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{{short description|American gay male pornographic actor, and producer}}
{{short description|American gay male pornographic actor, and producer}}
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| name = Tiger Tyson
| name = Tiger Tyson
| image = Tiger Tyson.JPG
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| caption = Tyson in 2005
| caption = Tyson in 2005
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| birth_date ={{Birth based on age as of date|25|2007|July|27}}<ref name=jdferguson/>
| birth_date =20 May 1977
| birth_place = [[Brooklyn, New York]], [[United States]]<ref name=Cedano/>
| birth_place = [[Brooklyn]], [[New York City|New York]]
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| nationality = American
| nationality = American
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| occupation = Film producer, entrepreneur
| occupation = [[Gay pornography|gay pornographic actor]], model and film director
| years_active = 1997-present
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| known_for = Leading representative of gay male ‘thug porn’<ref name="Jcadams"/>
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|label_name= Tiger Tyson Entertainment of Pitbull Productions
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| children = one daughter
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| awards = [[GayVN Hall of Fame]] (2008)<br> [[Blatino Erotica Awards]] Lifetime Achievement award (2008)<ref name=blatino/>
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'''Tiger Tyson''' (born {{Birth based on age as of date|25|2007|July|27}}) is an American [[gay pornographic film]] actor, model, producer, and entrepreneur from [[Brooklyn|Brooklyn, New York]].<ref name=":15">{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonblade.com/2011/04/28/porn-stars-story-explored-in-new-play/|title=Porn star's story explored in new play|last=|first=|date=April 28, 2011|work=[[Washington Blade]]|access-date=December 5, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://medium.com/@SonofBaldwin/from-the-archives-catch-a-tiger-by-his-toe-an-interview-with-james-earl-hardy-by-darnell-l-dbfbbfc584e1|title=Catch a Tiger By His Toe: An Interview with James Earl Hardy by Darnell L.|last=Moore|first=Darnell L.|date=July 7, 2016|website=[[Medium (website)|Medium]]|language=en|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=December 5, 2019}}</ref><ref name=jdferguson>{{Cite web|url=https://www.papermag.com/jd-ferguson-presents-tiger-tyson-1425300590.amp.html|title=JD Ferguson Presents: Tiger Tyson|last=Ferguson|first=JD|date=July 27, 2007|website=[[Paper (magazine)|Paper]]|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=December 6, 2019}}</ref> He has appeared in dozens of ethnic-themed porn films known as ''thug porn'', where he performs only as a [[Top (sex)|top]], even starring as a top who “conquers” other stars who are known for topping.<ref name=":17" /><ref name="Jcadams">{{Cite web|url=https://www.xbiz.com/features/126355/from-thugz-to-glamour|title=From Thugz to Glamour|last=Adams|first=JC|date=May 24, 2009|website=[[XBIZ]]|language=en|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=December 7, 2019|ref=Jcadams}}</ref> Tyson, who is of [[African American]] and [[Puerto Rican people|Puerto Rican]] descent, is renowned for his strong [[sex appeal]].<ref name=":16">{{Cite web|url=http://gaytheatrenyc.blogspot.com/2010/06/interview-johnathan-cedano-of.html|title=Gay Theatre NYC Review: Interview - Johnathan Cedano of Confessions of Homo Thug Porn Star|last=Harrison|first=Byrne|date=June 16, 2010|website=Gay Theatre NYC Review|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=December 5, 2019}}</ref><ref name=":17" /> In February 2008, he was inducted into the [[GayVN Hall of Fame]], and is also “an advocate for [[safe sex]] education, [[HIV/AIDS|AIDS]] research and [[gay rights]].”<ref name=":17" /><ref name="Cedano">{{Cite web|url=https://www.theatermania.com/new-york-city-theater/news/johnathan-cedano-to-star-in-confessions-of-a-homo-_28170.html|title=Johnathan Cedano to Star in Confessions of a Homo Thug Porn Star on Fire Island|last=Bacalzo|first=Dan|date=June 15, 2010|website=Theater Mania|language=en-US|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=December 5, 2019}}</ref> His draft of a memoir was turned into the play “Confessions of a Homo Thug Porn Star” by [[James Earl Hardy]].
'''Tiger Tyson''' ([[Brooklyn]], [[New York City|New York]], 20 May 1977) is an American [[Gay pornography|gay pornographic actor]], model and film director. Considered a "Blatino" due to his African-American and Puerto Rican ethnic origins.<ref name=":15">{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonblade.com/2011/04/28/porn-stars-story-explored-in-new-play/|title=Porn star's story explored in new play|date=28 April 2011|work=[[Washington Blade]]|access-date=5 December 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://medium.com/@SonofBaldwin/from-the-archives-catch-a-tiger-by-his-toe-an-interview-with-james-earl-hardy-by-darnell-l-dbfbbfc584e1|title=Catch a Tiger By His Toe: An Interview with James Earl Hardy by Darnell L.|last=Moore|first=Darnell L.|date=7 July 2016|website=[[Medium (website)|Medium]]|language=en|access-date=5 December 2019|archive-date=5 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191205185514/https://medium.com/@SonofBaldwin/from-the-archives-catch-a-tiger-by-his-toe-an-interview-with-james-earl-hardy-by-darnell-l-dbfbbfc584e1|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name=jdferguson>{{Cite web|url=https://www.papermag.com/jd-ferguson-presents-tiger-tyson-1425300590.amp.html|title=JD Ferguson Presents: Tiger Tyson|last=Ferguson|first=JD|date=27 July 2007|website=[[Paper (magazine)|Paper]]|access-date=6 December 2019}}</ref><ref name="Jcadams">{{Cite web|url=https://www.xbiz.com/features/126355/from-thugz-to-glamour|title=From Thugz to Glamour|last=Adams|first=JC|date=24 May 2009|website=[[XBIZ]]|language=en|access-date=7 December 2019|ref=Jcadams}}</ref><ref name=":16">{{Cite web|url=http://gaytheatrenyc.blogspot.com/2010/06/interview-johnathan-cedano-of.html|title=Gay Theatre NYC Review: Interview - Johnathan Cedano of Confessions of Homo Thug Porn Star|last=Harrison|first=Byrne|date=16 June 2010|website=Gay Theatre NYC Review|access-date=5 December 2019}}</ref><ref name="Cedano">{{Cite web|url=https://www.theatermania.com/new-york-city-theater/news/johnathan-cedano-to-star-in-confessions-of-a-homo-_28170.html|title=Johnathan Cedano to Star in Confessions of a Homo Thug Porn Star on Fire Island|last=Bacalzo|first=Dan|date=15 June 2010|website=Theater Mania|language=en-US|access-date=5 December 2019}}</ref><ref name=":17">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zdDPAcmS9XUC|title=Bigger than life : the history of gay porn cinema from beefcake to hardcore|last=Escoffier|first=Jeffrey|date=2009|publisher=Running Press|isbn=978-0-7867-4753-5|location=Philadelphia|pages=314–8|oclc=647869684}}</ref><ref name=":10">{{Cite web|url=https://www.papermag.com/tiger-tiger-burning-bright-1425201060.html|title=Tiger, Tiger, Burning Bright|last=Boardman|first=Mickey|date=12 October 2005|website=[[Paper (magazine)|Paper]]|language=en|access-date=6 December 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://avn.com/business/articles/gay/sneak-peek-i-tiger-s-eiffel-tower-paris-is-mine-i-25063.html|title=Sneak Peek {{!}} Tiger's Eiffel Tower: Paris Is Mine AVN|website=AVN|access-date=2019-12-06}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/off-off-broadway/article/Dial-Hardy-Goins-Win-Top-Honors-At-Downtown-Urban-Theatre-Festival-20100510|title=Dial, Hardy & Goins Win Top Honors At Downtown Urban Theatre Festival|date=10 May 2010|website=[[Broadway World News]]|language=en|access-date=5 December 2019}}</ref><ref name=":18">{{Cite web|url=https://www.therainbowtimesmass.com/hbgc-event-black-and-latino-gay-men-on-pornography/|title=HBGC Event: Black and Latino Gay Men on Pornography|last=Colbert|first=Chuck|date=1 May 2012|website=[[The Rainbow Times]]|language=en-US|access-date=6 December 2019}}</ref><ref name=":19">{{Cite web|url=https://www.therainbowtimesmass.com/a-weekend-with-tiger-tyson-hosted-by-the-hbgc/|title=A Weekend with Tiger Tyson hosted by the HBGC|last=Colbert|first=Chuck|date=23 March 2013|website=[[The Rainbow Times]]|language=en-US|access-date=6 December 2019}}</ref>


