Taylor Noelle Watson (born April 6, 1993), better known by her stage name Tay Money, is an American rapper. She started her career in 2017, and gained fame after the release of her single "Trappers Delight" in June 2018. Watson then released her debut EP, ''DUH!''. Her debut

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, ''Hurricane Tay'' was released in March 2019, the following year she released her single, "Bussin" which became a viral sensation on video sharing network

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. It reached #41 on the U.S. Viral 50. In 2021, she signed a record deal with

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and

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Biography

Taylor Noelle Watson was born in

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on April 6, 1993, she later moved to

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. Watson worked as a

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. Watson made her debut with the single "Lewis & Clark" in 2017, she later released the single "Na Na". Her breakthrough came with the 2018 single "Trapper's Delight", which was released on WorldStarHipHop's YouTube channel. The music video received over 1.2 million views in less than a month. She released her debut EP, ''DUH!'', on November of that year. In 2019, she released the singles "High School", "2k" , "Ride Around", and "IMAX". In that same year, her debut mixtape, ''Hurricane Tay'', was released with 16 tracks and two features from

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and

YNW Melly Jamell Maurice Demons (born May 1, 1999), known professionally as YNW Melly (initialism for Young Nigga World Melly), is an American rapper and singer. He is best known for his songs " Murder on My Mind", " Mixed Personalities" (featuring Kany ...

. In March 2020, Watson released her viral single "Bussin", which has gained widespread attention in social media, especially on the video sharing platform

. In July 2020, Watson released "Bussins remix, titled "Bussin 2.0" with rapper

Saweetie Diamonté Quiava Valentin Harper (born July 2, 1993), known professionally as Saweetie (), is an American rapper. After the release of her debut single "Icy Grl" in 2017, she was signed to her then-manager Max Gousse's record label Artistry Wo ...

. On October 2, 2020, Watson released the music video for "Circus", which was directed by DrewFilmedIt. She released her debut

, ''Blockedt'', on December 11 of that year. It features Saweetie on the remix "Bussin 2.0" and

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on "Brat", which was released on October. In 2021, Watson signed a record deal with

and

. She also announced working on her debut studio album.

Media

Watson was featured on ''D Magazine'''s "10 North Texas Hip-Hop Artists to Watch in 2020" list.

Personal life

Watson dated videographer

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. Their relationship ended in mid-2021.

References

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