ティミーT (Timmy T)

Timmy T
Timmy T (born Timothy Torres in Fresno, California on September 21, 1967) is a Freestyle performer and musician. He is best known for his 1991 Billboard Hot 100 #1 single "One More Try." He also had other memorable hits such as "Time After Time" and "What Will I Do."

Timmy T started out in the 80's in small rap groups in Fresno, but felt that he would rather do dance music. He purchased a Moog synthesizer and a Roland TR-808 drum machine at a pawn shop, and recorded his first single, "Time After Time", in his garage. He delivered copies to a Fresno radio station and asked them to play his single. After the DJ played the song, there were many calls requesting who was performing that song. The DJ recommended to Timmy T to take his record to radio stations in Los Angeles for more exposure. After Los Angeles pop station Power 106 played the record, Timmy got a record deal with Quality Records and released another single, "One More Try", which proved to be much more successful than his first single, climbing its way to the top of the Billboard charts.

Although Freestyle music has been a mainstay of New York and Miami, Timmy T was one of the most successful Freestyle artists to come from California...
(Wikipedia: Timmy T)