Born in Pleasantville, New Jersey, and raised in Fayetteville, North Carolina, Woods was involved in music from an early age,[1] participating in church choirs, studying piano and forming his own group, Devoted.
Woods has also been featured with many artists including Styles P,[3] Talib Kweli, Buckshot, Chink Santana, Lloyd, Marc Dorsey, Living Color, Bink and The Lox.
102 Jamz, the local radio station in Greensboro, North Carolina, picked up his single "Maybelline Lady",[7] which attracted the attention of the Grammy Award-winning producer 9th Wonder, who signed Tyler to his Jamla Records label in 2008.
[8] A follow-up EP, The Mahogany Experiment, was released on February 14, 2011, produced by 9th Wonder and E. Jones and featuring the Jamla artists Big Remo and Heather Victoria[9] as well as Talib Kweli and Styles P.[10][unreliable source?]
Woods has also been featured with many artists including Styles P, Talib Kweli, Buckshot, Chink Santana, Lloyd, Mark Dorsey, Living Color, Akhenaton, Bink and The Lox, and has produced with Pete Rock, Andre Betts, Kid Capri and Statik Selektah.