Talk:Ty Dolla Sign

"being considered for" XXL freshman class

Yes, Ty Dolla Sign is one of 66 new artists "being considered for" this non-notable award. Not "nominated", of course, he's just one of the 66 new artists XXL has covered over the past year. Consider List of artists considered for XXL freshman class. If the "award" lasts for 4 more years, we'd have a list of 660 artists so honored. By way of comparison, the artists nominated for the Best New Artist Grammy over the past 55 years totals 270. This is not a notable achievement. Heck, even XXL (magazine) can't be bothered to list them all. The site itself doesn't discuss the extensive list of those "being considered". Instead, it's a simple list of artists that readers can vote in as the 10th winner. Is the site "considering" him? Who knows. - SummerPhD (talk) 04:52, 12 March 2014 (UTC)

Sure looks like they are. Of course we would not have an article for considerations or nominations as they really are, but a single sentence in his already short biography, I see no reason why not. Yes this is a very notable achievement in the hip hop community, every year the class receives an insane amount of coverage, but I assume you did not search it like I suggested. Of course they would not list every single one in an archive, they have only made the considerations/nominations public the last two years since they started having the "people's champ" pick. As I said a single sentence in the bio during this month until the class is announced (which will be late March, early April) does no harm at all, and the consideration alone establishes his place among newer hip hop artists. If he is chosen to the class we can add that and remove the sentence, if he is not chosen I would not have an issue of removing the sentence myself. Wikipedia is not paper, we can add to and change/update content whenever we can. STATic message me! 05:21, 12 March 2014 (UTC)

This "very notable achievement" goes to 66 artists a year. Apparently "very notable achievements" aren't what they used to be. If "every year the class receives an insane amount of coverage", we can certainly add to his article that he is added to the class, if/when it happens. The 66 "being considered" show no sign of receiving "an insane amount of coverage" for being in the 66 select few. "Of course they would not list every single one in an archive" because it is trivial. 55 years of Best New Artist Grammy nominations, though, are easily found in numerous independent reliable sources. This is noteworthy "during this month until the class is announced"? "If he is not chosen I would not have an issue of removing the sentence myself."? So this is temporarily notable? Or is Wikipedia now a newspaper? I'm hard pressed to think of something that should be added to an article for a month because it might become something noteworthy, then removed if it doesn't. It's a noteworthy achievement if it later becomes something else? Great, then add it when it becomes noteworthy. Otherwise, this stinks of peacockery. - SummerPhD (talk) 13:52, 12 March 2014 (UTC)

No you are mistaken. Last year 50 artists were considered, this year 66, and before that they were not revealed. I never said it was a notable achievement, being named to the class is, but being considered it still mentionable. As I said the article is not exponentially long where we should be looking to cut content, it is short enough already and I do not see you expanding it anytime soon. Not peacockery at all, that just sounds preposterous. STATic message me! 14:44, 12 March 2014 (UTC)

Oh, only 50 last year? As I said, "This is not a notable achievement." (To which you replied, "Yes this is a very notable achievement in the hip hop community". Whatever.) "I never said it was a notable achievement, being named to the class is, but being considered it still mentionable." This non-notable achievement of being a "possible candidate" (not a "candidate", not a "nominee", not "being considered") is temporarily "mentionable" in our newspaper of temporarily notable, mentionable stuff. Until it becomes non-notable and you'll remove it as non-mentionable? Interesting -- if confusing -- concept. Wikipedia is not a newspaper and notability is not temporary.

I see that a fair number of the artists "being considered" and having established their "place among newer hip hop artists" do not have articles at the moment. Should we establish articles for them then delete the articles when the overwhelming majority are not "chosen" for this honor they weren't nominated for? Heck, I haven't been nominated for a Nobel, XXL Freshman or Pulitzer. Perhaps that should be added to my article until I don't win? - SummerPhD (talk) 15:32, 12 March 2014 (UTC)

You are missing my points entirely and just picking and choosing little statements I make, and commenting on them. Over half of them do have articles and when did I ever say being considered/nominated is of such incredible notability that we need to create articles for all of them? You are now just putting words in my mouth. I still can tell you have not done any research on the topic, so what is the point of commenting further? Ty Dolla has a top-50 single and top-60 EP in the United States and he has had an article for at least over a year, his notability is not questionable at all. I do not understand why you are bickering over such a small sentence in an already small biography. WP:NEWS does not apply but WP:PAPER does. TO be honest I do not care what you add to your article, but you have not been labeled as considered for any of those awards, and Ty Dolla is being for at least one of them. STATic message me! 15:52, 12 March 2014 (UTC)

