Bryson Tiller: Difference between revisions

Bryson Tiller was born on January 2, 1993, in [[Louisville, Kentucky]].<ref>{{cite web |title=U.S. Public Records Index |url=https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKH2-B9VT |author=Kentucky Birth Index |year=1999 |publisher=Family Search |access-date=December 24, 2015}}</ref> When he was four years old, his mother died and he was subsequently raised by his grandmother. Tiller lived with his cousins, Ryan and Kevon Smekrud, until he was 17 years old.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rcarecords.com/artists/bryson-tiller |title=Bryson Tiller |publisher=[[RCA Records]] |access-date=January 3, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160114174655/http://www.rcarecords.com/artists/bryson-tiller |archive-date=January 14, 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref> He has three brothers. He attended [[Iroquois High School]] and started singing and rapping at the age of 15.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://goodfellamedia.com/2015/06/whos-next-bryson-tiller.html |title=WHO'S NEXT: Bryson Tiller |work=Good*Fella Media |date=June 24, 2015 |access-date=July 4, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160825202805/http://goodfellamedia.com/2015/06/whos-next-bryson-tiller.html |archive-date=August 25, 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 2011, he recorded a mixtape titled ''Killer Instinct Vol.1'', which included 21 songs.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.datpiff.com/Bryson-Tiller-Killer-Instinct-Vol1-mixtape.278727.html |title=Bryson Tiller – Killer Instinct Vol.1 Hosted by Dj E-Dub Mixtape |work=DatPiff |access-date=August 19, 2016 |archive-date=August 15, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160815223036/http://www.datpiff.com/Bryson-Tiller-Killer-Instinct-Vol1-mixtape.278727.html |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2013, Tiller dropped out of school, had a child and took a break from music while working at [[Papa John's Pizza]] and [[United Parcel Service|UPS]] to provide for his daughter, Harley.<ref name="XXL2">{{cite web|url=http://www.xxlmag.com/news/2016/01/bryson-tiller-show-and-prove-xxl-magazine-winter-2015-issue/ |title=Bryson Tiller Cracks the Code to Success With "Trapsoul" |work=XXL |date=January 7, 2016 |access-date=March 7, 2016}}</ref><ref name="theboombox">{{cite web|title =Bryson Tiller Opens Up About 'TRAPSOUL' Album, Sleeping in His Car and Inspiration From Kanye West [EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW]|url =http://theboombox.com/bryson-tiller-trapsoul-kanye-west-interview/|website =The BoomBox|date =October 5, 2015|access-date =January 3, 2016|archive-date =January 1, 2016|archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20160101142534/http://theboombox.com/bryson-tiller-trapsoul-kanye-west-interview/|url-status =live}}</ref>