As the average age of Billboard‘s biggest hit makers continues to trend downward in 2019, the name most quickly rising up the ranks belongs to an emerging star who has yet to finish high school. Lil ...

In 2019, 16-year-old rapper Lil Tecca had one of the year’s biggest breakout hits with the No. 4-peaking Billboard Hot 100 smash “Ransom,” a fun hip-pop single with an eye-catching Lyrical Lemonade ...

The weekly fix of new music arrives. This week, a rapper with an eight-times platinum hit puts out his latest LP, an unlikely duo joins forces for a new collab project, a rapper takes off her mask to ...

In a matter of months, Lil Tecca has garnered millions of listeners and produced a certified hit. After putting up numbers on SoundCloud and YouTube with drops like “Love Me,” the Caribbean-flavored ...

Earlier this year, Lil Tecca returned with the single “ Dark Thoughts,” kicking off the rollout for his new album, Dopamine, which also included a fun single called “ OWA OWA.” Now, he’s bringing ...

“Dark Thoughts,” the opening track from Lil Tecca’s new album Dopamine, came together in a flash. The 22-year-old rapper says he made the song at nine in the morning, “straight off the wake up as a ...

In a lot of ways, Lil Tecca is a normal 16-year-old. Arriving at Complex’s office with his manager and parents on a Friday afternoon in late May, Tecca talks about his schemes to get out of class and ...

In just one year, Lil Tecca has gone from a high school sophomore to securing a top 10 placement on the Billboard charts for his song “Ransom.” Tyler-Justin Anthony Sharpe was born on August 26, 2002 ...

The 17-year-old Queens rapper went viral off a certified hit, but his debut project is repetitive and uninspired. Still, he could benefit from putting a little more work in. It’s not for nothing that ...

Lil Tecca responds to his death hoax when a fan asked if he is dead. Pic credit: Lil Tecca/YouTube Lil Tecca isn’t dead, but that hasn’t stopped the Ransom rapper from being targeted in another social ...

He was only 16 when an out-of-the-blue tweet led to the recording session that yielded his breakthrough hit, “Ransom.” See how the internet stars aligned to make Lil Tecca a new king of streaming. By ...