Born: November 13, 1970
Place of Birth: Brooklyn, New York
Zodiac Sign: Scorpio
Tyrone Taylor, aka Sonny
Seeza, previously as Suavé and Sonsee, is a hardcore rapper, record producer,
DJ, and actor. He is best known as a member of the multi-platinum hardcore rap
group Onyx.
In 1988, after graduating
from school at 17, Fredro Starr created
the rap group Onyx and his schoolmates Big DS and Suavé.
Big DS produced the name for
the group, named after the black stone Onyx. They began to make the first demos
in the basement of B-Wiz with drum machine beats from an SP-12.
Jam Master discovered Seeza,
who signed Onyx on his label JMJ Records.
As a part of Onyx, Sonny
Seeza released five albums and 20 singles, was nominated as "Rap/Hip-Hop
New Artist" at the American Music Awards of 1994, and won "Best Rap
Album" at the 1994 Soul Train Music Awards. During his career, Sonny Seeza
has sold over 15 million albums and starred in two movies, The Addiction and
Ride.
Onyx released three top-selling
and two commercially unsuccessful albums before Sonny Seeza began his solo
career.
As a solo artist, Seeza
released two albums, Titanium, and Bridges, and took part in recording various
projects of other rap artists.
Seeza's debut album Tytanium
was released through Iceman Music Group on May 19, 2009.
Sonny Seeza stopped touring
with Onyx in 2009 to begin a solo career, but he still performs with other
group members on big shows. He no longer takes part in recording new songs with
Onyx.
In 2012, Seeza founded his
label Tytaynium Onyx. He released his second solo album, Bridges, on February
26, 2016.