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Ty Brasel was born in Memphis, TN, where he grew up at the intersection of East Memphis & Olive Branch, MS. This area, referred to by locals as “Memphissippi,” is where Ty first recognized his passion for music. As a kid, Ty found his role models within hip-hop and the music became the backdrop to his story.
Ty’s upbringing in the “Bible belt” had him well acquainted with religion and church at a young age. However, Ty chose a path that lead him down a road of substance abuse and crime. “In my early years, I️ dealt with some serious family issues that left me traumatized, so when I️ got to high school, I️ began to numb the pain with drugs. I️ began selling & using drugs and ventured deep into this dangerous lifestyle as a means to search for identity,” he says.
After an encounter with God following his senior year of high school, Ty decided to change his ways and began a new spiritual journey. He enrolled into college at Ole Miss and started a hip-hop group with a fried. Ty quickly found himself reacquainted with substance abuse and illegal activity. Ty’s growth as a musician was overshadowed by his destructive lifestyle. Ty gained significant notoriety on campus, but was arrested four times during his freshman year.
“If I keep going down this path, I’m going to ruin my life,” he remembers thinking in a jail cell. “I wanna thrive, I wanna live life.” Ty dropped out of college after his third semester with no money and no plan. He knew that if he wanted to succeed in music, his lifestyle needed a drastic change. “I decided to go back to my childhood church roots and began to find my true identity for the first time,” Ty states.
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