{"id":1874430,"date":"2026-04-09T18:32:16","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T15:32:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1874430"},"modified":"2026-04-09T18:32:16","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T15:32:16","slug":"tyga-to-make-feature-film-debut-in-coming-of-age-drama-alongside-outer-banks-star-madison-bailey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1874430","title":{"rendered":"Tyga to Make Feature Film Debut in Coming-of-Age Drama Alongside \u2018Outer Banks\u2019 Star Madison Bailey"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n\tTyga is heading to Hollywood. Luckily for the \u201cRack City\u201d rapper, it\u2019s not a far ride from Calabasas, Calif., to the silver screen.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe 36-year-old (born Michael Ray Stevenson) is set to make his feature film debut starring in the coming-of-age drama Baby,<\/em>You\u2019re a Star<\/em>. In addition to taking on a lead role, Tyga will serve as a producer and cowriter for the movie. Decorated music video director Arrad Rahgoshay is slated to direct the movie musical.<\/p>\n

\n\tTyga will star alongside Outer Banks<\/em>\u2018 Madison Bailey, Ashton Sanders,\u00a0Mike Epps,\u00a0Apollonia, Clifton Powell, Patrick Cage and David Alan Grier.<\/p>\n

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\n\tThe film\u2019s storyline hits home with Tyga, which will follow an aspiring music artst determined to overcome life\u2019s obstacles to reach stardom. <\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cBlending music, nostalgia and raw emotional stakes, the film aims to capture the spirit of a generation on the brink of cultural change,\u201d a press release for Baby, You\u2019re a Star<\/em> states. Production for the movie is currently underway in Portland, Ore.<\/p>\n

\n\tTyga has been a rap staple for nearly 15 years since his breakout Billboard Hot 100 top 10 hit \u201cRack City,\u201d which reached No. 7 on the chart in early 2012. Among his 34 Hot 100 entries, Tyga\u2019s notched another pair of top 10 anthems in his career with \u201cTaste\u201d alongside Offset (No. 8 peak) in 2018 and hopping on Chris Brown\u2019s \u201cLoyal\u201d in 2014 (No. 9 peak).<\/p>\n

\n\tT-Raww\u2019s laid low for the first quarter of 2026 on the music side. The California native\u2019s most recent album, NSFW<\/em>, arrived in February 2025 with assists from Cher, Big Sean,\u00a0Flo Milli,\u00a0Lil Wayne, Shenseea, Lil Tjay and Ty Dolla $ign.<\/p>\n

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[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/tyga-credit-tim-grupp-billboard-1800.jpg?w=1024″] Trending on Billboard Tyga is heading to Hollywood. Luckily for the \u201cRack City\u201d rapper, it\u2019s not a far ride from Calabasas, Calif., to the silver screen. The 36-year-old (born Michael Ray Stevenson) is set to make his feature film debut starring in the coming-of-age drama Baby,You\u2019re a Star. In addition to taking […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[48,226],"class_list":["post-1874430","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","tag-billboard-com","tag-crawlmanager"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1874430","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1874430"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1874430\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1874430"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1874430"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1874430"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}