Name	Tyrese Gibson
Height	5' 10½"
Naionality	American
Date of Birth	30 December 1978
Place of Birth	Watts Quarters, Los Angeles, California, USA
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Initially an MC, Gibson rapped under the alias of Black-Ty and was a member of an underground group known as Triple Impact,but didn't hesitate to follow another career route as an opportunity to launch his R&B career came up first. He released his self-titled debut music album, which went platinum, in 1998;his second album, 2000 Watts, shares the name of the organization he founded to help inner city children. Tyrese sang background vocals in Tupac's "Never Call You Bitch Again". Tyrese also co-wrote with Teddy Riley and Michael Jackson the song "2000 watts", included in Michael Jackson's 2001 album "Invincible".

Gibson was given the role originally intended for Tupac Shakur in the 2001 film Baby Boy; the movie was somewhat of a success for him. Gibson subsequently appeared in the 2003 box office success 2 Fast 2 Furious (opposite Paul Walker with whom he formed a close friendship), as well as Flight of the Phoenix (2004), Four Brothers (2005) and Annapolis (2006), co-starring James Franco.

In 2006, Gibson starred in Waist Deep, in which he played a man fighting to rescue his son from kidnappers; his co-stars in the film, Meagan Good and Larenz Tate, are personal friends of Gibson's in real life.Like several of his previous roles, the film is set in an urban environment, but Gibson has said that he does not view the role as a "step back", rather seeing the film as taking "another direction" due to some of its themes and action sequences.

His most recent role was in the big-budget action movie, Transformers, which was released in July 2007; the film's director, Michael Bay, had Gibson in mind for the role before he was cast, and thus Gibson did not have to audition for the part.Gibson may also star in a film version of the superhero Luke Cage; as of 2006, the script was being re-formatted.

Gibson prefers his music career to acting,but will focus on both areas. His rap persona was finally revitalized on December 12, 2006, with the release of his newest album, titled Alter Ego, with one disc featuring R&B (as Tyrese) and one disc featuring hip hop (as Black-Ty).

In 2007, Tyrese decided that he would like to be an independent recording artist and got out his contract with J Records. This is the first time in his musical career in which he was not signed to a label.

He has also started his own company, Headquarter Entertainment. This is a multi-faceted company, and features new artist Life Nine and his producers The Frontline Boyz.

Gibson was picked as one of People Magazine's Sexiest Men of the Year in 2000.