Big Syke

Infobox musical artist

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Name = Big Syke
Background = solo_singer
Birth_name = Tyrus Himes
Alias = Little Psycho, Mussolini
Origin = Los Angeles, California
Born = Inglewood, California, U.S.
Genre = Hip hop
Occupation = Rapper
Years_active = 1990 – Present
Label = Treacherous/RideOnUm Records
Associated_acts = Outlawz, Thug Life, Tupac Shakur
URL = [http://treacherousrecords.com/ www.treacherousrecords.com]

Tyruss "Big Syke" Himes (born in Inglewood, California) is an American rapper who was a friend of Tupac Shakur. His alias is a remake of "Little Psycho", a name he got as a child. He originally started a rap group called Evil Minded Gangstas in 1990, but was anxious to debut as a solo artist. He met 2Pac in 1992, and quickly became a touring aid and friend. He made his official debut in 2Pac's group Thug Life along with 2Pac, Macadoshis, Mopreme & Rated R. After the breakup of the group and 2Pac's release from prison Big Syke joined his second group Outlawz, under the alias Mussolini.

Thug Life

In the early nineties Tupac Shakur had always wanted to start a rap group therefore he created a group called Thug Life. Thug Life was made up of mainly unsigned rappers apart from 2Pac who was with Interscope at the time. The members were the founder Tupac Shakur, his step brother Mopreme Shakur, Tupac's close friend Big Syke and other members Macadoshis and Rated R.

Thug Life only released one album called Thug Life in 1994. The group split up shortly after this due to Tupac's ongoing legal troubles including spending time in prison. When Tupac left prison he had set up the Outlawz and Thug Life was history.

Discography

*"Be Yo' Self" (1996)
*"Big Syke Daddy" (2001)
*"Street Commando" (2002)
*"Big Syke" (2002)
*"Black Thunder" (2008)

External links

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* [http://www.officialoutlawz.com OfficialOutlawz.com]