Tyler Woods (born November 29, 1982) is an American singer-songwriter, composer, multi-instrumentalist and producer. Born in Pleasantville, New Jersey, and raised in
Fayetteville, North Carolina
Fayetteville () is a city in and the county seat of Cumberland County, North Carolina, United States. It is best known as the home of Fort Bragg, a major U.S. Army installation northwest of the city.
Fayetteville has received the All-America C ...
, Woods was involved in music from an early age, participating in church choirs, studying piano and forming his own group, Devoted. After graduating from high school, Woods immediately began touring Europe with N-Trigue. His first album, ''The R&B Sensation'', produced by the Grammy Award-winning producer 9th Wonder, was released in 2009. Woods has also been featured with many artists including Styles P,Talib Kweli, Buckshot, Chink Santana,
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Woods was born on November 29, 1982, to Geraldine Woods and the late William E. Woods Sr., the second of three children. His family moved to North Carolina a year after his birth. Raised in Fayetteville, Woods was heavily influenced by his parents, both musicians in their own right. Woods was active in his church choir from age five and watched his mother play the piano every Sunday. By the age of ten, he was attending rehearsals with his father, a college music teacher, playing drums and the trombone with high school students. By the time Woods entered high school he had formed his own group, Devoted, performing in local talent competitions and public events.
In 2008, Tyler Woods married actress
Radost Bokel
Radost Bokel (born 4 June 1975 in Bad Langensalza) is a German actress.
Life
Bokel works as an actress in Germany. As a child, she starred in the film ''Momo (1986 film), Momo''. Later she appeared in several other German films. In 2008, Boke ...
with whom he has a son. The marriage ended in divorce in 2015; Bokel now lives in Germany
Career
Shortly after graduating in 1999, Tyler left North Carolina for a European tour with the R&B quartet N-Trigue.
After international success, Woods returned to America in 2002. He briefly enrolled at Living Arts College in Raleigh-Durham, studying audio engineering, music theory and graphic design before dropping out to continue his musical career. Independently, Woods worked extensively with the producers Rich Harrison, Chink Santana and Ski. 102 Jamz, the local radio station in Greensboro, North Carolina, picked up his single "Maybelline Lady", which attracted the attention of the Grammy Award-winning producer
Lloyd
Lloyd, Lloyd's, or Lloyds may refer to:
People
* Lloyd (name), a variation of the Welsh word ' or ', which means "grey" or "brown"
** List of people with given name Lloyd
** List of people with surname Lloyd
* Lloyd (singer) (born 1986), American ...
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Pete Rock
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, Andre Betts,
Kid Capri
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Early life
Kid Capri's humble roots can be traced back to his parents' home in the Bronx, where ten year old David Antho ...
The singles "Prove Myself" and "Slow Jams" reached number one on BET J (now BET Her). Woods received an Southeastern Music Entertainment Summit Music Award for the number one song "Prove Myself" in 2009.
Discography
Albums
* ''9th Wonder Presents: The R&B Sensation'' (2009)
* ''Christmas In The Woods'' (2009)
* ''9th Wonder Presents: The Mahogany Experiment'' (2011)
* ''D-Block Presents: A Tyler Woods Christmas'' (2013)
Singles
* "It Ain’t Over" – Jozeemo, ''The Dream Merchant Vol. 2'' (2007)
* "Love And Appreciate II" – Murs, ''Murs For President'' (2008)
* "Ghetto Love" – Various Artists, ''Fight 4 New York: We Coming 4 That Radio Play'' (2009)
* "That Street Life" (feat. Tyler Woods) – Styles P, ''That Street Life Single'' (2010)
* "Who Gets Your Love (feat. HOS)" – 9th Wonder, ''9th’s Opus: It’s A Wonderful World Music Group, Vol. 1'' (2010)
* "Monumental" - Pete Rock and Smif-N-Wessun, ''Monumental'' (2011)
* "Hold It Down" – Buckshot, ''The Formula'' (2012)
* "Gangster Lean" – Fred The Godson, ''Contraband Mixtape'' (2013)
* "Faded" (feat. Tyler Woods) – The Lox, ''The Trinity EP'' (2013)