Tyrese Gibson - wikipedia Tyrese Gibson This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 27 May 2018. `` Black - Ty '' redirects here. For more info, see Alter Ego ( Tyrese album ). Tyrese Gibson Gibson in December 2008 Background information Also known as Black - Ty Tyrese ( 1978 - 12 - 30 ) December 30, 1978 ( age 39 ) Watts, Los Angeles, California, U.S. Genres Hip hop R&B Occupation ( s ) Singer songwriter rapper actor model VJ screenwriter film producer author television producer Instruments Vocals Years active 1994 -- present Labels RCA ( 1997 -- 2001 ) J ( 2002 -- 06 ) Voltron ( 2011 -- present ) EMI ( 2011 -- 12 ; defunct ) Caroline ( 2015 -- present ) Website tyreseonline.com Tyrese Gibson ( born December 30, 1978 ), also known mononymously as Tyrese, is an American singer, songwriter, rapper, actor, model, VJ, screenwriter, film producer, author and television producer. He played Joseph `` Jody '' Summers in Baby Boy, Angel Mercer in Four Brothers, Roman Pearce in the Fast and the Furious series and Robert Epps in the Transformers film series. After releasing several albums, he transitioned into films, with lead roles in several major Hollywood releases. Contents 1 Early life 2 Music career 2.1 Music beginnings 2.2 1998 -- 99 : Tyrese 2.3 2001 : 2000 Watts 2.4 2002 -- 03 : I Wanna Go There 2.5 2006 -- 07 : Alter Ego 2.6 2011 -- 12 : Open Invitation 2.7 2013 -- present : TGT and Black Rose 3 Acting career 3.1 The Fast and the Furious 3.2 Transformers 3.3 Other films 4 Writing 5 Personal life 6 Discography 7 Filmography 7.1 Film 7.2 Television 7.3 Music videos 7.4 Theme park ride 8 Awards and nominations 9 References 10 External links Early Life Gibson was born and raised in Watts, Los Angeles, California. His mother, Priscilla Murray Gibson ( née Durham ), raised him and his three older siblings as a single parent after Gibson 's father, Tyrone Gibson, left. Gibson attended Florida A&M University. However, he has stated that this is inaccurate and he never attended FAMU. Music career Music beginnings 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 `` Always Coca - Cola '', led to bigger fame. It led him to other appearances for Guess and Tommy Hilfiger. 1998 -- 99 : Tyrese In early 1998, Gibson was signed as an artist to early RCA Records. Afterwards, he released his debut single `` Nobody Else ''. It quickly rose on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, peaking at # 36. On September 29, 1998, he released his self - titled album Tyrese at the age of 19. It debuted on the Billboard charts at # 17. In late 1998, Gibson became the new host of the weekday music video show MTV Jams on MTV and a host and VJ for the channel. Afterwards, he released the second single from the album `` Lately ''. It made it to # 56 on the Billboard charts. Then, the album 's third single and highest charting single `` Sweet Lady '' became the album 's biggest hit, reaching # 9 on the R&B charts. The single earned Gibson a Grammy nomination for Best R&B Male Vocal Performance. The album eventually went on to be certified Platinum. Gibson along with singers Ginuwine, RL of Next and Case were featured on the soundtrack of The Best Man on the single `` The Best Man I Can Be ''. 2001 : 2000 Watts On May 22, 2001, Gibson released his second studio album, 2000 Watts. The first single off the album was `` I Like Them Girls, '' which reached # 15 on the Billboard Hot R&B / Hip - Hop Songs chart. The album went on to be certified Gold, selling over 500,000 copies. The third single off the album, `` Just a Baby Boy, '' with Snoop Dogg and Mr. Tan, was featured on the soundtrack to the film Baby Boy, Gibson 's first major acting role. 2002 -- 03 : I Wanna Go There After RCA Records was disbanded Gibson went on to sign to J Records. There he released his third studio album I Wanna Go There on December 10, 2002. His first single from the album and arguably his most successful single to date `` How You Gonna Act Like That '' debuted on the Hot R&B / Hip - Hop Songs chart at # 7. 