Born in Brooklyn, New York, he made his debut in pornographic cinema at the age of 19 with the film Sweatin' Black by director Enrique Cruz, shortly after which he made his first leading role in Tiger's Brooklyn Tails.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Tiger, Tiger, Burning Bright |url=http://www.papermag.com/?section=article&parid=993&page=2}}</ref> After serving a stint for Latino Fan Club, Tyson left the sex industry in 1999, quickly resuming the following year with his own film production company, Tiger Tyson Productions. He again announced his retirement in 2004, but changed his mind after the success of the film Take 'Em Down. He has also worked as a [[Go-go dancing|go-go dancer]] and [[Escort carrier|escort]].
== Career ==
Novelist and playwright [[James Earl Hardy]] characterized Tyson’s story as the [[American Dream|American dream]], “boy from the hood, raised by a single mother, high school dropout, drug dealer, jail bird. But he parlayed that thug life past into a unique, marketable image and created his own multi-million dollar studio.”<ref name=":15" /><ref name=":19" /> He began his career as a [[stripper]]/[[go-go dancer]] at New York City’s The Web on East 58th street, a [[Midtown Manhattan]] [[gay-sian]] club for gay Asian men and their admirers.<ref name=":10" /><ref name=":17" /> He had just gotten out after serving fourteen months in prison for [[Grand Theft Auto (crime)|grand theft auto]].<ref name=":17" /><ref name=":15" /> Tyson liked the dancing/stripping work as easy money, but Malice, another dancer who did gay porn, suggested the films as it paid more; and shared director Enrique Cruz’s phone number.<ref name=":10" /><ref name=":17" /> Tyson had never even seen gay porn before, although he knew some aspects of gay life.<ref name=":10" /> He felt he needed a few alcoholic drinks before acting; and switched acting roles as he did not want to be the bottom.<ref name=":10" />


