Tyrese opened up about his childhood in a new episode of Million Dollaz Worth of Game.
He revealed to hosts Gillie Da Kid and Wallo that his mother schemed with Tyrese and his brother to get money from the government and help out the family.
“My mama made us go to Social Security building and play r*****ed,” Tyrese said at around the 25:20 minute mark. “Straight up, government cheese,” he added, laughing, “That was my first acting gig.”
Wallo agreed, calling Tyrese’s mother, Priscilla Murray Gibson his “first director.”
“I never shared this shit publicly in my life,” Tyrese continued, before looking directly into the camera. “Hey, you can’t arrest my mama, n***a, she gone. Fuck outta here, government. We passed the window of opportunity.”
“I’m like 8 years old and she said, ‘This what we gon do. She said, ‘We gotta go into this county building and if y’all end up doing this, we gonna get $760 a month. And your mama could use this, I’m here, we in the hood, I’m working and trying to keep up. This for y’all. You got your two sisters, your brother.’”
Tyrese clarified that in this scheme, he and his brother would get $762 apiece.
“Mom said, ‘When we get up in here, she said, delay your answers. … She didn’t say, ‘Play r*****ed,’ she didn’t say use the word, but she was just basically like, ‘We gotta go up in there and believe that y’all got some issues.’”
According to TMZ, Priscilla passed away in February 2022 from COVID-19 and pneumonia complications. She was in a coma at the time of her death.