuqala kunombolo 5 ku-Billboard yase-US 200. Ngesonto lokuqala lokuthengisa, amakhophi ayizinkulungwane ezingama-45 eqoqo athengiswa aphela. Ngesonto lokuqala, i-albhamu kaLil Tjay ingene kwabayishumi abaphambili e-US.
Ngo-2020, uLil Tjay waba ngumuntu omusha ohlwini lwaminyaka yonke lwe-XXL. Ngaphezu kwalokho, lo mrepha umemezele ukuthi kuzokwethulwa i-albhamu entsha maduze. U-Lil akazange aphoxe okulindelwe ngabalandeli bomsebenzi wakhe.
Ukukhishwa kwe-albhamu ye-State of Emergency
I-mixtape entsha ibizwa nge-State of Emergency. Iqoqo liqukethe i-Pop Smoke engasekho kanye nesihlabani somdlalo u-Fivio Foreign. I-albhamu inamaculo angu-7. Ngokuvamile, irekhodi lithole ukubuyekezwa okuhle kubathandi bomculo.
Elinye lamaculo ahamba phambili kwirekhodi kwakuyiculo elithi Zoo York, elikhiqizwe ngabakwa-AXL Beats. Ingoma eshiwo ihlanganisa uFivio Foreign nePop Smoke. Abagxeki baqaphele ukuthi ku-albhamu umculi ungene endaweni yokuprakthiza yaseBrooklyn, eqhela nomsindo ojwayelekile womgibe.
Emcimbini wokugubha ukukhishwa kwe-albhamu entsha, umculi uzocula izingoma ezintsha ngesikhathi esakazwa bukhoma ku-Twitch. Ngesikhathi sokudlala, uLil uzozungeza i-New York.
Izindaba zakamuva ezivela empilweni yomculi zingatholakala ku-Instagram yakhe. Cishe abasebenzisi abayizigidi ezi-4 babhalisele ikhasi lomrepha.
U-Lil Tjay ngo-2021
Ekuqaleni kuka-2021, i-albhamu ye-rapper yaseMelika yakhululwa. I-disc yayibizwa ngokuthi i-Destined 2 Win. Abagxeki bayamukele ngemfudumalo i-LP entsha yomculi futhi bagxila eqinisweni lokuthi kufanele ilalelwe nakanjani yilabo abajabulela umculo omnandi. Khumbula ukuthi lena yi-albhamu yesibili kaLil Tjay.