He stands out for his participation in films with homosexual adult themes, where he regularly acts as a top, insisting that he will never play a bottom in a film. Recognized for the size of his penis and for his aggressive sexual attitude towards to the cameras. It frequently appears in publications related to the gay scene.
Tyson was introduced in Cruz’s ''Sweatin' Black'' (1997). Cruz had his breakthrough as a director with ''Learning Latin'' (1997), his first film with his own company La Mancha Productions.<ref name=":17" /> ''Learning Latin'', a “runaway best-seller,” was set on a college campus featuring black and Latino men, showcasing the “gay and bisexual [[Blatino Erotica Awards|Blatino]] sex-party scene” with an urban [[hip hop]] soundtrack.<ref name=":17">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/?id=zdDPAcmS9XUC&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false|title=Bigger than life : the history of gay porn cinema from beefcake to hardcore|last=Escoffier|first=Jeffrey|date=2009|publisher=Running Press|isbn=978-0-7867-4753-5|location=Philadelphia|pages=314–8|oclc=647869684}}</ref> Cruz discovered Tyson and featured him in the second La Mancha release, ''Tiger's Brooklyn Tails'' (1998) building on the Blatino theme, and set in [[Sex club|sex clubs]] and [[Cruising for sex|cruising areas]].<ref name=":17" /> Over the ten years after ''Tiger's Brooklyn Tails'', Tyson became the “best-known public representative of ‘thug porn’,” catering to, and representative of young gay black and Latino men.<ref name=":17" /> Tyson, from the start, developed his persona based on black and Latino men [[Down-low (sexual slang)|on the down-low]]—who [[Men who have sex with men|had sex with other men]], but still saw themselves as heterosexual—though he personally identified as [[Bisexuality|bisexual]], could not imagine being romantically involved with another man, and refused to [[Top, bottom and versatile|bottom]].<ref name=":15" /><ref name=":17" />


Off camera he is a promoter of safe sex, the fight against [[HIV/AIDS|AIDS]] and gay rights. In 2007 he publicly supported [[Hillary Clinton]] presidential campaign.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Rod 2.0 News: Hillary Clinton Ad, Lutherans, Adrian Fenty, Tiger Tyson |url=http://rodonline.typepad.com/rodonline/2007/08/news-hillary-cl.html}}</ref>That same year he was awarded the Blatino Erotica Awards.
Tyson made four films with La Mancha, then joined its main competition in the gay porn “ethnic market,” Latino Fan Club (LFC) from 1998-2000.<ref name=":17" /> Brian Brennan founded LFC in 1985, and as of 2009 was still the leader in the thug porn niche.<ref name=":17" /> Brennan said, “Tiger Tyson is probably the most popular Latin porn performer ever, ... [he] has an incredible star presence and dynamic personality. He’s got all the ingredients of a major talent: great looks, huge uncut dick, and sexual energy that won’t quit.”<ref name=":17" /> Tyson though grew frustrated that his persona was selling videos that he had little control in developing the narrative, or getting compensated for boosting sales.<ref name=":17" /> He also felt the production values should be much better, and decided to do a few years break from acting while he worked to start his own company.<ref name=":17" />


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==Awards and nominations==
=== Pitbull Productions/Tiger Tyson Entertainment ===
In 2003, along with Jalin Fuentes, Tyson co-founded Pitbull Productions where Tyson has his own Tiger Tyson Entertainment label; Fuentes coined ''thug porn'' or ''thugporn'' to represent their niche in the gay porn market, and the product they were to create.<ref name="jdferguson" /><ref name=":17" /> Fuentes wanted to avoid the “[[Hollywood]]” glamour approach to gay sex in favor of an “urban, gritty, raw and real feel.”<ref name=":8">{{Cite web|url=https://avn.com/business/articles/gay/pitbull-productions-55743.html|title=Pitbull Productions AVN|last=Jansen|first=Brady|date=November 19, 2008|website=[[Adult Video News]]|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=December 6, 2019}}</ref> He coined ‘thugporn' to capture “this type of urban homeboy sex” with their company.<ref name=":8" /> With Tyson’s company change he assumed a more sexually aggressive public persona.<ref name=":10">{{Cite web|url=https://www.papermag.com/tiger-tiger-burning-bright-1425201060.html|title=Tiger, Tiger, Burning Bright|last=Boardman|first=Mickey|date=October 12, 2005|website=[[Paper (magazine)|Paper]]|language=en|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=December 6, 2019}}</ref> Tyson states, “I discovered we had the same vision about the adult business, by using only authentic thugs, paying the performers well, and practicing safe sex.”<ref name=":17" /> Tyson was a Pitbull Productions headlining star for years.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://avn.com/avnid/pitbull-productions-63665.html|title=Pitbull Productions AVN|last=|first=|date=|website=[[Adult Video News]]|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=December 6, 2019}}</ref><ref name=":8" /><ref name="Jcadams"/> He has also directed many of their films.<ref name=":10" /> One estimate had ‘thug porn’ growing to as much as a fifth of the gay porn market.<ref name=":17" /> Over its first six or seven years Pitbull Productions became a multimillion dollar studio releasing over fifty films.<ref name=":17" /><ref name=":16" /> Tyson is also his own brand; in addition to his movies and the Tiger Tyson Replicock [[dildo]] which premiered in 2008, he has his own exercise video, branded [[lip gloss]], and “ocean-scented” [[Car Freshner|car freshener]]<nowiki/>s.<ref name=":10" /><ref name=":16" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://avn.com/business/articles/gay/tiger-tyson-unveils-his-first-official-dildo-26033.html|title=Tiger Tyson Unveils His First Official Dildo AVN|last=Hunter|first=Richard|date=January 18, 2008|website=[[Adult Video News]]|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=December 6, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://avn.com/business/articles/gay/pitbull-productions-put-a-tiger-in-your-car-53399.html|title=Pitbull Productions: 'Put a Tiger in Your Car' AVN|last=Rice|first=G. Zisk|date=June 26, 2008|website=[[Adult Video News]]|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=December 6, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://avn.com/business/articles/gay/pitbull-aims-to-soothe-lips-scorch-libidos-with-free-gifts-368133.html|title=Pitbull Aims to Soothe Lips, Scorch Libidos with Free Gifts AVN|last=Rice|first=G. Zisk|date=October 29, 2009|website=[[Adult Video News]]|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=December 6, 2019}}</ref> He was inducted into the [[GayVN]] [[GayVN Awards#2008|Hall of Fame]] in February 2008.<ref name=":17" /><ref name="jdferguson" />

