1. Tyrese Gibson signed with RCA Records in 1998, and released his debut single "Nobody Else" in August of that year.
28 Facts About Tyrese Gibson
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Tyrese Gibson has sold over 4 million singles and albums in the United States.
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Tyrese Gibson reunited with Singleton for the action film Four Brothers and plays Robert Epps in the Transformers franchise.
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Tyrese Gibson appeared in the comedy film Ride Along 2 and the superhero film Morbius.
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Tyrese Gibson was born and raised in Watts, Los Angeles, California.
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Tyrese Gibson later graduated from Locke High School in 1996.
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Tyrese Gibson's career began when he auditioned for a Coca-Cola commercial at the suggestion of his high school music teacher.
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Tyrese Gibson was signed as an artist to RCA Records in 1998, releasing his debut single "Nobody Else".
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In late 1998, Tyrese Gibson became the new host of the weekday music video show MTV Jams on MTV and a host and VJ for the channel.
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On May 22,2001, Tyrese Gibson released his second studio album 2000 Watts.
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On December 12,2006, Tyrese Gibson released his fourth studio album, Alter Ego, his first double-disc album.
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The album itself is considered Tyrese Gibson's lowest selling album to date.
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In October 2017, Tyrese Gibson announced he was working on a project titled Identity Theft and returning to his alter-ego Black Ty.
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When Tyrese Gibson competed on season five of The Masked Singer, interim host Niecy Nash introduced his character as "Porcupine" only for Tyrese Gibson to tell her that his character preferred to be called "Robopine".
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Tyrese Gibson first played Pearce alongside his best friend, Paul Walker, in 2003's 2 Fast 2 Furious, his second collaboration with Singleton.
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Tyrese Gibson portrays Sergeant Robert Epps in the Transformers film series.
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Tyrese Gibson reprised his role in the sequels Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen and Transformers: Dark of the Moon.
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Tyrese Gibson was supposed to return as Epps in Transformers: The Last Knight, but was unable to appear due to scheduling conflicts with The Fate of the Furious.
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In 2005, Singleton and Tyrese Gibson collaborated for the third time when Tyrese Gibson co-starred in the action-crime drama Four Brothers alongside Mark Wahlberg.
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Tyrese Gibson went on to star in the action-drama Waist Deep with Meagan Good.
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In March 2019, Tyrese Gibson joined Jared Leto in Sony's Spider-Man spinoff Morbius.
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On May 8,2012, Tyrese Gibson released his first book, titled How to Get Out of Your Own Way.
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On February 5,2013, Tyrese Gibson co-authored his second book along with close personal friend Rev Run titled Manology: Secrets of Your Man's Mind Revealed, which went on to be a New York Times best seller.
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Tyrese Gibson was married to Norma Mitchell from 2007 to 2009, and the couple had one child, a daughter, born in 2007.
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In January 2017, Tyrese Gibson purchased a $4 million home in Atlanta, Georgia.
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Tyrese Gibson began dating his girlfriend Zelie Timothy in 2021, and stated he plans to marry her when his divorce from Lee is finalized.
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On September 9,2024, Tyrese Gibson was arrested following an appearance in Fulton County Court where he was issued a contempt charge after it was found that he was failing to pay child support to Lee.
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Tyrese Gibson was ordered to remain in custody until he paid Lee $73,500.