In 2015, frontman for the band Twenty One Pilots, Tyler Joseph had hit the highest point in his career. After one solo album and four albums with Twenty One Pilots, the album Blurryface had hit number one on Billboard’s Top Rock Albums with four singles making it onto The Top 100 (Billboard). Despite his current success, Tyler Joseph had lived a normal childhood, created a career he’s passionate about, channeled his insecurities and depression in his music to benefit the listeners, and has stayed humble throughout the recent success he has achieved. He was born on December 1, 1988 in Columbus, Ohio to Kelly and Chris Joseph. He was their second child after Zack, with two younger sibling Jay and Madison. (“Tyler Joseph Biography”). He lived in Columbus throughout his childhood and even today. His parents were both educators and basketball coaches, which created an influence of basketball in his life. He was offered a basketball scholarship to Otterbein University, but rejected it due to the start of his music career. In Columbus 2009, he had gone to college at Ohio State and created the band Twenty One Pilots with high school friends Nick Thomas and Chris …show more content…
The meaning behind it was the mistake of sending faulty airplanes out into battle causing the death of twenty one pilots. He chose this as a constant reminder to make the right decisions, even though they might be hard (ZTV Lowdown). The band today is still centered around Columbus. When they began performing, they would play in basements in front of a few friends. In effort to gain a following, they would play in random places without promotion in front of about 10-20 people who would then become their fans. Once they had a larger following, they promoted a show in Columbus and headlined Newport Music Hall. Beginning more guaranteed shows and sharing their music with fans across the