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Tyga Net Worth: How Rich Is the Rapper in 2022?

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2 years ago

June 27, 2022

Tyga is an American rapper known for his mega-popular songs Rack City, Faded, Far Away, and Still Got It. The Tyga net worth figure is estimated to be around $5 million as of June 2022.

Tyga is seen wearing black red white racing leather jacket & pants, sunglasses outside Givenchy — (Photo by Christian Vierig/Getty Images)

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Early Life and Bio

Full Name	Micheal Ray Stevenson
Birth Date / Age	November 19, 1989 / 32 Years Old
Birth Place	Compton, California, USA
Source of Wealth	Rapping
Relationship Status	Single
Height	5 ft. 7 in. / 171 cm.
Net Worth	$5 Million

Michael Ray Stevenson was born in November of 1989 in Compton, California to parents Stevie and Pasionaye. His father is of Jamaican descent, while his mother was born in Vietnam.

Furthermore, Tyga and his mother moved to the neighboring city of Gardena when he was about 11 years old. There, he attended Gardena High School from 2004 to 2005.

After leaving high school, Tyga appeared in an unaired television show called Bustas. Then, he released his debut mixtape titled Young On Probation in 2007.

Tyga attends the Los Angeles premiere of "Dope" in partnership with the Los Angeles Film Festival — (Photo by Amanda Edwards/WireImage)

Tyga Net Worth and Career

2008 was Tyga’s coming out party as he signed a new record deal with Lil Wayne’s Young Money Entertainment following the release of his independent album, No Introduction.

In 2011, the rapper dropped his major-label debut entitled Careless World: Rise of the Last King. The trio of singles: Faded, Still Got It, and Rack City all yielded commercial success.

In the end, Careless World was certified as platinum for selling over 1 million units in the U.S.

Since then, Tyga has released five more studio albums, none of which have realized the same attention or appraisal. However, his Hotel California LP reached gold status by the RIAA.

Lastly, the artist has reemerged in recent years by releasing and featuring on songs like Taste, Kream by Iggy Azalea, and Go Loko by YG. He partnered with businessman Robert Earl to launch a virtual kitchen brand called Tyga Bites as well.

Tyga Instagram and Twitter

Currently, the rapper possesses an insane 35 million Instagram followers. To go along with that, Tyga has another 4.9 million followers on his Twitter account as of June 2022.

6/24 🎶‼️ @YG pic.twitter.com/uOYBrxVEf4
— T-Raww (@Tyga) June 20, 2022

Personal Life

In 2011, Tyga began dating model Blac Chyna after she appeared in his Rack City music video.

Their son King Cairo was born a year later and they subsequently got engaged and purchased a $6.5 million mansion in Calabasas, CA. Although, they split in 2014.

Eventually, the rapper would link up with Kylie Jenner, who was just 16 at the time. Still, the couple dated for a couple of years before splitting in 2017.

Lastly, Tyga was ordered to pay an $80 thousand settlement to a former landlord in 2015 after failing to pay rent money.

Tyga Net Worth

The Tyga net worth figure of $5 million has been amassed since signing to Young Money Entertainment in 2008. Since then, his popular singles, album releases, and coinciding tours have yielded him sizable profits. Nowadays, he is heard less frequently behind the mic.