Hey guys, Nikki Novak here for Young Hollywood at Universal City Walk Five Towers. Where a crowd is gathered to watch Tyrese, he's here to perform his new album Black Rose but first we're gonna chat backstage with him.

Time in my life. Oh yeah. We're here at City Walk.

I heard you coming. From behind these curtains you emerge, fans screaming. Long way from your days of riding ET, the ET ride.

The ET ride, I had some screams then too.

You did. So you were the one doing the screaming and now they're doing it for you.

I had some screams when I was on that ET ride when I was eight here at Universal. That was the first theme park I had ever been to was here. So here we are this many years later.

And people are screaming for you?

Yeah. And so it just all comes in full circle. It just goes to show you that where you start doesn't dictate the outcome of what your life and career is destined to be. So I'm I'm very inspired by it and I hope others are as well.

So I gotta give you major props from all the females on the planet because you are the only guy, this song, shame, you're calling out your own stuff. Yeah. You're the one saying I made mistakes and you're announcing it to the entire world. You are a brave man.

I mean, I think right now, I'm gonna be honest. I think the fans have an appreciation for transparency. There's so many people that wants to put the blame off on other people. And I think the best thing you can do right now in music is be honest. The more honest the music is and the lyrics the more it wins right now. And it let's flow freely when it's the truth.

Absolutely. Yeah. It comes right out. So are we taking it a step further because the album is Black Rose. Did somebody give you a Black Rose?

No. Okay. Black Rose is inspired by a poem that Tupac wrote called a Rose that Grew Through Concrete. I felt like I've created a Black Rose Universe. It's a double album. A book. My first audio book. A documentary about the making of the album and I'm just warming up.

You're now taking over the world. Like what's going on here?

You know what? I I feel like who am I to not take advantage of my America. You know what I'm saying?

Yeah, it's That is a great motto.

We have a lot of access to a lot of things here and there's people that are entrepreneurs, have big visions and ideas. So who are we not to take advantage of the things that we have access to?

You wrote on your Instagram, "Don't talk at me, talk to me. You may know me but you have no idea who I am." Where did that come from and who are you really then?

So some people can get caught up in your looks. They can associate what's in your bank account to your success and feel like, "Oh, I'm just basing how I feel about him on the surface." But there's a lot of things about me and my character and my backstory that goes way beneath the surface so Right. When I say talk to me don't talk at me that's what I'm that's what it means.

Okay, so you're ready to perform now. Yep. And then can we go ride the Fast and Furious Ride? Can we go do that after?

I would love that.

All right, let's go do it.