Tee Grizzley

Biography

Terry Sanchez Wallace Jr. (born March 23, 1994), known professionally as Tee Grizzley, is an American rapper. He first began posting music online following a two year prison sentence, self-releasing his 2017 song "First Day Out×First Day Out6 January 2017 · SingleSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1First Day Out4:14". It quickly gained viral status—earning two million views on YouTube in under three weeks—due to a social media challenge enacted by American basketball player LeBron James, after which the song peaked within the top 50 of the Billboard Hot 100 and led him to sign with 300 Entertainment. Its release preceded his debut mixtape My Moment×My Moment7 April 2017 · Studio album · Mixtape/StreetSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 13 tracks1My Moment (intro)3:152First Day Out4:153Real Niggas3:424Country2:545No Effort3:136How Many2:507Overlapped3:278Side Nigga2:489Secrets3:211010K3:1611Catch It2:5112Day Ones4:1113Testimony (outro)2:57 (2017), and was followed by the single "From the D to the A×From the D to the A17 March 2017 · SingleSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1From the D to the A2:39" (featuring Lil Yachty), which received double platinum certification by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). His collaborative mixtape with Lil Durk, Bloodas (2018), was followed by his debut studio album, Activated×Activated11 May 2018 · Studio albumSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 18 tracks1Activated3:0622 Vaults3:303Jettski Grizzley2:434Set the Record Straight2:585Connect2:376Don't Even Trip4:167Fuck It Off2:288Colors2:579Bag3:0910Time3:3911Too Lit3:1612Light4:3613Low2:5314Robbin3:3815Bloodas 2 Interlude3:2616Keys to the Street3:1917I Remember4:3818On My Own3:53 (2018).
The album peaked at number ten on the Billboard 200, while his second and third albums, the Timbaland-produced Scriptures×Scriptures6 June 2019 · Studio albumSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 14 tracks1God’s Warrior2:482Sweet Thangs2:513Heroes2:554No Talkin2:195Had To1:576Locksmith1:577Scriptures1:568Locked Up3:239Add Me Up2:1310More Than Friends2:3411Overseas3:3312Million Dollar Foreign3:1413Preach2:5114Young Grizzley World5:32 (2019) and Built for Whatever×Built for Whatever7 May 2021 · Studio albumSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 19 tracks1Grizzley Talk3:302Not Gone Play2:363Built to Last3:074In My Feelings2:535Careless2:596White Lows Off Designer2:557Mad at Us2:378Life Insurance3:549Evictions2:3610Left Wrist Icey3:2611High Speed2:5012Never Bend Never Fold2:3013Less Talking More Action1:5014White Dior Tee2:5215What We On3:3016Quit Trappin2:0017Change2:5318Late Night Calls2:5519Free Baby Grizzley (outro)2:07 (2021), peaked at numbers 20 and 15, respectively. His fourth album, Tee's Coney Island (2023) marked a period of commercial resurgence as its lead single, "IDGAF" (featuring Chris Brown and Mariah the Scientist) entered the Billboard Hot 100 once more.

Early life

Wallace was born on March 23, 1994, in Detroit, Michigan, and was raised by his grandmother near the intersection of Joy Rd. & Southfield Freeway in the Warrendale neighborhood due to his mother and father constantly being in and out of prison. In middle school he began developing an interest in rap music and eventually formed the musical group All Stars Ball Hard (ASBH) along with three of his friends, JR, Po, and Lee. Wallace took the moniker of ASBH Tee, and they began uploading their songs to YouTube. In 2011, his mother was sentenced to 20 years in prison for drug trafficking and released in late 2020. His father was murdered in 2012.
Wallace was the first member of his family to attend college in generations. He attended Michigan State University to study finance and accounting. He and a friend began to burglarize other students' dormitories. They stole $20,000 worth of electronics and money from other students in February 2014. On February 27, Wallace and Jeremy Ford were caught but released pending investigation.
Wallace went on the run, and fled to Kentucky. On July 1, 2014, Wallace was one of three people arrested following an attempted robbery at a jewelry store in Lexington, Kentucky. Wallace was sentenced to nine months for the robbery, and, while already serving that sentence, he was sentenced to 18 months to 15 years for the Michigan State robberies in September 2015. On October 16, 2016, he was released from prison in Michigan.

