[Music] Tyrese Darnell Gibson is an American Grammy nominated R&B singer songwriter rapper actor author model MTV VJ and writer Tyrese Gibson entertainment career started in the late 1990s in the music industry his R&B albums including the self-titled to Tyrese 1998 2000 wats 2001 and a black rose 2015 garnered critical Acclaim and Commercial Success Gibson's acting career took off in 2001 when he was cast as Roman Pierce in the Blockbuster to fast to Furious the second installment of The Fast and Furious franchise this role not only catapulted him to Global recognition but also marked the beginning of a long-standing association with the franchise in which he reped his role in subsequent sequels apart from his work in the adrenaline pumping action series Gibson has showcased his acting prowess in a diverse range of films including a baby Bo 2001 for brothers a 2005 and a Transformers a 2007 to 2011 Gibson has an estimated net worth of $8 million early life Gibson was born on December 30th 1978 he was raised in Watts Los Angeles California Gibson has three older siblings Tyrone Jor celendra and Shonda they were raised by single parent mother Priscilla Murray Gibson after his father Tyrone Gibson left while growing up in what's on 113th Street during the late 80s Gibson was exposed to gangs with some of his childhood friends becoming members of the CPS in his autobiography Tyrese was encouraged to take a different path he later graduated from Lock High School in 1996 personal life Gibson was married to Norma Mitchell from 2007 to 2009 and the couple had one child a daughter born in 2007 he married Samantha Lee on Fe uary 14th 2017 their daughter was born on October 1st 2018 in December 2020 Gibson and Lee announced they were divorcing Tyrese is dating zilly Timothy they went on public in March 2021 music career Gibson's career began when he auditioned for a Coca-Cola commercial at the suggestion of his high school music teacher an appearance in a 1994 Coca-Cola advertisement singing the phrase the always Coca-Cola led to bigger Fame it also led him to other appearances such as for guess and Tommy Hilfiger he released his self-titled album Tyrese at the age of 19 it debuted on the Billboard charts at number 17 the album includes singles such as nobody else lately and a sweet lady on May 22nd 2001 Gibson released his second studio album 2000 whats with singles like I like them girls and just a baby boy with Snoop Dog and Mr Tan was featured on the soundtrack to the film baby boy Gibson's first major acting role on December 10th 2002 Gibson released his third album I want to go there with the first single of the album how you going to act like that arguably his most successful single to date since then Gibson released several albums including alter ego and Hiatus on 2006 open invitation 2011 TGT and black rose 2013 identity theft 2017 to present acting career Gibson plays Roman Pierce in the Fast and Furious film series he first played Pierce alongside his best friend Paul Walker in 2003's Too Fast Too Furious his second collaboration with Singleton he returned as Roman Pierce in Fast 5 2011 Fast and Furious 6 2013 Furious 7 2015 the fate of the Furious 2017 Furious 9 2021 and fast X 2023 Gibson in 2015 portrays Sergeant Robert EPS in the Transformers film series in 2007 with the cast of Josh daml John Truro Megan Fox Anthony Anderson and John Voit with star Shia lauff Transformers went on to make nearly $710 million worldwide it was directed and co-produced by Michael Bay St Spielberg served as the executive producer Gibson reped his role in the sequels Transformers Revenge of the Fallen 2009 and Transformers Dark of the Moon 2011 Gibson was supposed to return as Epson Transformers the last night 2017 but was unable to appear due to scheduling conflicts with the fate of the Furious in 2005 Singleton and Gibson collaborated for the third time when Gibson co-starred in the action crime drama for brothers alongside Mark Wahlberg Gibson went on to star in the action drama waste deep with Megan Good in 2008 he co-starred opposite Jason Statham in Death Race in March 2019 Gibson joined Jared Leto in Sony's Spider-Man spin-off morbius writing in 2009 Gibson co-created a three-issue comic book titled Tyrese Gibson's Mayhem after being inspired from his visit to ComicCon on May 8th 2012 Gibson released his first book titled how to get out of your own way it went on to be a bestseller he also on February 5th 2013 Gibson co-authored his second book along with close personal friend Rev Run titled minology secrets of your man's mind revealed which also went on to be a New York Times bestseller surprising fact at 16 Gibson purchased his first home he was good friends with actor Paul Walker Tyrese founded an organization known as 2,000 wats to help inner city children at the age of 17 he started modeling one of people Magazine's sexiest men of the year 2000 he modeled for Tommy Hilfiger debut album Tyrese who went platinum at 14 got into music and won his first talent show he created HQ pictures his TV and Film Production compy company Tyrese is former VJ for MTV Jams countdown his childhood friend is Brandy Norwood tyes is host for MTV Jams countdown he Bears a resemblance to male model Tyson Beckford he raised over $300,000 to build the first boys and girls youth thank you for watching and kindly don't forget to subscribe you may also like and share this video to family and friends [Music] no [Music] no [Music]