My favourite musician Your name Tyga Early life ● Michael Ray Nguyen-Stevenson was born in Compton, California, on November 19, 1989, and he moved to Gardena, California around the age of eleven. He is of Vietnamese and Jamaican descent. He grew up listening to Fabolous, Lil Wayne, Cam'ron and Eminem among others. Tyga claimed to have been brought up in the low socioeconomic area of Compton, but on the television show Bustas in 2008 he claimed he grew up in a "well-to-do" home in the Valley, where his parents drove a Range Rover. He also claimed that he attained his nickname from his mother calling him Tiger Woods.There has been speculation that his claims on the show were satirical and not to be taken seriously. Career ● 2008–10: No Introduction and mixtapes