Having reached celebrity status, Tyson had his portrait made by French artists [[Pierre et Gilles]] while he was in Paris directing, and acting in ''Tiger’s Eiffel Tower: Paris is Mine'' (2006),a “two-part thug porn spectacular.”<ref name=":17" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://avn.com/business/articles/gay/sneak-peek-i-tiger-s-eiffel-tower-paris-is-mine-i-25063.html|title=Sneak Peek {{!}} Tiger's Eiffel Tower: Paris Is Mine AVN|website=AVN|access-date=2019-12-06}}</ref><ref name=":20">{{Cite web|url=https://avn.com/gay/porn-stars/tiger-tyson-247061.html|title=Tiger Tyson AVN full biography|last=|first=|date=|website=[[Adult Video News]]|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=December 6, 2019}}</ref> They portrayed him in a tiger-striped kitchen getting relief from the apparent heat in front of an open refrigerator filled with raw meat; the portrait sold for $65,000 in 2009 ({{Inflation|US|65,000|2009|fmt=eq}}).<ref name=":17" />

=== “Confessions of a Homo Thug Porn Star” ===
His life story was portrayed in [[James Earl Hardy]]’s 2010 play “Confessions of a Homo Thug Porn Star,” starring Johnathan Cedano, telling Tyson’s “rags-to-riches” life using source material from writing sessions between Tyson and Hardy.<ref name=":15" /><ref name=":16" /> In Hardy’s work including this one, his first play, he attempts to “unpack the complicated [[Intersectionality|intersections]] of race, sexuality, gender and class that shape the lives of “[[same gender loving]]” men of color.”<ref name=":16" /> Tyson approached Hardy seeking help writing his [[memoir]], once they started, Hardy realized the material would make a great one-person play.<ref name=":16" /> Hardy developed a script in late 2009.<ref name=":19" /> It premiered in April 2010 to a sold-out crowd at the New York Downtown Urban Theater Festival, where it won the "Best Dramatic Short" award.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/off-off-broadway/article/Dial-Hardy-Goins-Win-Top-Honors-At-Downtown-Urban-Theatre-Festival-20100510|title=Dial, Hardy & Goins Win Top Honors At Downtown Urban Theatre Festival|last=|first=|date=May 10, 2010|website=[[Broadway World News]]|language=en|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=December 5, 2019}}</ref><ref name=":19" /><ref name="Cedano" /> In August it was reprised for two more sold-out shows at Whyte Hall on [[Fire Island]], then two runs; at the Roy Arias Theater in New York in March 2011, and the Lace Lounge & Nightclub in Washington D.C. in May 2011.<ref name=":19" />

In an April 2012 Hispanic Black Gay Coalition event, “''The Raw Realty: Pornography & Black and Latino Gay Representation,''” Tyson stressed the need for everyone, both producers and end users, to practice safe sex.<ref name=":18">{{Cite web|url=https://www.therainbowtimesmass.com/hbgc-event-black-and-latino-gay-men-on-pornography/|title=HBGC Event: Black and Latino Gay Men on Pornography|last=Colbert|first=Chuck|date=May 1, 2012|website=[[The Rainbow Times]]|language=en-US|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=December 6, 2019}}</ref> The panel discussion was to “explore how pornography and the gay porn industry impacts Black and Latino identity, behavior and representation.”<ref name=":19">{{Cite web|url=https://www.therainbowtimesmass.com/a-weekend-with-tiger-tyson-hosted-by-the-hbgc/|title=A Weekend with Tiger Tyson hosted by the HBGC|last=Colbert|first=Chuck|date=March 23, 2013|website=[[The Rainbow Times]]|language=en-US|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=December 6, 2019}}</ref> Tyson challenged negative stereotypes about men who act in gay porn, pointing out that some were raising families.<ref name=":18" />

== Personal life ==
Tyson is a native of [[Bronx, New York|The Bronx, New York]], and was raised by his [[single mother]].<ref name=":19" /> He lost his virginity at twelve years old.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://avn.com/business/articles/gay/tiger-tyson-on-losing-his-virginity-what-freaks-him-out-and-if-he-prefers-blair-or-serena-54008.html|title=Tiger Tyson on losing his virginity, what freaks him out and if he prefers Blair or Serena… AVN|last=|first=|date=July 31, 2008|website=[[Adult Video News]]|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=December 6, 2019}}</ref>

Tyson was also a dancer at Magic Touch, a popular [[Jackson Heights, Queens]] gay bar where he met his fiancée.<ref name=":17" /> Both she and his mother are aware of, and accept his gay porn movie-making.<ref name=":17" /> He has a daughter.<ref name=":16" />

Tyson openly promotes [[safe sex]] education, [[AIDS]] research and [[gay rights]].<ref name="Cedano" /> In 2007, he endorsed [[Hillary Clinton]] for [[president of the United States|president]].<ref name="jdferguson" /> He supports the [[Legalization of marijuana in the United States|legalization of marijuana]].<ref name="jdferguson" />

