Velous

Tyler Bryant was born in Kingston, New York. His father, deceased, was a musician. His mother was a singer. When he was eleven, he began rapping after listening to Kanye West's "Through the Wire". He learned how to play the drums, then piano, and started playing the guitar when he was twelve years old. He started getting into production when he was thirteen.{{cite web|url=http://www.xxlmag.com/rap-music/the-break/2013/03/the-break-presents-velous/|website=XXL|title=The Break Presents: Velous|date=March 22, 2013|access-date=March 19, 2015|author=NMB}} He was also in a jazz ensemble in high school.{{cite web|url=http://allhiphop.com/2015/03/04/velous-producer-all-day-kanye-west/|title=Get To Know Velous, The Producer Behind Kanye West's 'All Day'|author=Hudson, Tanay|date=March 4, 2015|website=AllHipHop|access-date=March 17, 2015}}

Velous came up with his name after someone told him how marvelous his production skills were; the name is "marvelous" minus the "mar". In 2011, he released his debut mixtape, Velocity The Mixtape.{{cite web|url=http://www.last.fm/music/Velous/Velocity+The+Mixtape|title=Velocity The Mixtape - Velous - Listen and discover music at Last.fm|access-date=March 16, 2015}} Its release helped Velous gain attention from Cus Maven, who signed him to Swanky Music Group. Velous met Fabolous through fellow producer Vinylz. The trio worked together for Fabolous' song "Gone For The Winter" from his sixth album, The Young OG Project in 2014. The song also marked Velous' first major guest appearance as a recording artist.{{cite web|url=http://hiphop-n-more.com/2014/12/exclusive-velous-talks-producing-kanyes-all-day-working-with-fabolous-upcoming-solo-project/|title= Exclusive: Velous Talks Producing Kanye's 'All Day', Working With Fabolous & Upcoming Solo Project|author=Navjosh|date=December 29, 2014|website=HipHop-N-More|access-date=March 23, 2015}}

In 2014, fellow New York artist French Montana signed Velous to his label, Coke Boys Records. Montana spoke about Velous in an interview with the Village Voice: "I love his style. He sings. He raps. He's everything in one." He revealed that Velous also impressed Kanye West. "He came to the studio and played me like 1,000 songs", he said, before adding that West picked "like two beats" from Velous; one of which formed the basis of his 2014 single, "All Day". The song peaked at number 15 on the Billboard Hot 100 and received a Grammy Award nomination for Best Rap Song.{{cite web|url=http://www.hotnewhiphop.com/french-montana-signs-velous-to-coke-boys-news.11190.html|title=French Montana Signs Velous To Coke Boys|date=July 7, 2014|author=Lilah, Rose|website=HNHH|access-date=March 16, 2015}}

Outside of production, Veloys is perhaps best known for his guest performance on the 2014 single "Adult Swim" by DJ Spinking, having appeared alongside ASAP Ferg, Tyga, and Jeremih. Furthermore, he appeared alongside Chris Brown on Fabolous' 2017 single "Flipmode", whose music video contained cameo appearances from prominent figures in hip hop. Regarding Velous' involvement, Fabolous stated: {{quote|“When I heard the track it was a dope vibe, so I knew I wanted to become a part of the song. Chris added his touch while we were on tour together and the rest is history[.]”{{Cite web|url=http://www.xxlmag.com/rap-music/new-music/2017/08/fabolous-chris-brown-velous-flipmode-remix/|title=Fabolous and Chris Brown Hop on Velous' 'Flipmode' for the Remix - XXL|website=XXL Mag|date=31 August 2017 |access-date=2017-11-13}}}}

Velous, alongside frequent collaborator Vinylz, co-produced Brown's 2019 single "No Guidance", which featured Canadian rapper Drake. The song peaked at number five on the Billboard Hot 100 and yielded Velous' second Grammy Award nomination for Best R&B Song.{{Cite web|url=https://www.xxlmag.com/ar-ab-no-smoke-video-velous/|title= AR-Ab Knows You Don't Want "No Smoke" in New Video Featuring Velous|website=XXLMag.com|date=June 2017}}

List of songs as producer, co-producer, or songwriter with performing artists and other credited producers, showing year released and album name.

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• Velous on [https://untd.io/t/VelousSoundcloud-gyndHh Soundcloud]

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