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Thomas Tyrone “Tye” Tribbett (born January 26, 1976) is an American gospel music songwriter, composer, producer, singer, and multi-instrumental musician. Tye Tribbett is best known for his blending in various subgenres in Gospel Music, which each aim and vision of his music serving the specific era it is in. He is also best known for serving the role of choir director and founder of the Grammy-nominated and Stellar Award-winning gospel choir Tye Tribbett & G.A. (short for ‘Greater Anointing.’), during the 1990s and the 2000s.
Tribbett was born on January 26, 1976, in Camden, New Jersey. He was raised in Apostolic Pentecostal El Bethel church in Camden, New Jersey. His parents were Bishop Thomas Tyrone Tribbett and Neicy Tribbett, who both serves role in churches, as well as Neicy Tribbett being a disc jockey in the Philadelphia and New York area.
Tye Tribbett learned how to play keys when he was 5 years old and grew up playing keys in his church. During his teenage years, he played piano for various community choirs including Steve Middleton and the Tri-State Mass Choir and the Edwin Hawkins Music & Arts Seminar.
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