Duba wurin da ke ƙasa sannan ka amsa tambayar daga baya a cikin harshe ɗaya kamar yadda wurin yake:  Passage: An haifi Billy Ray Cyrus a ranar 25 ga Agusta, 1961 a Flatwoods, Kentucky, ga Ron Cyrus, ɗan siyasa kuma tsohon ma'aikacin ƙarfe, da matarsa, tsohon Ruth Ann Casto. Cyrus ya fara waka tun yana dan shekara hudu. Iyayensa sun saki a shekarar 1966. Kakansa mai wa'azin Pentecostal ne. Lokacin da yake girma, an kewaye shi da kiɗan bluegrass da waƙar bishara daga danginsa. Mahaifinsa na hannun dama ya buga guitar, duk da haka Cyrus na hannun hagu ya yi ƙoƙarin kunna guitar mahaifinsa, amma ba zai iya ba. Ya halarci Kwalejin Georgetown a kan ƙwallon baseball kafin ya canza zuwa kiɗa. Ya fice daga Georgetown a lokacin da yake ƙaramin shekara, ya fahimci cewa yana son zama mawaƙa bayan ya halarci waƙar Neil Diamond, kuma ya kafa makasudin watanni 10 don fara aiki. A cikin 1980s, ya taka leda a wani rukuni mai suna Sly Dog, kafin ya sanya hannu kan kwangilar rikodin tare da Mercury Nashville Records. An sa wa Sly Dog suna ne bayan wani kare mai ido daya da Cyrus ya mallaka.  Tambaya: A wane shekaru goma ne ƙungiyarsa Sly Dog?
Shekaru na 1980