As any New Yorker who rides the subway knows, at any given time, you can expect someone to run up in your train car selling candy, breakdancing or trying to convince you to buy their mixtape.

Usually those people are your everyday folks who don’t have celebrity status. Except for Tyrese, who did exactly that when he hopped on a Brooklyn train yesterday afternoon (7/10) to promote his new album, Black Rose.

To get everyone’s attention, Tyrese began with, “Excuse me everybody, my name is Tyrese. I’m a singer.” He continued, “I left all of the major record labels so that I could do my thing as an independent artist.” From there he encouraged the passengers to download his new album on iTunes, in a very “upcomer-ish” way.

But, Tyrese’s speech quickly turned into comedy as he told the subway passengers he had a security team riding along with him. From there, he started to engage with one passenger in particular and the laughter ensued.

To catch the full gist of Tyrese’s shenanigans, check out the following page for some of his Instragram footage.