1. Jacob Taio Cruz is an English singer-songwriter, rapper, and record producer.
28 Facts About Taio Cruz
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Taio Cruz performed the song "Telling the World" as the lead single for the 2011 animated film Rios soundtrack.
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Taio Cruz was born as Adetayo Ayowale Onile-Ere on 23 April 1980 in London to a Nigerian Yoruba lawyer father and a Brazilian mother who had a hairdressing business.
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Taio Cruz was raised in "a five-bedroom house in Kensal Rise".
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Taio Cruz was educated at fee-paying independent schools, attending Bilton Grange preparatory school in Warwickshire and Battle Abbey School in East Sussex, before relocating to London where he went to Stanmore College.
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Taio Cruz is the founder and chief executive of Rockstar Music London, which in 2006 released his debut single "I Just Wanna Know".
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In 2006, Taio Cruz signed a split single deal with Universal Music Group companies, Republic Records and the UK branch of Island Records.
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Taio Cruz has been featured on the soundtrack of American reality TV series Jersey Shore.
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In March 2011, Taio Cruz premiered an all-new song called "Telling the World", which was written by Taio Cruz and Alan Kasirye for the Rio soundtrack.
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On 23 May 2011, Taio Cruz received his first Billboard Award in the United States.
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Taio Cruz announced onstage that his third album, entitled Black and Leather, would be released in the fourth quarter of 2011.
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In June 2011, Taio Cruz released a collaborative single, "Little Bad Girl", with French DJ David Guetta and American rapper Ludacris.
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Taio Cruz announced, via his Twitter account, that he made the decision to phonetically name the album TY.
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Taio Cruz was scheduled to co-headline Pitbull's Australian leg of Planet Pit World Tour in August 2012.
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On 12 August, Taio Cruz performed at the closing ceremony of the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.
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The performance at London's Olympic Stadium saw Taio Cruz sing his own song "Dynamite", and perform "Written in the Stars" alongside Jessie J and Tinie Tempah.
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In early 2013, Taio Cruz recorded vocals over the song "Brazil" by electronic artist Deadmau5 and titled the remake "Touch the Sky".
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On 27 April 2015, Taio Cruz released his first single in two years.
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Taio Cruz called this particular collection Roses, "because every rose is unique".
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On 10 November 2017, Taio Cruz released his first song in two years, titled "Row the Body", via Warner Bros.
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On 6 September 2019, Taio Cruz released "Time For You", which features Wonder Stereo.
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Taio Cruz has written songs on albums by Cheryl, JLS, The Saturdays, The Wanted and David Guetta.
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Taio Cruz wrote and featured on Tinchy Stryder's hit single "Take Me Back".
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Taio Cruz penned Jennifer Lopez's 2011 single "I'm Into You", featuring Lil Wayne.
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Taio Cruz contributed significantly to David Guetta's fifth album Nothing but the Beat, penning two of his hit singles "Without You", featuring Usher and "Little Bad Girl", featuring Cruz and Ludacris.
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Taio Cruz wrote "Mechanics of the Heart" for Cheryl's album A Million Lights.
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On 1 September 2009, Taio Cruz launched the brand Rokstarr, a fashion and accessories brand which had a focus on sunglasses.
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Taio Cruz filmed a public service announcement with Little Kids Rock, a national nonprofit that works to restore and revitalize music education in disadvantaged US public schools.