NEW YORK — In glitzy Instagram posts and media sitdowns, Tyra Myricks laid claim to the legacy of the man she calls her father — the late and legendary DJ Jam Master Jay.
She boasted in interviews of her executive position with hip-hop icon Drake’s clothing line, earned a reported seven-figure income as a rising young entrepreneur, and opened a Los Angeles pizzeria last year with the daughter of Brooklyn rap icon Notorious B.I.G.
Behind the public facade, multiple interviews and court documents present a starkly different backstory for the 29-year-old Myricks. She never worked in any position with the four-time Grammy winning artist’s businesses, according to the Drake camp. Myricks did jail time in a Maryland identity theft case targeting two unsuspecting victims, and was accused by a pair of Los Angeles landlords with nonpayment of rent after relocating to California, legal papers indicated.
