I whanau a Billy Ray Cyrus i te 25 o Akuhata 1961 i Flatwoods, Kentucky, ki a Ron Cyrus, he kaitōrangapū me te kaimahi maitai o mua, me tana wahine, ko Ruth Ann Casto o mua. I tiimata a Cyrus ki te waiata i te wha o ona tau. I wehewehea ona maatua i te tau 1966. Ko tana tupuna he kaikauwhau Pentecostal. I te tipu ake, i karapotia ia e te puoro puru me te puoro rongopai mai i tona whanau. I whakatangihia e tana papa matau-ringa te kita, engari i ngana te maui-ringa a Cyrus ki te whakatangi i te kita a tona papa, engari kaore i taea. I haere ia ki te Whare Wananga o Georgetown i runga i te karahipi peera i mua i te huri ki te puoro. I puta ia i Georgetown i tana tau tuarua, ka mohio ia e hiahia ana ia ki te noho hei kaiwaiata i muri i tana haere ki te Neil Diamond, ka whakatakotohia he whaainga 10-marama ki te tiimata i tana mahi. I nga tau 1980, i purei ia i roto i tetahi roopu i kiia ko Sly
Ngā tau 1980