

On August 20, 2019, his vehicle was shot at in Detroit, Michigan. In May 2019, he released the single "Locked Up". He released the mixtape Still My Moment on November 9, 2018. In August, he received a 2018 MTV Video Music Award nomination for Push Artist of the Year. His debut studio album, Activated, was released on May 11, 2018. On March 9, 2018, Grizzley had a feature in Lil Yachty's new album Lil Boat 2 in the song "Get Money Bros.". The single "Don't Even Trip" featuring Moneybagg Yo was released on March 14, 2018. He released the single "Colors" on February 2, 2018. The two then released the joint mixtape Bloodas on December 8, 2017. He released the song "What Yo City Like" with rapper Lil Durk on November 30, 2017, as the lead single for Bloodas. He released the song "Win" on October 6, 2017. He received two 2017 BET Hip Hop Award nominations for Best New Hip-Hop Artist and Best Mixtape for My Moment. The single "Beef", featuring Meek Mill, was released on September 1, 2017. Grizzley's song "Teetroit" was released on July 28, 2017. Grizzley said that his record sales tripled after his song was featured in a LeBron James Instagram post. His debut mixtape My Moment was released on April 7, 2017. He released "No Effort" and its accompanying music video on March 31, 2017. His third single " From the D to the A" featuring Lil Yachty was released in March 2017. He released his second single, "Second Day Out", in February 2017. He later signed to 300 Entertainment & Atlantic Records in 2017. The music video, posted to YouTube, gained over 2 million views in less than three weeks.

After being released from prison, where he took the name Tee Grizzley, he released his debut single "First Day Out" in November 2016. While in prison, Wallace began to take rapping more seriously and wrote the entirety of his debut mixtape while incarcerated.

Career 2016–2019: Debut singles, My Moment, Activated, and collaborations On October 16, 2016, he was released from prison in Michigan. Wallace was sentenced to nine months for the robbery, and, while already serving that sentence, he was sentenced to 18 months to 15 years for the Michigan State robberies in September 2015. Wallace went on the run, and fled to Kentucky, where, on July 1, 2014, Wallace was one of three people arrested following an attempted robbery at a jewelry store in Lexington, Kentucky. On February 27, Wallace and Jeremy Ford were caught but released pending investigation. Wallace was the first member of his family to attend college in generations, and attended Michigan State University to study finance and accounting, but, after undergoing financial difficulties, he and a friend of his began to burglarize other students' dormitories, and stole $20,000 worth of electronics and money from other students in February 2014. In 2011, his mother was sentenced to 20 years in prison for drug trafficking. Wallace took the moniker of ASBH Tee, and they began uploading their songs to YouTube. In middle school he began developing an interest in rap music and eventually formed the musical group All Stars Ball Hard along with three of his friends, JR, Po, and Lee. & Southfield neighborhood due to his mother and father constantly being in and out of prison. Wallace was born on March 23, 1994, in Detroit, Michigan, and was raised by his grandmother in the Joy Rd. 2.2 2020–present: The Smartest and Built for Whatever.

