How Lil Tecca Broke The Rap Industry

Catch us on Spotify! https://open.spotify.com/show/033yaNzaBMQuYHC4jqKu74?si=RBIGHIoYQv6euY3dzzed1w At 16, Lil Tecca had one of the biggest songs in the world. No street image, no feuds, no scandal, just a kid from Queens who started making diss tracks on his sister's laptop after playing Xbox. Here's how he became one of rap's most unlikely stars, and why he's still here years later. Tyler Sharpe grew up wanting to make the NBA. Then a joke diss track on SoundCloud turned into a hobby, a hobby turned into a sound, and a DM from Internet Money's Taz Taylor turned into "Ransom." The Nick Mira-produced hit reached number four on the Billboard Hot 100 while Tecca was still in high school. From We Love You Tecca and Virgo World to "Lot of Me," TEC and Plan A, he's spent the years since proving he was never a one-hit wonder. In this video, we break down: - The image rap expects from its stars - Tecca's childhood in Queens and his NBA dreams - How an Xbox argument led to his first song - Internet Money and the making of "Ransom" - We Love You Tecca and his teenage success - Virgo World and the mixed reaction - "Lot of Me," TEC and Plan A - Why Tecca lasted when so many didn't Subscribe for more deep dives into hip-hop, music history and the stories behind the artists. #LilTecca #Ransom #HipHop