2006 -- 07 : Alter Ego On December 12, 2006, Gibson released his fourth studio album Alter Ego, his first double disc album. It was also his first album in which he debuts his rapping persona. The first single off the album was `` One '' debuting on the Hot R&B / Hip - Hop Songs chart at # 26. The album itself is considered Gibson 's lowest selling album to date. In 2007, Gibson, Ginuwine and Tank founded TGT. 2011 -- 12 : Open Invitation After taking time from music to focus on his family and his highly successful acting career, Gibson decided it was time to return to music. In 2011, he signed himself and his newly founded label Voltron Recordz to EMI and announced he was working on a new album titled Open Invitation. On August 16, 2011, Gibson released the lead single `` Stay ''. the music video for the single featured fellow actor, friend and Baby Boy co-star Taraji P. Henson. It peaked on the US Hot R&B / Hip - Hop Songs chart at # 11. The second single `` Too Easy '' featured fellow actor, friend and rapper Ludacris. It peaked on the US Hot R&B / Hip - Hop Songs chart at # 38. The third single `` Nothing On You '' peaked on the US Hot R&B / Hip - Hop Songs chart at # 61. Open Invitation was released on November 1, 2011. It debuted on the US Billboard 200 albums chart at # 9, sold 130,000 copies in its first week and has gone on to sell over 400,000 copies. In 2013, the album earned Gibson his third Grammy nomination at the 2013 Grammy Awards for Best R&B Album. 2013 -- present : TGT and Black Rose In early 2013, it was announced and confirmed after much speculation that Gibson, Ginuwine, and Tank would be releasing their debut collaboration album, to be distributed by Atlantic Records. On April 10, 2013, Gibson announced that he is working on a new album titled Black Rose, expected to be released some time in 2014. It will serve as Gibson 's final studio album. It will be a double album set to be released in the summer of 2015. On July 10, 2015, Black Rose was released and had debuted at number 1 on the Billboard 200, with first - week sales of 77,000 copies, making it Gibson 's first number one album of his career. Acting career Gibson rose to prominence as an actor when he starred in John Singleton 's Baby Boy in 2001. Gibson has a recurring role in two of the highest - grossing film series : The Fast and the Furious and Transformers. The Fast and the Furious Gibson plays Roman Pearce in The Fast and the Furious film series. He first played Pearce alongside his best friend Paul Walker in 2003 's 2 Fast 2 Furious, his second collaboration with Singleton. He returned as Roman Pearce in Fast Five ( 2011 ), Fast & Furious 6 ( 2013 ), Furious 7 ( 2015 ), and The Fate of the Furious ( 2017 ). Transformers Gibson portrays Sergeant Robert Epps in the Transformers film series. In 2007, with the ensemble cast of Josh Duhamel, John Turturro, Megan Fox, Anthony Anderson and Jon Voight, with star Shia LaBeouf, Transformers went on to make nearly $710 million worldwide. It was directed and co-produced by Michael Bay. Steven Spielberg served as executive producer. Gibson revised his role in the sequels Transformers : Revenge of the Fallen ( 2009 ) and Transformers : Dark of the Moon ( 2011 ). Gibson was supposed to return as Epps in Transformers : The Last Knight ( 2017 ), but was unable to appear due to scheduling conflicts with The Fate of the Furious. Other films In 2005, Singleton and