Jartavious Livonta Ivey aka Bando Lil Tay was born on December 12th, 1997. He was raised in the city of Thomson Georgia by mother Michelle Rogers. He has 5 siblings (4 on his mother side of the family & 1 on his father side of the family). Bando Lil Tay grew up a neighborhood called,”Cherokee” also located in Thomson Georgia.
He said ,”Back in the days in 2005, he watched his cousin Keddrick make music in his bedroom & once he heard his song on the radio it made him have a interest in music.”
Bando Lil Tay started taking music seriously in the middle of 2018. He says ,”He used to be in his room recording music on his cellphone with some Beats Headphones until he could afford to pay for real studio time & later in 2019, that’s when he released his first mixtape called,”Bag Boi” with trending singles on the mixtape as following: Remember Days (Intro), Can’t Hang With Gang Freestyle, & No Opponents Freestyle.
After the release of Bando Lil Tay’s mixtape Bag Boi dropped, he was making so much music that he turned around & dropped another mixtape on his 20th birthday of 2019 called,” BTM: The Album” with trending singles “Sack & Without You.”