He was like, “Yo, just play me shit.” I ended up doing some joints with him, and then we lost contact. He introduced me to this dude named Kory, who was at his apartment in Brooklyn somewhere, and I walked in and he was recording, making songs. Can you tell the readers about our Kory connection?ĭOLLA $IGN: I think it was 2004 when I went to New York and met up with my homeboy at the time. TY DOLLA $IGN: I wish I had those videos of us freestyling and shit.

JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE: I don’t think people know that I’ve known you since the Ty and Kory days, which is crazy. A short while ago, Ty Dolla $ign found himself once again in the studio, this time alongside Justin Timberlake, where the two artists took a break from making music to discuss the mystery of doing just that. Over the course of 25 tracks, everyone from FKA twigs to Kid Cudi to Future seamlessly enter Ty’s universe and contribute to what amounts to a sweeping encapsulation of what pop music is and can be in our current moment. On his third album, the cheekily titled Featuring Ty Dolla $ign, many of those artists return the favor.

He is, above all else, a creature of the studio. Behind the scenes, he’s somehow managed to be even more prolific, writing and producing songs for Kanye West, Ariana Grande, Post Malone, and just about anyone else with a platinum record. Whether you know it or not, the Los Angeles native has been the voice of hip-hop and R&B for the last five years, while also releasing two albums of his own. was everywhere, singing the hooks on SZA’s comeback single “Hit Different” and on Megan Thee Stallion’s instant-classic “Hot Girl Summer,” while also jumping on tracks with Nicki Minaj, serpentwithfeet, Juicy J, and Skrillex. This year, like the five years before it, the musician born Tyrone William Griffin Jr. “Not every artist can collaborate with another artist and have the final product be something incredible.” For any other artist, that might come off as a weird flex, but okay. “I’ve been blessed with the gift of collaborating,” wrote Ty Dolla $ign on an Instagram post last month.

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