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== Awards and nominations ==
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| '''2007''' || [[GayVN Awards|GayVN Award]] || {{won}} || Best Ethic Film || ''The Show, Part 1'', and ''Part 2''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.xbiz.com/news/90494/pitbull-productions-wins-best-ethnic-themed-gayvn-for-2nd-year-in-a-row|title=Pitbull Productions Wins Best Ethnic-Themed GAYVN For 2nd Year in a Row|last=|first=|date=February 22, 2008|website=[[XBIZ]]|language=en|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=December 7, 2019}}</ref>
| '''2007''' || [[GayVN Awards|GayVN Award]] || {{won}} || Best Ethnic Film || ''The Show, Part 1'', and ''Part 2''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.xbiz.com/news/90494/pitbull-productions-wins-best-ethnic-themed-gayvn-for-2nd-year-in-a-row|title=Pitbull Productions Wins Best Ethnic-Themed GAYVN For 2nd Year in a Row|date=22 February 2008|website=[[XBIZ]]|language=en|access-date=7 December 2019}}</ref>
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| rowspan= 16 | '''2008''' || rowspan=7| GayVN Award || {{won}} || Best Ethic Film || ''Tiger's Eiffel Tower: Paris Is Mine''<ref name=":8" />
| rowspan= 16 | '''2008''' || rowspan=7| GayVN Award || {{won}} || Best Ethnic Film || ''Tiger's Eiffel Tower: Paris Is Mine''<ref name=":8" >{{Cite web|url=https://avn.com/business/articles/gay/pitbull-productions-55743.html|title=Pitbull Productions AVN|last=Jansen|first=Brady|date=19 November 2008|website=[[Adult Video News]]|access-date=6 December 2019}}</ref>
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| {{nom}} || Best Actor || ''Tiger's Eiffel Tower: Paris Is Mine''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://avn.com/business/articles/gay/gayvn-announces-10th-annual-gayvn-awards-nominations-25062.html|title=GAYVN Announces 10th Annual GAYVN Awards Nominations! AVN|last=Rice|first=G. Zisk|date=January 12, 2008|website=[[Adult Video News]]|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=December 6, 2019}}</ref>
| {{nom}} || Best Actor || ''Tiger's Eiffel Tower: Paris Is Mine''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://avn.com/business/articles/gay/gayvn-announces-10th-annual-gayvn-awards-nominations-25062.html|title=GAYVN Announces 10th Annual GAYVN Awards Nominations! AVN|last=Rice|first=G. Zisk|date=12 January 2008|website=[[Adult Video News]]|access-date=6 December 2019}}</ref>
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| {{nom}} || Best Non-European Film<ref name=":9">{{Cite web|url=https://avn.com/business/articles/gay/european-gay-porn-awards-finalists-announced-52414.html|title=European Gay Porn Awards Finalists Announced AVN|last=Rice|first=G. Zisk|date=April 28, 2008|website=AVN|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2019-12-06}}</ref> || {{n/a}}
| {{nom}} || Best Non-European Film<ref name=":9">{{Cite web|url=https://avn.com/business/articles/gay/european-gay-porn-awards-finalists-announced-52414.html|title=European Gay Porn Awards Finalists Announced AVN|last=Rice|first=G. Zisk|date=28 April 2008|website=AVN|access-date=2019-12-06}}</ref> || {{n/a}}
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| {{nom}} || Best Top<ref name=":9" /> || {{n/a}}
| {{nom}} || Best Top<ref name=":9" /> || {{n/a}}
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| {{nom}} || Performer of the Year<ref name=":9" /> || {{n/a}}
| {{nom}} || Performer of the Year<ref name=":9" /> || {{n/a}}
|-
|-
| [[Blatino Erotica Awards]] || {{won}} || Lifetime Achievement<ref name=blatino>{{Cite web|url=https://www.xbiz.com/news/104070/blatino-erotica-awards-name-09-winners|title=Blatino Erotica Awards Name '09 Winners|last=Adams|first=JC|date=January 23, 2009|website=[[XBIZ]]|language=en|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=December 7, 2019}}</ref> || {{n/a}}
| Blatino Erotica Awards || {{won}} || Lifetime Achievement<ref name=blatino>{{Cite web|url=https://www.xbiz.com/news/104070/blatino-erotica-awards-name-09-winners|title=Blatino Erotica Awards Name '09 Winners|last=Adams|first=JC|date=23 January 2009|website=[[XBIZ]]|language=en|access-date=7 December 2019}}</ref> || {{n/a}}
|-
|-
| rowspan=2| [[Grabby Awards]] || {{nom}} || Best Performers<ref name=":14">{{Cite web|url=https://avn.com/business/articles/gay/grabby-nominations-announced-27315.html|title=Grabby Nominations Announced AVN|last=Rice|first=G. Zisk|date=March 14, 2008|website=[[Adult Video News]]|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=December 6, 2019}}</ref> || {{n/a}}
| rowspan=2| [[Grabby Awards]] || {{nom}} || Best Performers<ref name=":14">{{Cite web|url=https://avn.com/business/articles/gay/grabby-nominations-announced-27315.html|title=Grabby Nominations Announced AVN|last=Rice|first=G. Zisk|date=14 March 2008|website=[[Adult Video News]]|access-date=6 December 2019}}</ref> || {{n/a}}
|-
|-
| {{nom}} || Best DVD Extras || ''Tiger's Eiffel Tower: Paris Is Mine''<ref name=":14" />
| {{nom}} || Best DVD Extras || ''Tiger's Eiffel Tower: Paris Is Mine''<ref name=":14" />
|-
|-