2016–2019: Debut singles, My Moment, Activated, and collaborations

While in prison, Wallace began to take rapping more seriously and wrote the entirety of his debut mixtape. After being released from prison, where he took the name Tee Grizzley, he released his debut single "First Day Out×First Day Out6 January 2017 · SingleSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1First Day Out4:14" in November 2016. The music video, posted to YouTube, gained over 2 million views in less than three weeks. He later signed to 300 Entertainment and Atlantic Records in 2017. He released his second single, "Second Day Out×Second Day Out2017 · SingleSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1Second Day Out2:51", in February 2017. His third single "From the D to the A×From the D to the A17 March 2017 · SingleSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1From the D to the A2:39" featuring Lil Yachty was released in March 2017.
He released "No Effort" and its accompanying music video on March 31, 2017. His debut mixtape My Moment×My Moment7 April 2017 · Studio album · Mixtape/StreetSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 13 tracks1My Moment (intro)3:152First Day Out4:153Real Niggas3:424Country2:545No Effort3:136How Many2:507Overlapped3:278Side Nigga2:489Secrets3:211010K3:1611Catch It2:5112Day Ones4:1113Testimony (outro)2:57 was released on April 7, 2017. Grizzley said that his record sales tripled after his song was featured in a LeBron James Instagram post. Grizzley's song "Teetroit" was released on July 28, 2017. The single "Beef", featuring Meek Mill, was released on September 1, 2017. He received two 2017 BET Hip Hop Award nominations for Best New Hip-Hop Artist and Best Mixtape for My Moment.
He released the song "Win" on October 6, 2017. He released the song "What Yo City Like" with rapper Lil Durk on November 30, 2017, as the lead single for their joint mixtape, Bloodas, released on December 8 of that year. He released the single "Colors×Colors2 February 2018 · SingleSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1Colors2:56" on February 2, 2018. The single "Don't Even Trip" featuring Moneybagg Yo was released on March 14, 2018.
On March 9, 2018, Grizzley appeared on Lil Yachty's album Lil Boat 2 on the track "Get Money Bros.". His debut studio album, Activated×Activated11 May 2018 · Studio albumSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 18 tracks1Activated3:0622 Vaults3:303Jettski Grizzley2:434Set the Record Straight2:585Connect2:376Don't Even Trip4:167Fuck It Off2:288Colors2:579Bag3:0910Time3:3911Too Lit3:1612Light4:3613Low2:5314Robbin3:3815Bloodas 2 Interlude3:2616Keys to the Street3:1917I Remember4:3818On My Own3:53, was released on May 11, 2018. In August, he received a 2018 MTV Video Music Award nomination for Push Artist of the Year. He released the mixtape Still My Moment×Still My Moment8 November 2018 · Studio album · Mixtape/StreetSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 15 tracks1Still My Moment1:442Hooters2:5031 Night3:124Wake Up3:065We Dreamin2:346Mr. Grizzley1:567Pray for the Drip2:508Straight Up2:119Bitches on Bitches3:2810Hustlin3:1511Lost and Found2:4012I Want Em All2:1813Get Right2:4814Keep the Rest2:5515Babies to Men3:03 on November 9, 2018. In May 2019, he released the single "Locked Up×Locked Up10 May 2019 · SingleSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1Locked Up3:23".
On August 20, 2019, his vehicle was shot at in Detroit, Michigan. His aunt and then-manager Jobina Brown was killed in the shooting; she was 41. He and the driver survived the incident unharmed. On September 20, 2019, Grizzley released his single "Satish×Satish20 September 2019 · SingleSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1Satish3:15" accompanied with a music video to commemorate Brown's death.

