Timothy Christian Riley (born December 10, 1965) is an American drummer, keyboardist, and singer best known for being a member of the multiplatinum 1990s soul/R&B group Tony!

Riley was born on December 10, 1965[1] in Oakland, California where he attended Castlemont High School.

[2] Due to Riley having an interest in music, he was chosen by his cousins to be in their band and he continued to play drums in church even after achieving fame.

[5] Riley worked on songs for the album, House of Music, independently before recording them together as a group.

He and the other group members worked on songwriting and production for other recording artists during the band's hiatus, including D'Angelo, En Vogue, Karyn White, Tevin Campbell, and A Tribe Called Quest.