| [[Cybersocket, Inc.|CyberSocket Web Awards]] || {{nom}} || Best Porn Star Site || Tiger-Tyson.com<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://avn.com/business/articles/gay/voting-begins-for-8th-annual-cybersocket-web-awards-28020.html|title=Voting Begins for 8th Annual Cybersocket Web Awards AVN|last=Rice|first=G. Zisk|date=December 11, 2007|website=[[Adult Video News]]|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=December 6, 2019}}</ref>
| [[Cybersocket, Inc.|CyberSocket Web Awards]] || {{nom}} || Best Porn Star Site || Tiger-Tyson.com<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://avn.com/business/articles/gay/voting-begins-for-8th-annual-cybersocket-web-awards-28020.html|title=Voting Begins for 8th Annual Cybersocket Web Awards AVN|last=Rice|first=G. Zisk|date=11 December 2007|website=[[Adult Video News]]|access-date=6 December 2019}}</ref>
|-
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| rowspan=3 | [[XBIZ Award|XBIZ Awards]] || {{nom}} || GLBT Performer of the Year<ref name=":11" /> || {{n/a}}
| rowspan=3 | [[XBIZ Award]]s || {{nom}} || GLBT Performer of the Year<ref name=":11" /> || {{n/a}}
|-
|-
| {{nom}} || GLBT Studio of the Year || Pitbull Productions<ref name=":11">{{Cite web|url=https://avn.com/business/articles/gay/gay-companies-earn-xbiz-awards-nominations-25370.html|title=Gay Companies Earn XBiz Awards Nominations AVN|last=Rice|first=G. Zisk|date=January 8, 2008|website=[[Adult Video News]]|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=December 6, 2019}}</ref>
| {{nom}} || GLBT Studio of the Year || Pitbull Productions<ref name=":11">{{Cite web|url=https://avn.com/business/articles/gay/gay-companies-earn-xbiz-awards-nominations-25370.html|title=Gay Companies Earn XBiz Awards Nominations AVN|last=Rice|first=G. Zisk|date=8 January 2008|website=[[Adult Video News]]|access-date=6 December 2019}}</ref>
|-
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| {{nom}} || GLBT Feature Movie of the Year || ''Tiger's Eiffel Tower: Paris Is Mine''<ref name=":11" />
| {{nom}} || GLBT Feature Movie of the Year || ''Tiger's Eiffel Tower: Paris Is Mine''<ref name=":11" />
|-
|-
| rowspan=2 | [[European Gay Porn Awards]] || {{won}} || Best Black/Latino Porn Site || Tiger-Tyson.com<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://avn.com/business/articles/gay/egpa-web-awards-announced-55304.html|title=EGPA Web Awards Announced AVN|last=Rice|first=G. Zisk|date=October 14, 2008|website=AVN|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2019-12-06}}</ref>
| rowspan=2 | [[European Gay Porn Awards]] || {{won}} || Best Black/Latino Porn Site || Tiger-Tyson.com<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://avn.com/business/articles/gay/egpa-web-awards-announced-55304.html|title=EGPA Web Awards Announced AVN|last=Rice|first=G. Zisk|date=14 October 2008|website=AVN|access-date=2019-12-06}}</ref>
|-
|-
| {{nom}} || Best Top || ''Tiger's Eiffel Tower: Paris Is Mine''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.xbiz.com/news/92837/european-gay-porn-awards-short-lists-tops-and-bottoms|title=European Gay Porn Awards Short Lists Tops and Bottoms|last=Cachapero|first=Joanne|date=April 22, 2008|website=[[XBIZ]]|language=en|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=December 7, 2019}}</ref>
| {{nom}} || Best Top || ''Tiger's Eiffel Tower: Paris Is Mine''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.xbiz.com/news/92837/european-gay-porn-awards-short-lists-tops-and-bottoms|title=European Gay Porn Awards Short Lists Tops and Bottoms|last=Cachapero|first=Joanne|date=22 April 2008|website=[[XBIZ]]|language=en|access-date=7 December 2019}}</ref>
|-
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| rowspan=3 | '''2011''' || rowspan=3 | CyberSocket Web Awards || {{nom}} || Best Video Company || Pitbull Productions<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.xbiz.com/news/127063/cybersocket-awards-finalists-announced-voting-has-begun|title=Cybersocket Awards Finalists Announced, Voting Has Begun|last=Rodriguez|first=Ariana|date=November 3, 2010|website=[[XBIZ]]|language=en|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=December 7, 2019}}</ref>
| rowspan=3 | '''2011''' || rowspan=3 | CyberSocket Web Awards || {{nom}} || Best Video Company || Pitbull Productions<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.xbiz.com/news/127063/cybersocket-awards-finalists-announced-voting-has-begun|title=Cybersocket Awards Finalists Announced, Voting Has Begun|last=Rodriguez|first=Ariana|date=3 November 2010|website=[[XBIZ]]|language=en|access-date=7 December 2019}}</ref>
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| {{nom}} || Best Porn Blog || Tiger Tyson Blog<ref name=":0" />
| {{nom}} || Best Porn Blog || Tiger Tyson Blog<ref name=":0" />
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==Bibliography==
==Bibliography==
* {{Cite book|title=Latino Fan Club : photos|last=Brennan, Brian.|date=2007|publisher=FotoFactory Press|isbn=978-1-933841-21-2|location=Santa Monica, Calif.|oclc=176956934}}
* {{Cite book|title=Latino Fan Club : photos|last=Brennan, Brian.|date=2007|publisher=FotoFactory Press|isbn=978-1-933841-21-2|location=Santa Monica, Calif.|oclc=176956934}}