2020–present: The Smartest, Built for Whatever and Half Tee Half Beast

In January 2020, Tee Grizzley released the single "Red Light". In March, he released the single "Payroll×Payroll20 March 2020 · SingleSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1Payroll3:38" featuring Payroll Giovanni. His song "No Talkin" was featured in the Netflix film Coffee & Kareem. He released the song "I Spy×I Spy1 May 2020 · SingleSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1I Spy3:06" on May 1, and "Mr. Officer" on June 5 in response to the murder of George Floyd and police brutality. The song features Queen Naija and members of the Detroit Youth Choir. He released the mixtape The Smartest×The Smartest19 June 2020 · Studio album · Mixtape/StreetSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 17 tracks1The Smartest (intro)3:052I Apologize3:183Trenches2:364Rap a Lot3:015The Funeral2:136Lions & Eagles2:317No Witness2:268Picture of My City2:359Covid2:2810Timeless2:2211Slime2:5712Everything1:5413Double Standards2:2114Daylight2:4515Winning2:3616Satish3:1617Mr. Officer2:58 on June 19.
On May 7, 2021, Tee Grizzley released his third studio album, Built for Whatever×Built for Whatever7 May 2021 · Studio albumSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 19 tracks1Grizzley Talk3:302Not Gone Play2:363Built to Last3:074In My Feelings2:535Careless2:596White Lows Off Designer2:557Mad at Us2:378Life Insurance3:549Evictions2:3610Left Wrist Icey3:2611High Speed2:5012Never Bend Never Fold2:3013Less Talking More Action1:5014White Dior Tee2:5215What We On3:3016Quit Trappin2:0017Change2:5318Late Night Calls2:5519Free Baby Grizzley (outro)2:07, a 19-track record that includes guest appearances from artists such as the late King Von and Young Dolph, as well as Lil Durk, YNW Melly, Quavo, G Herbo, and Big Sean.
On April 15, 2022, Tee Grizzley released the mixtape Half Tee Half Beast×Half Tee Half Beast15 April 2022 · Studio album · Mixtape/StreetSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 17 tracks1Half Tee Half Beast2:382By Myself2:293Loyalty2:364Robbery, Part 34:335MilTroit2:246Afterlife2:297Buss It All Down2:218Oh Yeah2:469Built 4 It2:2410Your Grave3:0611Drop a Bag1:5212No Hook2:3713I’m on Go2:3914Hustlin2:1715Beat the Streets2:3516G72:3717Whoop2:24, along with a video for the track "Robbery Part 3". He explained the mixtape's title: "Yeah, I"m human like everyone else, but also the things I've been through and had to survive made me a beast".
On October 4, 2024, Tee Grizzley released his fifth studio album Post Traumatic×Post Traumatic4 October 2024 · Studio albumSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 24 tracks1Intro2:082We Dem2:023Blow for Blow3:304All I Wanna Do2:065More Than Half1:446Ride or Die3:007Diana1:108I Ain’t Sorry3:06910pm in Detroit1:4310Swerv3:1411WTF I Want2:2012I Know3:5113Dream Youngin2:1614Situationship3:1215Trench Baby2:2916You Hear Me3:0717Swear to God3:0018Pop Shit3:5019Deposits Crazy2:1020Detroit2:3121Blueprint2:2422Suffer in Silence2:3823Robbery 73:4424Robbery 88:37. It was preceded by the singles "Suffer in Silence×Suffer In Silence19 April 2024 · SingleSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1Suffer In Silence2:38", "Swear to God", "Robbery×Robbery2 September 2022 · SingleSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1Robbery2:25 7", "Detroit", "Blow for Blow×Blow for Blow27 September 2024 · SingleSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1Blow for Blow3:30" and "Situationship", which were all released in 2024.
On May 16, 2025, Tee Grizzley released his sixth studio album Forever My Moment×Forever My Moment16 May 2025 · Studio albumSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 14 tracks1Forever My Moment3:022Customs2:133They Shot At Trump3:274Overthinking2:455Jalen Hurtski3:036My God3:217Me Too2:548Rick Jameski2:389Stash‐house in Dearborn1:4910I Can’t Cap3:0111Beware Of Dog1:4512Pullin New Foreigns2:5313Gone But Not Forgotten2:2514Robbery 93:38. It was preceded by the singles "Rick Jameski×Rick Jameski8 April 2025 · SingleSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1Rick Jameski2:38", "Jalen Hurtski×Jalen Hurtski22 April 2025 · SingleSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1Jalen Hurtski3:03", "Forever My Moment", "My God×My God6 May 2025 · SingleSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1My God" and "They Shot at Trump×They Shot at Trump15 April 2025 · SingleSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1They Shot at Trump3:27" which details how Grizzley gained a new sense of existential dread at seeing the attempted assassination of President Donald Trump.
On May 1, 2026, Tee Grizzley released the single "Still Going×Still Going1 May 2026 · SingleSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1Still Going2:35".

Personal life

In February 2021, My'Eisha Agnew gave birth to Wallace's first child, a son named Terry Wallace III. Grizzley married My’Eisha Agnew June 4, 2023.
Grizzley is an avid gamer and began streaming in 2020 to fans on the video streaming platform Twitch. The vast majority of his streams are centered around Grand Theft Auto V.