Ty Dolla Sign Age, Wife, Net Worth: Tyrone William Griffin Jr., known professionally as Ty Dolla Sign, is an American singer, songwriter and record producer. He first gained major recognition in 2010 for his feature on American rapper YG’s single “Toot It and Boot It”.
Ty Dolla Sign Net Worth
| Net Worth: | $6 Million |
| Name: | Ty Dolla $ign |
| Age: | 40 Yrs |
| Gender: | Male |
| Date of Birth: | April 13, 1982 |
| Height: | 1.85m. (6’ 1”) |
| Weight: | 83 kg or 185 lbs |
| Profession: | American singer |
| Nationality: | American |
Early Life
Originally born as Tyrone William Griffin Jr. on April 13, 1982, in Los Angeles, California, the artist is better known by his stage name Ty Dolla Sign, which is also written Ty$. He is the son of musician Tyrone Griffin, who is a member of the band Lakeside. Ty has said that, through his dad’s involvement with Lakeside, that Ty was able to meet singers like Prince and Earth Wind and Fire as a child, which led to his interest in and love for soul music. He grew up in South Central Los Angeles where he was a gang member. Ty Dolla Sign represented the Bloods while his brother was a Crip.
Personal Life
Ty Dolla Sign had a daughter at age 22 named Jailynn Crystal. He was in a relationship with Fifth Harmony member Lauren Jauregui from 2017-2019. In December 2018, it was revealed publicly that Ty was facing up to 15 years in jail for cocaine possession, which resulted from a traffic stop in Atlanta, Georgia where, in a car with multiple people present, Ty was the only one charged due to the drugs being in the closest proximity to him. Later, all charges were dropped after he completed a drug prevention program.
Highlights
Here are some of the best highlights from Ty Dolla Sign’s career:
- Smack (Song, 2013)
- Or Nah (Song, 2014)
- Taylor Gang (Album, 2014)
- Free TC (Album, 2015)
- Sucker For Pain (Song, 2016)
- Campaign (Album, 2016)
- MTV Video Music Awards (Best Collaboration Video, 2016) – Won
- Ex (Song, 2017)
- Beach House 3 (Album, 2017)
- Kids Choice Awards (Favorite Song, 2017) – Won
- The Light (Song, 2018)
- Sign Language (Album, 2018)
Career
Through his L A context, he got hooked up with 50 Cent’s crew and passed the time making beats in the Sony’s Studio and then enjoyed wild nights out in the city. Ty Dolla managed to bring some money writing the score for such films as the Cookout as well as Biker Boys. Before he would launch his music career, Ty’s young brother Gabriel Griffer got fingered in a murder that went down in LA. From that point forward Ty got busy writing for other artists including Tulisa, Trey Songz, and Bobby Brackens.
He started his music career by playing bass guitar, drums, keyboard, as well as other instruments. Around that same time, Ty also got signed to Venus Brown and Buddha Brown Entertainment in a duo collab with Ty & Korey. Under the deal, Ty dropped a mixtape called Raw & Bangin Mixtape Vol 2 in 2007. Since then Ty and his partner Kory began started making guest appearances on other artists’ studio albums like the Black Milk and many others. Eventually his LA context back home and connected him with YG and DJ Mustard.