==Videography==
Tyson has acted for thirty films; with compilations he appears in at least 37 films.<ref>500 Porn Stars, Vol. 2, No. 8, Oct. 2004.</ref><ref> Adam Gay Video Erotica, pg. 116.</ref>

;Vivid Man
* ''Brothers On The Downlow'' (1997)
*''VividMan Raw 5: Sweatin' Black'' (1998)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://avn.com/movies/31029.html|title=VividMan Raw 5: Sweatin' Black AVN|website=AVN|access-date=2019-12-07}}</ref>

;La Mancha Productions/La Mancha Video:
* ''Tiger's Brooklyn Tails'' (1997)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://avn.com/movies/30892.html|title=Tiger's Brooklyn Tails AVN|website=AVN|access-date=2019-12-06}}</ref>
* ''Sweatin' Black'' (1997)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://avn.com/gay/porn-stars/tiger-tyson-247061.html|title=Tiger Tyson AVN Bio|last=|first=|date=|website=[[Adult Video News]]|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=December 6, 2019}}</ref>
* ''Off Da Hook'' (1998)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://avn.com/movies/27736.html|title=Off da Hook AVN|website=AVN|access-date=2019-12-06}}</ref>
* ''Off Da Hook 2'' (1999)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://avn.com/movies/26747.html|title=Off Da Hook 2 AVN|website=AVN|access-date=2019-12-06}}</ref>

;GYCO Video
* ''Screentest USA'' (1999)<ref name=":20" />

;Latino Fan Club:
* ''Tiger Untamed'' (1998)<ref name=":20" />
* ''Best of the Best'' (1998)
* ''I Was a Teenage Hustler'' (1999)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://avn.com/movies/18565.html|title=I Was a Teenage Hustler AVN|website=AVN|access-date=2019-12-06}}</ref>
* ''Papis In Paris'' (1999)
* ''More Spanish Lessons, Hard Study 1'' (2000)<ref name=":20" />
* ''Best of Tiger Tyson'' (2004)

;Pitbull Productions [[et al]] including Tiger Tyson Entertainment:
* ''Tiger Tyson Secrets'' (2004)
* ''The Way You Like It'' (2004)<ref name=":20" />
* ''Take 'em Down 1'' (2004),<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.xbiz.com/news/111061/pitbull-preps-limited-edition-tiger-tyson-sexpic|title=Pitbull Preps Limited-Edition Tiger Tyson Sexpic|last=Adams|first=JC|date=July 29, 2009|website=[[XBIZ]]|language=en|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=December 7, 2019}}</ref> ''2'' (2005),<ref name=":20" /> ''3'' (2006),<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://avn.com/business/press-release/gay/pitbull-s-take-em-down-3-available-at-aebn-305089.html|title=Pitbull's 'Take 'Em Down 3' Available at AEBN AVN|website=AVN|access-date=2019-12-06}}</ref> and ''4'' (2009)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.xbiz.com/news/128229/aebn-streams-pitbulls-take-em-down-4-exclusively|title=AEBN Streams Pitbull's 'Take 'Em Down 4' Exclusively|last=XBIZ|website=XBIZ|language=en|access-date=2019-12-07}}</ref>
* ''Tiger Tyson Strikes Back'' (2005)<ref name=":20" />
* ''In The Heat'' (2006)<ref name=":20" />
* ''The Show, Part 1,''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://avn.com/movies/66470.html|title=THE SHOW 1 AVN|website=AVN|access-date=2019-12-06}}</ref> ''and 2'' (2006)
* ''Tiger Tyson's Eiffel Tower - Paris Is Mine'' (2006)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://avn.com/movies/7111.html|title=Tiger's Eiffel Tower: Paris is Mine AVN|website=AVN|access-date=2019-12-06}}</ref>
* ''Tiger Tyson Steel Curtain'' (2006)
*''Bottoms Up'' (2006)<ref name=":20" />
*''Meat Wackers 5'' (2006)<ref name=":20" />
*''Steel Curtain'' (2007)<ref name=":20" />
*''Best of Thug Porn 2'' (2008)<ref name=":20" />
* ''Tastee'' (2009)


==See also==
==See also==
* [[List of male performers in gay porn films]]
* [[List of actors in gay pornographic films]]


== Reference ==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
* {{IMDb name|1767587|Tiger Tyson}}
* {{IMDb name|1767587|Tiger Tyson}}
* {{iafd name|id=TigerTyson|gender=male|name=Tiger Tyson}}



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Tiger Tyson
Tyson in 2005
Born20 May 1977
Brooklyn, New York
NationalityAmerican
Occupation(s)gay pornographic actor, model and film director
AwardsGayVN Hall of Fame (2008)
Blatino Erotica Awards Lifetime Achievement award (2008)[1]

Tiger Tyson (Brooklyn, New York, 20 May 1977) is an American gay pornographic actor, model and film director. Considered a "Blatino" due to his African-American and Puerto Rican ethnic origins.[2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13]

Born in Brooklyn, New York, he made his debut in pornographic cinema at the age of 19 with the film Sweatin' Black by director Enrique Cruz, shortly after which he made his first leading role in Tiger's Brooklyn Tails.[14] After serving a stint for Latino Fan Club, Tyson left the sex industry in 1999, quickly resuming the following year with his own film production company, Tiger Tyson Productions. He again announced his retirement in 2004, but changed his mind after the success of the film Take 'Em Down. He has also worked as a go-go dancer and escort.

He stands out for his participation in films with homosexual adult themes, where he regularly acts as a top, insisting that he will never play a bottom in a film. Recognized for the size of his penis and for his aggressive sexual attitude towards to the cameras. It frequently appears in publications related to the gay scene.

Off camera he is a promoter of safe sex, the fight against AIDS and gay rights. In 2007 he publicly supported Hillary Clinton presidential campaign.[15]That same year he was awarded the Blatino Erotica Awards.

