40 Fun Facts About Bryson Tiller

Which milestone did Bryson Tiller reach in June 2020, years after topping the Billboard 200?

Graduating high school came late for Bryson Tiller, who earned his diploma through Iroquois High School nearly five years after his debut album.

Which superstar shares guest vocals with Bryson Tiller on DJ Khaled's 2017 hit Wild Thoughts?

Rihanna and Bryson Tiller took Wild Thoughts to number two on the Billboard Hot 100, then performed it with DJ Khaled at the Grammys in January 2018.

Before fame, Bryson Tiller supported his first child by working at UPS and which pizza chain?

Papa John's and UPS paid the bills after Bryson Tiller took a break from music in 2013, the year before he uploaded the song that made his name.

Bryson Tiller's single Sorry Not Sorry samples sounds from which classic arcade fighting game?

Street Fighter II: The World Warrior supplies game sounds on Sorry Not Sorry, alongside the intro of the Carrie Lucas song Questions.

In which Kentucky city was R&B singer Bryson Tiller born and then raised by his grandmother?

Louisville is where Bryson Tiller started singing and rapping at age 15, years before its mayor named March 12 after him.

Which Bryson Tiller debut single, made in his living room, climbed to number 13 on the Hot 100?

Don't first appeared online in October 2014, and Bryson Tiller nearly lost it for good: he deleted the upload until a friend talked him into restoring it.

Bryson Tiller turned down an offer to join OVO Sound, the label co-founded by which rapper?

Drake co-signed Bryson Tiller early and wanted him on OVO Sound, but Tiller signed with a major label instead in August 2015.

Which Canadian pop star sings with Bryson Tiller on Lonely Christmas, from Tiller's 2021 holiday EP?

Justin Bieber's own Christmas music helped inspire the EP, A Different Christmas, which Bryson Tiller made for fans spending the holidays alone.

Which honor did Bryson Tiller receive from his hometown in March 2016, along with a day in his name?

The key to the city went to Bryson Tiller on March 12, 2016, barely five months after his debut album, on what the mayor declared Bryson Tiller Day.

Bryson Tiller and Jazmine Sullivan recorded the 2017 title track for which HBO series from Issa Rae?

Insecure premiered on HBO in 2016, and the duet made for it went on to earn Bryson Tiller and Jazmine Sullivan an NAACP Image Award nomination.

Which singer's 2018 single Could've Been features Bryson Tiller and earned two Grammy nominations?

H.E.R. already knew Bryson Tiller well, having opened the North American leg of his Set It Off tour the year before their duet came out.

Which singer's 2025 single It Depends samples Usher's Nice & Slow and features Bryson Tiller?

Chris Brown's single with Bryson Tiller reached number 16 on the Billboard Hot 100, and Usher himself later joined the pair on its remix.

Bryson Tiller's verse on Wild Thoughts rides the guitar riff of Maria Maria, a hit by which band?

Santana's Maria Maria runs all through Wild Thoughts, right down to ad-libs from Wyclef Jean, who co-wrote and produced the 1999 original.

Which 2020 Bryson Tiller album, dedicated to his late grandmother, debuted at number five in the US?

Anniversary arrived five years to the day after Trapsoul and grew out of ideas Bryson Tiller found while digging through that album's archives.

Which Bryson Tiller mixtape song got an official release in 2024 after taking off on TikTok?

Whatever She Wants began life on the second Slum Tiller mixtape and became a top-20 hit, with Bryson Tiller rapping instead of singing.

Which platform hosted Bryson Tiller's breakthrough 2014 uploads and later his Slum Tiller mixtapes?

SoundCloud brought Bryson Tiller four million streams in six months for his breakthrough song, and he returned in 2023 to release music free of sample clearances.

Which fellow Kentucky rapper featured Bryson Tiller on the 2019 single Thru the Night?

Jack Harlow shares a hometown with Bryson Tiller, and the pair teamed up again on Luv Is Dro, from Harlow's album Thats What They All Say.

Which sportswear giant partnered with Bryson Tiller in 2017 to rebuild basketball courts in his hometown park?

Nike and Bryson Tiller reopened the rebuilt courts at Wyandotte Park on June 7, 2017, with a skills clinic for local children, less than two weeks after his second album came out.

At which 2016 ceremony did Bryson Tiller win both Best New Artist and Best Male R&B/Pop Artist?

The BET Awards of June 2016 handed Bryson Tiller both trophies on a night when he also performed, less than nine months after Trapsoul came out.

Which rock band's One More Light was knocked off number one by Bryson Tiller's True to Self in 2017?