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Singer not a rapper

User:Ss112, is there anything to discuss honestly? All these sources that i've added on the article doesn't prove that he's NOT A RAPPER? You claim "he primarily raps on songs" without even providing a single source but you're removing all those reliable sources that i've added on the article calling him a singer. --Eurofan88 (talk) 14:20, 4 May 2018 (UTC)

There you go. It has always been "singer, songwriter, rapper" before some random user decided to change it on April 19. --Eurofan88 (talk) 14:24, 4 May 2018 (UTC)

That's funny..."Always"? I see that in 2016, it said rapper first. Are you honestly denying that Ty Dolla Sign raps? I mean, if that's not what he's doing on his verse on "Psycho" by Post Malone... I don't need to back it up with a source, as I was reverting to the way the page was (and your claim that it "always was" singer first is evidently not true, as the link from 2016 shows). The user seeking the change should seek consensus, so perhaps you should word your proposed changes in a neutral manner instead of posing a question just to me and ask for input from other users. Ty Dolla Sign can say what he likes about his own categorisation. It doesn't mean he isn't at least also a rapper. If he doesn't think he's a rapper, then he should stop rapping. Ss112 14:28, 4 May 2018 (UTC)

User:Ss112, He's a singer in the first place, can also be a considered a rapper tho that's why i didn't remove it from the article. Even the Musical style section of the article states he's mainly a singer. Did you check those sources that i've added on the article? HotNewHipHop even called him the future of R&B [1], The New Yorker calls him "hip-hop-minded singer" [2], Rolling Stone calling him an "R&B singer" [3]. There's not really much to discuss. I've been listening to him for years and he barely raps. --Eurofan88 (talk) 14:46, 4 May 2018 (UTC)

Singer is still there, it's not as if it isn't. As I said in my previous reply, this is not a matter of needing to convince me. I don't own the page. It's about WP:CONSENSUS from others who may be watching the page. Word it neutrally as a question, e.g. "should Ty Dolla Sign be named as a singer first?", list your sources if you wish, and ask for input, for instance at WP:RFC and the hip hop WikiProject. Ss112 15:30, 4 May 2018 (UTC)

I'm not really familiar with those hip hop Wikiprojects so i'm pinging @TheAmazingPeanuts, @Cornerstonepicker, @Maintaining and Hayman30 in this discussion. Should Ty Dolla Sign be named as a singer first? A simple search on Google proves that he's a singer in the first place. Both of his studio albums has been labeled as R&B by Rolling Stone [4] [5]. What you guys think about this? --Eurofan88 (talk) 15:54, 4 May 2018 (UTC)

I have to agree with Eurofan88 on this, Ty Dolla Sign do more singing in his songs then he raps, I would called him a singer than a rapper. TheAmazingPeanuts (talk) 13:33, 4 May 2018 (UTC)

I agree with classifying Ty Dolla Sign as a singer, Eurofan has listed very credible sources to back this up. if not just a singer then at least list him as a singer before a rapper. Ninjinian (talk) 23:49, 4 May 2018 (UTC)

User:Ss112, TheAmazingPeanuts, Ninjinian changed ✔️. Rapper still remains unsourced tho. --Eurofan88 (talk) 11:18, 5 May 2018 (UTC)

Personal Life

he isn’t dating Lauren Jauregui anymore Skrt102410skrt (talk) 22:14, 2 June 2019 (UTC)

Age

He was born in 1985. Stop changing it because 1 website out of 30 other reliable sources says he's born in 1982. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.100.67.135 (talk) 18:56, 28 August 2020 (UTC)

Every time there's a police report his true age comes out. It's also found in Los Angeles County birth records. He has a show biz age and a true age, with three years removed for show biz. Guess which one Wikipedia uses? The real age. Binksternet (talk) 21:11, 28 August 2020 (UTC)

His Islam

At friday 24 of November 2023 tsdolla said shahada and his videos is all over social media where he made his first salat online john.rif (talk) 18:41, 26 November 2023 (UTC)

He's not a rapper. He's only just a singer.

Alright guys, i feel like this is getting ridiculously repetitive and over the top. What's with you guys obsession with calling him a rapper? Just stop with the "rapper" thing thinking that "he's a rapper" thing. And besides, he and reliable sources like Paper Magazine and Complex stated that he's not a rapper, so what's with you and that rapper thing? I just wanna know. Mr.Shadow514 (talk) 19:50, 21 November 2024 (UTC)

Oh and 3family6, here's a proof: https://www.papermag.com/ty-dolla-sign-hip-hop-break-the-internet. https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/music/2014/04/13/on-the-verge-ty-dolla-sign/7249555/#:~:text=Not%20a%20rapper%3A%20Ty%20Dolla,born%20Tyrone%20Griffin%20Jr.). These would prove that he isn't a rapper. Mr.Shadow514 (talk) 01:06, 22 November 2024 (UTC)