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Tyrus attended high school in [[Los Angeles]], [[California]], in 1990 and started college in 1992. By 1995, he was attending the University of Nebraska at Kearney and had planned to study to become a teacher while playing football for the school's Lopers team, though his football ambitions ended when a surgical operation to remove a ruptured appendix left him with a permanent limp.

Tyrus attended high school in [[Los Angeles]], [[California]], in 1990 and started college in 1992. By 1995, he was attending the University of Nebraska at Kearney and had planned to study to become a teacher while playing football for the school's Lopers team, though his football ambitions ended when a surgical operation to remove a ruptured appendix left him with a permanent limp.

Tyrus has worked as a bodyguard for rapper and philanthropist [[Snoop Dogg]]. The two remain close friends.

Tyrus has worked as a bodyguard for rapper [[Snoop Dogg]].

He took interest in wrestling from childhood and began wrestling professionally for WWE in 2006, debuting under the name '''G-Rilla'''. He was released from his contract in 2008. Following a two-year hiatus, he re-signed with WWE and changed his ring name to '''Brodus Clay''', parodying Snoop Dogg's birth name. In 2012, he adopted the heroic funk dancer persona dubbed '''The Funkasaurus'''. In 2014, he was again released from WWE.

He took interest in wrestling from childhood and began wrestling professionally for WWE in 2006, debuting under the name '''G-Rilla'''. He was released from his contract in 2008. Following a two-year hiatus, he re-signed with WWE and changed his ring name to '''Brodus Clay''', parodying Snoop Dogg's birth name. In 2012, he adopted the heroic funk dancer persona dubbed '''The Funkasaurus'''. In 2014, he was again released from WWE.