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Tampa Rapper Performing At Miami’s ‘Rolling Loud’
BY GWEN HAYES Sentinel Editor
A Tampa rapper will be joining some ‘heavy-hitters’ in the music industry when he performs on Sunday, May 12th (Mother’s Day) at the 5th-year anniversary of Rolling Loud, in the Hard Rock Stadium at Miami Gar- dens.
Tyrell Williams, who is professionally known by “Big Baby Scumbag,” will be on the stage with artists like Lil Uzi Vert, Lil Pump, Playboi, Cardi B, Gucci Mane, Tyga, Kevin Gates, Lil Skies, DMX, and many, many more.
Rolling Loud is 5 years
old and “Big Baby Scum- bag” has been invited to per- form for the past 3 years. The Rolling Loud Festival is a 3- day event, starting on May 10th, with some of the biggest names in the music industry, starting with Cardi B, Rae Sremmurd, Rick Ross, YC, Juice Wrld and others on Friday. Tickets to the event sell out quickly.
Inaspanof3years,he has become #14 of the top 25 rappers in Florida on daily- chiefers.com.
And that’s not all that has been happening with the 25-year-old Tampa native. Mieux Magazine held its 7th Annual Awards show for 2018, “Big Baby Scum-
BIG BABY SCUMBAG ...Tyrell Williams
bag” was nominated in 3 cat- egories: Best Video of the
Year, Best Single of the Year, and Central Florida’s Best Artist of the Year. He won all three.
“Big Baby Scumbag” has performed in London, England, Canada, and sev- eral cities in the United States. The past 2 years he has toured with Oliver Francis on 2-20 city tours. He also did a magazine shoot with Notion Magazine, and he’s also associated with Awful Records in Atlanta. And, he has a merchandising line that is going well.
“Big Baby Scumbag” has also caught the eye of several major music labels who are waiting to get to know him.
After the Rolling Loud Festival, “Big Baby” will be preparing for his perform- ance and video shooting in Stockholm, Sweden.
The son of Tyron and Patricia Williams (former owners in the hair care busi- ness), and graduate of Alonso High School, “Big Baby” started his rapping career while in middle school. Each of the members of the trio selected a name – Skinny, Little and Big Baby. No longer performing with that group, Big Baby added “Scumbag” to his name.
No date has been set for a Tampa performance, but he’s looking forward to it.
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