Bryson Tiller

No one straddles the middle ground between R&B and rap quite like Bryson Tiller. Born in Louisville, Kentucky, in 1993, the singer and MC is a self-made superstar, having built his fanbase organically online before inking a deal for his first album, 2015’s T R A P S O U L. That title spells out Tiller’s artistic vision, and on the album’s best moments he lands somewhere between Lil Wayne and Omarion, his two biggest inspirations. Rocketing to the A-list with his star turn alongside Rihanna on DJ Khaled’s 2017 smash “Wild Thoughts,” Tiller continued to cultivate his multitiered approach on the same year’s True to Self. His 2020 album A N N I V E R S A R Y—named for its release exactly five years after his debut—consolidated his personal preferences even further, featuring only one guest in the form of Drake (and Big Sean on the deluxe edition). His penchant for putting a modern spin on stone-cold classics yielded the heartfelt 2021 holiday outing A Different Christmas, before stretching his already elastic vocals across the assorted stylistic backdrops of his self-titled 2024 LP. “I feel like I needed to open up those new doors with these songs,” he told Apple Music. “I was ready to try new things.” After a brief break to focus on his love for video game design, Tiller turned back to music with 2025’s double album, Solace & the Vices. “I treated Solace like a therapy session,” he explained. “I really want people to listen to it that way, almost as if I’m sitting on a couch and you’re just listening to what I’m saying.”