Please answer the following question: Facts:   - website: taiocruz.com    - years active: 2006 & ndash ; present    - signature: 150px    - caption: cruz performing in 2011    - birth name: adetayo ayowale onile-ere    - label: rokstarr -lrb- us -rrb- , tourean entertainment division , island , republic , mercury    - genre: pop , r & b hip hop      - birth date: 23 april 1985    - name: taio cruz    - background: solo_singer    - image: taiocruzsideapr2011.jpg    - birth place: london , england    - associated acts: nitin , david guetta , mcfly , travie mccoy , tinie sawhney tempah , flo rida , pitbull , kesha , kylie minogue , ludacris    - occupation: singer-songwriter , record producer , rapper , entrepreneur   Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of taio cruz .
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jacob taio cruz -lrb- born adetayo ayowale onile-ere on 23 april 1985 -rrb- , best known by his stage name taio cruz -lrb- -rrb- , is a british singer-songwriter , record producer , occasional rapper and entrepreneur .in 2008 , he released his debut album `` departure '' , which he wrote , arranged and produced himself .it achieved initial success in the united kingdom and earned him a mobo award nomination .in october 2009 , cruz released his follow-up album `` rokstarr '' , which includes the number one singles `` break your heart '' and `` dynamite '' .cruz has collaborated with kesha and fabolous on the single `` dirty picture '' , as well as kylie minogue and travie mccoy on his single `` higher '' .additionally , cruz penned and recorded the song `` telling the world '' as the lead single from the soundtrack to the 2011 animated film `` rio '' .cruz 's third studio album , `` ty.o '' , was first released in germany in december 2011 .in 2012 , cruz co-wrote the david guetta song `` without you '' .in april 2015 , cruz released the first single , `` do what you like '' from his forthcoming `` roses collection '' .