Tyga: Road to the 2012 BET Awards

Tyga more than earned his stripes over the past year.

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)
March 19, 2012: Tyga Involved in Shooting - Tyga affiliate Honey Cocaine was shot in the arm when Tyga’s tour van was fired at after a show in Omaha. (Photo: WCEPIX/EP/PICTUREGROUP)
April 18, 2012: Tyga and Chris Brown Announce New Mixtape - Tyga had Team Breezy in a frenzy when he tweeted that he and Chris Brown were working on a sequel to their 2010 collaborative mixtape Fan of a Fan.(Photos: John Ricard/BET)

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March 19, 2012: Tyga Involved in Shooting - Tyga affiliate Honey Cocaine was shot in the arm when Tyga’s tour van was fired at after a show in Omaha. (Photo: WCEPIX/EP/PICTUREGROUP)

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