Gibson collaborated for the third time when Gibson co-starred in the action - crime drama Four Brothers alongside Mark Wahlberg. Gibson went on to star in the action - drama Waist Deep with Meagan Good. In 2008, he co-starred opposite Jason Statham in Death Race. Writing On May 8, 2012, Gibson released his first book, titled How to Get Out of Your Own Way. It went on to be a New York Times best seller. On February 5, 2013, Gibson co-authored his second book along with close personal friend Rev. Run titled Manology : Secrets of Your Man 's Mind Revealed, which also went on to be a New York Times best seller. 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 February 14, 2017. Discography Main article : Tyrese discography Solo albums Tyrese ( 1998 ) 2000 Watts ( 2001 ) I Wanna Go There ( 2002 ) Alter Ego ( 2006 ) Open Invitation ( 2011 ) Black Rose ( 2015 ) Collaborative albums Three Kings ( with TGT ) ( 2013 ) Filmography Film Year Title Role 2000 Love Song Skip / Mad Rage 2001 Baby Boy Joseph ' Jody ' Summers 2003 2 Fast 2 Furious Roman Pearce Flight of the Phoenix AJ 2005 Four Brothers Angel Mercer 2005 Annapolis Matt Cole 2006 Waist Deep Otis / O2 2007 Transformers Robert Epps 2007 Take, The The Take Adell Baldwin 2008 Death Race Joseph `` Machine Gun Joe '' Mason 2009 Transformers : Revenge of the Fallen Robert Epps Legion Kyle Williams 2011 Transformers : Dark of the Moon Robert Epps 2011 Fast Five Roman Pearce 2013 Fast & Furious 6 2013 Black Nativity Tyson 2015 Furious 7 Roman Pearce 2015 Hollywood Adventures Himself 2016 Ride Along 2 Mayfield 2017 The Fate of the Furious Roman Pearce Television Year Title Role Hangin ' with Mr. Cooper Darrell 1997 Martin Dante 1998 Parent ' Hood, The The Parent ' Hood Coop 1999 MTV Beach House Himself 1999 Blue 's Clues Tyrese 2000 Moesha Troy La La 's Full Court Wedding Himself 2011 The Soup Himself 2016 American Dad ! Himself 2017 Star Pastor Bobby Harris Music videos Year Artist Title 1997 SWV `` Rain '' 1998 Usher `` My Way '' 1999 Monica `` Angel of Mine '' 2003 Roselyn Sánchez `` Amor Amor '' 2003 R. Kelly featuring Big Tigger and Cam'ron `` Snake ( Remix ) '' 2003 Ludacris `` Act a Fool '' 2006 Omarion `` Entourage '' 2007 Keyshia Cole `` Love '' 2008 Akon featuring Colby O'Donis and Kardinal Offishall `` Beautiful '' 2009 Chris Brown featuring Lil Wayne and Swizz Beatz `` I Can Transform Ya '' Lady Gaga featuring Beyoncé `` Telephone '' 2013 Clinton Sparks featuring 2 Chainz and Macklemore `` Gold Rush '' 2013 T - Pain featuring B.o.B `` Up Down ( Do This All Day ) '' 2015 Eric Bellinger featuring 2 Chainz `` Focused On You '' Theme park ride Year Title Role 2015 Fast & Furious : Supercharged Roman Pearce Awards and nominations American Music Awards Year Nominee / work Award Result 2000 Tyrese Gibson Favorite New R&B / Soul Artist Won Black Movie Awards Year Nominee / work Award Result 2006 Waist Deep Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role Nominated Black Reel Awards Year Nominee / work Award Result 2002 `` Just a Baby Boy '' ( with Mr. Tan and Snoop Dogg ) Best Song Nominated Baby Boy Best Actor Nominated < 2006 Four Brothers Best Ensemble Nominated Grammy Awards Year Nominee / work Award Result 2000 `` Sweet Lady '' Best R&B Male Vocal Performance Nominated `` How U Gonna Act Like That '' Best R&B Male Vocal Performance Nominated 2013 Open Invitation Best R&B Album Nominated 2014 Three Kings with Ginuwine and Tank as TGT Best R&B Album Nominated 2016 `` Shame '' Best Traditional R&B Performance Nominated Best R&B Song Nominated NAACP Image Awards Year Nominee / work Award Result 2002 2000 Watts Outstanding Hip - Hop Artist Nominated 2002 Baby Boy Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture Nominated 