He is currently 27 years old, father of three children. He went to Cohen High School, where he was a cheerleader. After he graduated from high school, he signed up for the Army. At 19 after he just joined the Army, he was sent off to go fight in Operation Desert Storm. While in the Army, Mystikal was a U.S. Army combat technician. He was also caught off base at the wrong time and was sent straight to military prison. This is how Mystikal got his style and name, from the rowdy drill sergeants to yelling on the battlefields. While Mystikal was in the corp., he even wrote his first hit, "I'm Not That Nigga." After 8 months of active duty in the Gulf War, Mystikal returned to New Orleans, where he then got into his hip-hop career. He got into a local group called the 39 Posse. They had a little studio, so Mystikal hooked up with them and started making his demos, using his sister's help. Well, Mystikal's sister, Michelle Elizabeth Tyler, was shot and killed by her boyfriend and Mystikal's dream of them two becoming famous fell. Mystikal loved his sister, and knew he was going to dedicate his life to becoming a big rap star for his sister. By '92, Mystikal put out his debut single for "I'm Not That Nigga," which featured his sister singing in the background. Three years later, he signed with Big Boy Records and dropped his first EP, self entitled. A year later he signed a record deal with Jive and put out his second debut album, "Mind of Mystikal." Then in mid-May of '97, Mystikal was working on a song for "I'm Bout It" the soundtrack. At first, he was just trying to get affiliated with the big boys at No Limit, so he did "Whatchu Think?" After Master P heard Mystikal's solo hit, he offered Mystikal a record deal at No Limit Records. Master P set Mystikal with a song off Mia X's album, Unladylike, called "Who's Got The Clout?," then on Steady Mobbin's album with the song "It's On." After he signed the deal, Mystikal saw KLC working for No Limit, who use to run his own independent label and was the first producer that Mystikal worked with, back in the day. By mid-October of that year, Mystikal dropped his first No Limit release, Unpredictable. Ever since then, Mystikal has become one of the backbones of No Limit. He is known for bringing the noise, and firing up songs to get them rowdy. He is also now a part of Master P's group Da 504 Boyz, consisting of Nino Brown AKA Master P, G-Money AKA Mystikal himself, and the newest member to the group, Vito AKA Silkk The Shocker. Mystikal is currently working on Da 504 Boyz and his second No Limit debut release, Ghetto Fabulous, which plans to drop sometime mid-November of '98.