Linkin Park lost the top of the Billboard 200 when True to Self arrived with 107,000 units, a month ahead of its announced release date.

Which producer gave Bryson Tiller two Trapsoul beats and bought him gear to record in a Miami hotel?

Timbaland handed over the beats for Sorry Not Sorry and Been That Way, then bought the equipment because Bryson Tiller dislikes big studios.

Bryson Tiller guests on the extended Playing Games, from which singer's 2019 debut album Over It?

Summer Walker built Playing Games on Destiny's Child's Say My Name, and Bryson Tiller's verse is heard only on the extended cut, not in the video.

Bryson Tiller's breakthrough single borrows a lyric from Shake It Off, a 2005 song by which singer?

Mariah Carey released Shake It Off on The Emancipation of Mimi, and Bryson Tiller reworks one of its lines in his second verse.

Which Trapsoul single samples Swing My Way and earned Bryson Tiller his first Grammy nomination?

Exchange was nominated for Best R&B Song at the 2017 Grammys, and it was the song Bryson Tiller picked for his first US television performance.

Which singer's remix Rambo: Last Blood appears on the deluxe edition of Bryson Tiller's Trapsoul?

The Weeknd first shared the remix online in 2015, and the two singers performed it together in Berlin during the Trapsoul Tour.

Bryson Tiller's Outside samples Wait (The Whisper Song) by which rap act, who appear in its video?

The Ying Yang Twins scored a hit with the whispered original in 2005, and seventeen years later they turned up in person for Bryson Tiller's video.

Which New Orleans rapper does Bryson Tiller credit with making him fall in love with hip-hop?

Lil Wayne's radio singles were his way into rap, Bryson Tiller has said, though R&B remains what he calls his first love.

Which former B2K singer's debut solo album first made Bryson Tiller want to start singing?

Omarion's first album reached Bryson Tiller through an uncle, and he began listening every day and singing along to what he heard.

What did Bryson Tiller say in 2017 he would probably never do, wanting to stay a shadowy figure?

Filmed interviews were what Bryson Tiller ruled out, keeping a low profile that one critic called among the singer's most endearing qualities.

Which singer supported Bryson Tiller on the European leg of his 2017 Set It Off tour?

SZA joined Bryson Tiller for the European dates that autumn, in the same year she released her debut album Ctrl.

Which rapper guests on Get Mine, one of three songs Bryson Tiller shared ahead of True to Self?

Young Thug appears on Get Mine, which arrived alongside Honey and Somethin Tells Me but was left off the finished album.

Which rapper appears on Still Yours, from the deluxe edition of Bryson Tiller's third studio album?

Big Sean was the one new guest when the deluxe edition added five tracks in February 2021, nearly five months after the original release.

Which late-night host's show gave Bryson Tiller his US television debut in May 2016?

Seth Meyers booked Bryson Tiller for Late Night on May 23, 2016, a rare appearance for a singer who prefers to keep out of the spotlight.

Which family member of Bryson Tiller sings on the closing track of his 2021 holiday EP?

His daughter Halo joins Bryson Tiller on the last song of A Different Christmas, an EP that also marked his first work with every other guest.

Which DJ Khaled album includes Bryson Tiller's guest spot Wild Thoughts, a year after Major Key?

Grateful was still being recorded when DJ Khaled had Bryson Tiller over for dinner and played him a demo; Tiller went home, recorded a verse and sent it back.

Which singer joins Bryson Tiller on Persuasion, one of two guest spots on his 2024 studio album?

Victoria Monét co-wrote Persuasion as well as singing on it, and Clara La San is the only other featured guest on the album.

What does Bryson Tiller ride through the streets, chased by police, in the video for Self-Made?

A Jet Ski carries Bryson Tiller down the road in the black-and-white Colin Tilley clip, which also has him standing on top of a moving BMW i8.

Which 21-song mixtape did Bryson Tiller record in 2011, four years before his debut album Trapsoul?

Killer Instinct came out when Bryson Tiller was 18, and he revisited the title in 2021 for a sequel he texted to fans as a private link.

The Slum Tiller mixtapes by Bryson Tiller drew on the rap scene of which city, home of Slum Village?

Detroit music was the primary inspiration, Bryson Tiller said, and the series ran to three volumes between August 2023 and January 2024.

Which Beyoncé collaborator does Bryson Tiller credit with first getting him into writing songs?

The-Dream's way with lyrics set Bryson Tiller writing, at first hoping only to pen songs for others; he says he recorded demos just to win placements.