Tyruss Himes, better known by his stage name

Stage name

A stage name, also called a showbiz name or screen name, is a pseudonym used by performers and entertainers such as actors, wrestlers, comedians, and musicians.-Motivation to use a stage name:...

 Big Syke is an American rapper. His stage name is a revision of his childhood nickname, "Little Psycho".

In 1990 Big Syke started a rap group called Evil Mind Gangstas. He met 2Pac in 1992, and joined 2Pac's group Thug Life

Thug Life

Thug Life: Volume 1 is the debut album by the group Thug Life, started by rapper Tupac Shakur, and was released on September 26, 1994. The album was originally released by Shakur's label Out Da Gutta Records. Due to heavy criticism on gangsta rap at the time, the original version of the album was...

. After Thug Life broke up, and after 2Pac was released from prison, Big Syke appeared on four tracks on 2Pac's All Eyez on Me

All Eyez on Me

All Eyez on Me is the fourth studio album by American rapper 2Pac, released February 13, 1996 on Death Row Records and Interscope Records....

album—"Picture Me Rollin'", "When We Ride", "All Eyez on Me" and "Check Out Time". He joined a second 2Pac group, Outlawz

Outlawz

Outlawz, formally known as Outlaw Immortalz, is an American hip hop group founded by Tupac Shakur in late 1995 after Shakur's release from prison. Collectively, they are probably best known for appearing in the video "Hit 'Em Up", in a diss track aimed at Biggie Smalls and other New York...

, adopting the name "Mussolini" as part of the group's "anti-western" theme.

Solo albums

• Be Yo' Self
  Be Yo' Self
  -Track listing:...
  
  (1996)
• Big Syke Daddy
  Big Syke Daddy
  Big Syke Daddy is the second studio album by West Coast rapper Big Syke, released on September 25, 2001 on D3 Entertainment/RideOnUm Records.-Track listing:-Personnel:Credits for Big Syke Daddy adapted from AllMusic....
  
  (2001)
• Street Commando
  Street Commando
  -Track listing:...
  
  (2002)
• Big Syke
  Big Syke (album)
  -Track listing:# "Intro " – 0:51# "Black Ball" – 4:05# "Frontline " – 4:58# "Come Over" – 3:41# "Watcha Thought" – 4:37# "To Pac" – 4:06# "I Wonder Why" – 4:29# "All the Time" – 4:38...
  
  (2002)
• Big Syke: Volume 1 (2007)

Collaboration albums

• Evil Mind Gangsta's - All Hell Breakin' Loose (1992)
• Thug Life: Volume 1 (1994)
• Thug Law: Thug Life Outlawz Chapter 1
  Thug Law: Thug Life Outlawz Chapter 1
  -Track listing:...
  
  (2001)
• Thug Law: Thug Life Outlawz Chapter 2 (2003)

External links

• http://www.iTunes.com/BigSyke
• Interview with Anton Batey