Awards and nominations

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Year Ceremony Result Category Film/Work
2007 GayVN Award Won Best Ethnic Film The Show, Part 1, and Part 2[16]
2008 GayVN Award Won Best Ethnic Film Tiger's Eiffel Tower: Paris Is Mine[17]
Nominated Best Actor Tiger's Eiffel Tower: Paris Is Mine[18]
Nominated Best Non-European Film[19] —
Nominated Best Top[19] —
Nominated Best DVD Extras/Special Edition Tiger's Eiffel Tower: Paris Is Mine[19]
Nominated Best Picture Tiger's Eiffel Tower: Paris Is Mine[19]
Nominated Performer of the Year[19] —
Blatino Erotica Awards Won Lifetime Achievement[1] —
Grabby Awards Nominated Best Performers[20] —
Nominated Best DVD Extras Tiger's Eiffel Tower: Paris Is Mine[20]
CyberSocket Web Awards Nominated Best Porn Star Site Tiger-Tyson.com[21]
XBIZ Awards Nominated GLBT Performer of the Year[22] —
Nominated GLBT Studio of the Year Pitbull Productions[22]
Nominated GLBT Feature Movie of the Year Tiger's Eiffel Tower: Paris Is Mine[22]
European Gay Porn Awards Won Best Black/Latino Porn Site Tiger-Tyson.com[23]
Nominated Best Top Tiger's Eiffel Tower: Paris Is Mine[24]
2011 CyberSocket Web Awards Nominated Best Video Company Pitbull Productions[25]
Nominated Best Porn Blog Tiger Tyson Blog[25]
Nominated Best Black Theme Site Tiger-Tyson.com[25]

Bibliography

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  • Brennan, Brian. (2007). Latino Fan Club : photos. Santa Monica, Calif.: FotoFactory Press. ISBN 978-1-933841-21-2. OCLC 176956934.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b Adams, JC (23 January 2009). "Blatino Erotica Awards Name '09 Winners". XBIZ. Retrieved 7 December 2019.
  2. ^ "Porn star's story explored in new play". Washington Blade. 28 April 2011. Retrieved 5 December 2019.
  3. ^ Moore, Darnell L. (7 July 2016). "Catch a Tiger By His Toe: An Interview with James Earl Hardy by Darnell L." Medium. Archived from the original on 5 December 2019. Retrieved 5 December 2019.
  4. ^ Ferguson, JD (27 July 2007). "JD Ferguson Presents: Tiger Tyson". Paper. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
  5. ^ Adams, JC (24 May 2009). "From Thugz to Glamour". XBIZ. Retrieved 7 December 2019.
  6. ^ Harrison, Byrne (16 June 2010). "Gay Theatre NYC Review: Interview - Johnathan Cedano of Confessions of Homo Thug Porn Star". Gay Theatre NYC Review. Retrieved 5 December 2019.
  7. ^ Bacalzo, Dan (15 June 2010). "Johnathan Cedano to Star in Confessions of a Homo Thug Porn Star on Fire Island". Theater Mania. Retrieved 5 December 2019.
  8. ^ Escoffier, Jeffrey (2009). Bigger than life : the history of gay porn cinema from beefcake to hardcore. Philadelphia: Running Press. pp. 314–8. ISBN 978-0-7867-4753-5. OCLC 647869684.
  9. ^ Boardman, Mickey (12 October 2005). "Tiger, Tiger, Burning Bright". Paper. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
  10. ^ "Sneak Peek | Tiger's Eiffel Tower: Paris Is Mine AVN". AVN. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
  11. ^ "Dial, Hardy & Goins Win Top Honors At Downtown Urban Theatre Festival". Broadway World News. 10 May 2010. Retrieved 5 December 2019.
  12. ^ Colbert, Chuck (1 May 2012). "HBGC Event: Black and Latino Gay Men on Pornography". The Rainbow Times. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
  13. ^ Colbert, Chuck (23 March 2013). "A Weekend with Tiger Tyson hosted by the HBGC". The Rainbow Times. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
  14. ^ "Tiger, Tiger, Burning Bright".
  15. ^ "Rod 2.0 News: Hillary Clinton Ad, Lutherans, Adrian Fenty, Tiger Tyson".
  16. ^ "Pitbull Productions Wins Best Ethnic-Themed GAYVN For 2nd Year in a Row". XBIZ. 22 February 2008. Retrieved 7 December 2019.
  17. ^ Jansen, Brady (19 November 2008). "Pitbull Productions AVN". Adult Video News. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
  18. ^ Rice, G. Zisk (12 January 2008). "GAYVN Announces 10th Annual GAYVN Awards Nominations! AVN". Adult Video News. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
  19. ^ a b c d e Rice, G. Zisk (28 April 2008). "European Gay Porn Awards Finalists Announced AVN". AVN. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
  20. ^ a b Rice, G. Zisk (14 March 2008). "Grabby Nominations Announced AVN". Adult Video News. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
  21. ^ Rice, G. Zisk (11 December 2007). "Voting Begins for 8th Annual Cybersocket Web Awards AVN". Adult Video News. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
  22. ^ a b c Rice, G. Zisk (8 January 2008). "Gay Companies Earn XBiz Awards Nominations AVN". Adult Video News. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
  23. ^ Rice, G. Zisk (14 October 2008). "EGPA Web Awards Announced AVN". AVN. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
  24. ^ Cachapero, Joanne (22 April 2008). "European Gay Porn Awards Short Lists Tops and Bottoms". XBIZ. Retrieved 7 December 2019.
  25. ^ a b c Rodriguez, Ariana (3 November 2010). "Cybersocket Awards Finalists Announced, Voting Has Begun". XBIZ. Retrieved 7 December 2019.
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