2002 The Tonight Show with Jay Leno Outstanding Performance in a Variety Show Nominated 2012 Trumpet Awards Pinnacle Award Won Locarno International Film Festival Year Nominee / work Award Result 2001 Baby Boy for ' its innovative concept and ensemble acting ' Special Mention Award Soul Train Music Awards Year Nominee / work Award Result 2013 `` TGT '' with Ginuwine and Tank New Artist of the Year Nominated 2012 `` Stay '' Song of the Year Won References Jump up ^ `` Tyrese Gibson Biography ''. TVGuide.com. Archived from the original on October 3, 2015. Jump up ^ `` Actor, author brian urges students to build on ideas ''. University of Delaware. 29 September 2011. Retrieved 28 May 2012. Jump up ^ Meadows - Ingram, Benjamin ( September 25, 2011 ). `` Backbeat : Tyrese Plays New Album ' Open Invitation ' At Virgin 's NYC Offices ''. Billboard. Retrieved May 28, 2012. Jump up ^ Kennedy, Erica ( July 2001 ). `` Do Right Man ''. Vibe. Vibe Media Group. 9 ( 7 ) : 86. ISSN 1070 - 4701. Jump up ^ `` R&B Sensation Tyrese ''. NPR. 4 September 2003. Retrieved May 28, 2012. Jump up ^ `` Did n't Go to Famu Tweet ''. Jump up ^ `` BallerStatus ''. Tyrese : Waist Deep. Archived from the original on February 2, 2007. Retrieved June 19, 2006. Jump up ^ Hay, Carla ( January 23, 1999 ). `` RCA 's Tyrese Finds ' Sweet ' Success ''. Billboard. Jump up ^ The Basics : Tyrese. Billboard. Retrieved on 2011 - 10 - 07. Jump up ^ `` TGT ( Tyrese, Ginuwine and Tank ) Sign To Atlantic Records ''. Vibe. Retrieved 20 July 2015. Jump up ^ `` New Music : TGT ( Tyrese, Ginuwine, Tank ) -- ' Sex Never Felt Better ' ''. Rap - Up. Retrieved 20 July 2015. Jump up ^ `` Tyrese Documentary `` A Black Rose That Grew Through Concrete '' Full Stream Release - Rap Basement ``. Rap Basement. Retrieved 20 July 2015. Jump up ^ `` Tyrese Scores His First No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 Chart ''. Billboard. Jump up ^ Flanigan, Sarah ( March 23, 2015 ). `` Tyrese Talks Real Life Connection to First Acting Role in ' Baby Boy ' ''. Entertainment Tonight. Jump up ^ `` Top Five Highest Paid Stars in the Fast and the Furious Franchise ''. Sofia of Sweden. June 26, 2014. Jump up ^ `` ' Fast & Furious ' actor Tyrese Gibson missing ' best friend ' Paul Walker ''. CTV News. 4 January 2014. Retrieved 9 November 2017. Jump up ^ Douglas, Edward ( March 30, 2015 ). `` Interview : Tyrese Gibson on His Fourth Turn as Roman in Furious 7 ''. Coming Soon. Jump up ^ `` Tyrese Gibson - News ''. IMDb. Jump up ^ Cochran, Jay ( June 15, 2007 ). `` Transformers : The Cast, The History, The Movie ''. ENI. Jump up ^ Rich, Katey ( June 26, 2009 ). `` Exclusive Interview : Tyrese Talks Transformers ''. Cinema Blend. Jump up ^ Weintraub, Steve `` Frosty '' ( July 5, 2011 ). `` Tyrese Gibson Talks TRANSFORMERS : DARK OF THE MOON, FAST FIVE and FAST SIX, Music, Twitter, His Book, More ''. Collider. Jump up ^ Willis, Jackie ( June 27, 2016 ). `` EXCLUSIVE : Tyrese Gibson Confirms He 's Shooting ' Transformers 5, ' Says He Feels Paul Walker 's ' Energy ' on ' Fast 8 ' Set ''. Entertainment Tonight. Jump up ^ Dosani, Rishma ( June 19, 2017 ). `` Tyrese Gibson exclusively admits he was ' p * * * * d ' to miss out on filming Transformers : The Last Knight alongside original co-star Josh Duhamel ''. OK !. Northern & Shell. Retrieved June 22, 2017. Jump up ^ Morales, Wilson ( August 2005 ). `` Four Brothers : An Interview with Mark Wahlberg and Tyrese Gibson ''. Black Film. Jump up ^ `` Four Brothers - Interview with Mark Wahlberg and Tyrese Gibson ''. Spike. July 26, 2005. Jump up ^ `` Waist Deep ''. BET. Jump up ^ Reid, Shaheem ( June 23, 2006 ). `` Game, Tyrese Swap Rapping, Acting Tips On ' Waist Deep ' Set ''. MTV. Jump up ^ Morales, Wilson ( August 18, 2008 ). `` Death Race : An Interview with Tyrese Gibson ''. Black Film. Jump up ^ `` Tyrese Gibson plays gay bad - ass in `` Death Race ''... or does he ? ``. The Back Lot. August 25, 2008. Jump up ^ TYRESE. `` Tyrese 's World ''. tyresesworld.blogspot.com. Retrieved 20 July 2015. Jump up ^ USATODAY ( 30 January 2013 ). `` ' Manology ' unlocks secrets of your man 's mind ''. USA TODAY. Retrieved 20 July 2015. Jump up ^ `` Manology : Tyrese, Rev Run Divulge ' Secrets Of Your Man 's Mind ' In New Book ( VIDEO, EXCERPT ) ''. The Huffington Post. Retrieved 20 July 2015. Jump up ^ `` Tyrese - Black Rose ''. tyreseonline.com. Retrieved 20 July 2015. Jump up ^ Leonard, Elizabeth ; Kimble, Lindsay ( October 25, 2017 ). `` Tyrese Gibson Admits to Flying Banner Over Daughter 's School Despite Restraining Order ''. People. Time Inc. Retrieved November 5, 2017. Jump up ^ `` Update : Singer Tyrese and fiancée welcome a daughter ''. People. Time Inc. ) ) August 7, 2007. Jump up ^ `` Tyrese 's New Wife Has Master 's Degree, Makes Six Figures ''. TMZ.com. March 2, 2017. Retrieved November 7, 2017. Jump up ^ Gibson, Tyrese ( March 2, 2017 ). `` TMZ actually got it right ! This time ! ''. Tyrese Gibson verified Instagram account. External links Wikimedia Commons has media related to Tyrese Gibson. Tyrese Gibson on IMDb Tyrese Gibson at AllMovie Tyrese Studio albums Tyrese 2000 Watts I Wanna Go There Alter Ego Open Invitation Three Kings ( with TGT ) Black Rose Singles `` Nobody Else '' `` Lately '' `` Sweet Lady '' `` The Best Man I Can Be '' `` I Like Them Girls '' `` How You Gonna Act Like That '' `` Dumb Shit '' `` Shame '' Featured singles `` What'chu Like '' `` Pullin ' Me Back '' Related articles Discography Filmography TGT Baby Boy Waist Deep BNF : cb14066472c ( data ) GND : 135102405 ISNI : 0000 0001 2320 4565 LCCN : no2003062031 MusicBrainz : 975d94b4 - 7ca8 - 4eec - ae48 - 1aa4660995d3 SUDOC : 129915335 VIAF : 34662659 Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tyrese_Gibson&oldid=843126818 '' Categories : 1978 births Living people 20th - century American male actors 21st - century American male actors 20th - century American singers 21st - century American singers African - American male actors African - American male rappers African - American male singers American male singers African - American singers American hip hop singers American male film actors African - American male models African - American models American male models American male television actors American contemporary R&B singers Florida A&M University alumni J Records artists Male actors from Los Angeles Male models from California Rappers from Los Angeles People from Watts, Los Angeles Singers from Los Angeles VJs ( media personalities ) Models from Los Angeles Hidden categories : Wikipedia pending changes protected pages Articles with hCards All articles with unsourced statements Articles with unsourced statements from November 2017 Wikipedia articles with BNF identifiers Wikipedia articles with GND identifiers Wikipedia articles with ISNI identifiers Wikipedia articles with LCCN identifiers Wikipedia articles with MusicBrainz identifiers Wikipedia articles with VIAF identifiers Talk Contents About Wikipedia Asturianu تۆرکجه Català Cebuano Dansk Deutsch Español فارسی Français Galego 한국어 Հայերեն Bahasa Indonesia Italiano עברית Lietuvių Magyar मैथिली მარგალური Nederlands नेपाली 日本 語 Norsk Polski Português Română Русский Simple English کوردی Српски / srpski Suomi Svenska ไทย Türkçe Українська 中文 डोटेली 29 more Edit links This page was last edited on 27 May 2018, at 01 : 59. 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Question: who plays roman pearce in fast and furious
Answer: Tyrese Gibson