Tyler Joseph

Tyler Robert Joseph (born December 1, 1988) is an American singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, record producer, and rapper. He is the lead vocalist for the musical duo Twenty One Pilots, alongside drummer Josh Dun. 2Early life Joseph was born in Columbus, Ohio, and grew up with two brothers, Zachary Philip "Zack" Joseph (also a singer) and Jay Thomas Joseph, and one sister, Madison Grace Brett. His mother, Kelly Joseph (née Stryker), was a math teacher in the Olentangy school district before being named Olentangy Orange High School's basketball coach in 2013. His father, Christopher Anthony "Chris" Joseph, was also a coach at Worthington Christian High School from 1996 to 2005, and is a school principal. Joseph played basketball from a very young age and went on to play point guard for Worthington Christian. In 2008, the varsity basketball team placed second in the Division IV state tournament. Future Twenty One Pilots bassist Nick Thomas also played on the team with Joseph, the pair having performed the National Anthem at one of their games.From 2007 to 2013, Joseph uploaded short comedic skits to a YouTube channel called "slushieguys". The channel currently has over 108 thousand subscribers. After seeing a songwriter perform at a High Street club, he rejected an opportunity to play basketball at Otterbein University, along with a scholarship to the universit