With many fans across the globe, aptly dubbed the "Stylers", Tyler N Stevie are skyrocketing off the back of their YouTube channel. Putting their own stamp on hits varying from Justin Bieber's 'All Around the World' to Nicki Minaj's 'Hell Yeah', the tracks highlight a musical diversity that's appealing to a wide range of audiences.
The duo have been jetting back and forth between their New Jersey home and London to focus on their original songs alongside top writers including The Voice star Karl Michael and Autumn Rowe, while picking up new fans along the way.
Tyler Reid and Stevie G met at high school where their love of performing arts brought them together in drama club in 2010. It resulted in a collaboration, writing and performing their first song 'Her Boyfriend Don't Like Me', which would be the catalyst for their multi-genre sound. "That's why we formed this group in the first place," says Stevie. "It's a very unique and genuine sound, mainly because we didn't craft it together, we crafted it separately and fused it." The result is a unique combination of Tyler's classic melodic rock songwriting and staccato, ska-influenced guitar riffs, and rich vocals delivered with charm and charisma, and Stevie's old-school hip-hop roots and his natural flair for flowing raps.
Tyler's ska and punk-flavoured rock roots stem from his love of the bands Sublime, Fall Out Boy, Sum 41 and Blink 182, while Stevie is a huge old-school hip-hop fan, citing Lauryn Hill, 2Pac and rising stars Odd Future, Childish Gambino and Kendrick Lamar."
"We're just longing for longevity and ways to make real music" explains Stevie. "Tyler wants to bring real rock back and I want to bring real hip-hop back more than anything." Tyler adds: "There are those bands that change the pace of the music industry - Nirvana started the grunge movement, Blink 182 made punk mainstream. They changed things. If we could start a movement that we could change things, if we could make waves, that's really what we want to do."
