Teyana Taylor Biography & Net Worth
Teyana Taylor was born on December 10, 1990 in Harlem, New York, USA. As a recording artist, Taylor was highly influenced by musicians like Lauryn Hill, Michael Jackson and Stevie Wonder.Taylor is an only child on her mother’s side. She grew up in a single parent environment. On her father’s side she has 2 brothers and one sister. At age 9, she picked up a microphone in front of a crowd began performing. Teyana was enrolled in many different talent competitions, including the Apollo Theater National All-Stars talent search.
Teyana Taylor is a singer, rapper, and actress who has an estimated net worth of $500,000 dollars, and she will probably make a lot more money in years to come thanks to her amazing talent. Teyana started out her career in the entertainment industry back in 2007, right after appearing for the first time on the fourth season of MTV’s hit show “My Super Sweet 16″.
After appearing on My Sweet Sixteen she got noticed by some of the top record labels and producers in the world, soon after that Pharrell Williams signed her to Star Trak Entertainment later that year, and in 2008 she finally got the chance to release her first debut single which was titled “Google Me”. She signed with Star Trek/Interscope Records, but never released an album while with the label.Teyana Taylor is currently signed to Kanye’s Good Music label and
The Island Def Jam Music Group, her music career looks very promising, she’s still very young, and in a very short period of time she has been able to work along some of the most talented and popular figures in the music industry such as Kanye West, Rick Ross, Chris Brown, Meek Mill and Lil Wayne among many others. Taylor is also a talented writer, she has written songs for Chris Brown and Clyde McKnight. After six years of frustration, she parted from the music group amicably, and began releasing her own projects independently. She also guest performed on two tracks on Kanye West’s album, “My Dark Twisted Fantasy”, providing additional vocals on “Dark Fantasy” and “Hell of a Life”.
She was a member of a band called U.G.L.Y., along with band-mates Mijo, Braxton and Ethan. A snippet of U.G.L.Y.’s single “Wasted” was released early 2010. No further releases from the band have since been mentioned. She released her first mixtape, “The Misunderstanding of Teyana Taylor” in early 2012, and the album spawned two singles.
She has since signed with G.O.O.D. Music Group and The Island Def Jam Music Group, and is currently working on her new studio album. Taylor and Legend’s duet on the album was highly praised, Erika Ramirez of Billboard.com notes that “Teyana Taylor’s beautifully brash voice … illuminates in the electric-guitar heavy, Hudson Mohawke-produced ‘Bliss’. Trent Fitzgerald of Popcrush.com also complimented the duet, saying that he hoped to “hear more soulful duets from [Taylor and Legend].In addition to featuring on Cruel Summer, Taylor is currently in the process of recording her major-label debut album, to be released eventually through GOOD Music and The Island Def Jam Music Group.
In addition to being an actress and singer, Taylor also agreed to a deal that he would design two pairs of sneakers for Adidas. Her first pair were called Harlem GLC, and it was considered as the fastest selling sneakers in the history of Adidas Originals.
