Tyga: Road to the 2012 BET Awards

Tyga more than earned his stripes over the past year.

October 11, 2011: Tyga Hits the Cipher at BET Hip-Hop Awards - Tyga killed it alongside Chris Brown and Ace Hood in The Cipher at last year’s BET Hip-Hop Awards.(Photo: BET)
Nov. 29, 2011: “The Motto” Single Released  - Tyga helped turn Drake’s hyphy tribute “The Motto,” also featuring Lil Wayne, into a double-platinum smash.(Photo: Courtesy Cash Money/Young Money Records)
Dec. 5, 2011: Tyga Unveils Yet Another New Mixtape - Tyga paved the way for his upcoming LP, Careless World: Rise of the Last King, with a new mixtape, #B---hImTheS—t, which garnered over half a million downloads. (photo: John Ricard / BET)
Jan. 13, 2012: Tyga Releases “Faded” - Tyga teamed up with Young Monday capo Lil Wayne to pack dance floors with the bouncy single “Faded.”(Photo: Courtesy Cash Money/Young Money Records)Feb. 21, 2012: Tyga Drops Careless World: Rise of the Last King  - After a string of smash singles and mixtapes, Tyga hit No. 4 on the Billboard Hot 100 with his sophomore LP, backing up his hitmaking cred.(Photo: Courtesy Cash Money/Young Money Records)

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Nov. 29, 2011: “The Motto” Single Released  - Tyga helped turn Drake’s hyphy tribute “The Motto,” also featuring Lil Wayne, into a double-platinum smash.(Photo: Courtesy Cash Money/Young Money Records)

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