Young Bleed

Infobox musical artist 2
Name = Young Bleed


Background = solo_singer
Birth_name = Kyle Yancey Livingston
Born = March 25, 1978
Origin = Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Genre = Gangsta rap, Southern hip hop
Years_active = 1998–present
Label = Capitol Records, No Limit Records, Priority Records, Da'tention Home, West Coast Mafia, WCM Entertainment
Associated_acts = Concentration Camp

Kyle Yancey Livingston,also known as Young Bleed is an American hip-hop artist based out of Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Since his chart-topping 1998 release My Balls & My Word, Young Bleed has been a mainstay of the Southern hip hop underground, narrating his vision of life in the urban South.

Biography

Young Bleed started rhyming at the age of nine at home in his native South Baton Rouge, Louisiana. He claims to have been influenced by his mother, who had read poetry to him from a young age, and the rise in popularity in hip hop and acts like Run DMC. [(2005) [http://allhiphop.com/blogs/features/archive/2005/08/23/18133302.aspx "Young Bleed: Get Off tha Curb"] . "Allhiphop.com." 8/23/2005. Retrieved 6/18/07.] By his teenage years had begun recording his rhymes, selling hip hop tapes independently to friends on the streets of his neighborhood, and eventually signing to a local record label. [(2005) [http://www.murderdog.com/october05/youngbleed.htm340 "Young Bleed"] . "Murder Dog." Retrieved 6/18/07.] . In 1995 he joined with fellow Baton Rouge-based hip hop artists C-Loc, J-Von, and Max Minelli to form the hip hop group Concentration Camp with whom he is still affiliated present. [ Rumney, J. (2007) [http://media.www.lsureveille.com/media/storage/paper868/news/2007/04/12/Entertainment/Local.Rapper.Hangs.On.To.Br.Roots-2837069.shtmlhtm340 "Local rapper hangs on to BR roots"] "Daily Reveille" 4/12/2007. Retrieved 6/18/07.]

Career

Young Bleed’s first glimpse of national fame was when his song with C-Loc, “How You do That,” was remixed by Master P of No Limit Records. It was released on the 1997 soundtrack to Master P’s film I'm Bout It which peaked at number one on Billboard R&B/Hip Hop album charts in mid-1998. [(nd) [http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/esearch/chart_display.jsp?cfi=333&cfgn=Albums&cfn=Top+R%26amp%3BB%2FHip-Hop+Albums&ci=3031049&cdi=7334822&cid=07%2F25%2F1998 Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums] "Billboard Magazine". Retrieved 6/18/07.] Then with the help of Master P, he signed a deal with Priority records to release his major label debut album My Balls & My Word in 1998. The album peaked in the top ten of the Billboard 200 and number one on the Top R&B/Hip Hop album charts. The follow-up My Own (album) was released independent of No Limit on Priority and though charting on both the Billboard 200 and Top R&B Hip Hop albums charts, it failed to make similar waves as its predecessor. [(nd) [http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/retrieve_chart_history.do?model.chartFormatGroupName=Albums&model.vnuArtistId=249316&model.vnuAlbumId=933342 Young Bleed: Artist Chart History] "Billboard Magazine". Retrieved 6/18/07.]

While in the process of recording his third solo album with Priority, Vintage, Young Bleed was released from his contract and forced to go independent. With his uncle, he formed the label Da’Tention Home Enertainment on which Young Bleed released his next two albums [(2005) [http://allhiphop.com/blogs/features/archive/2005/08/23/18133302.aspx "Young Bleed: Get Off tha Curb"] . "Allhiphop.com." 8/23/2005. Retrieved 6/18/07.] . Young Bleed’s last album Rise Thru da Ranks from Earner Tugh Capo and the release upcoming album Once Upon a Time in Amedica are through C-Bo’s Bay Area hip hop label West Coast Mafia.

Discography

tudio Albums

*1998 "My Balls & My Word" Certification: Gold [ [http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?resultpage=2&table=SEARCH_RESULTS&action=&title=&artist=&format=&debutLP=&category=&sex=&releaseDate=&requestNo=&type=&level=&label=No%20Limit&company=&certificationDate=&awardDescription=&catalogNo=&aSex=&rec_id=&charField=&gold=&platinum=&multiPlat=&level2=&certDate=&album=&id=&after=&before=&startMonth=1&endMonth=1&startYear=1958&endYear=2008&sort=Artist&perPage=25 RIAA ] ]
*1999 "My Own"
*2002 "Vintage"
*2004 "Family Business"
*2005 "Rise Thru da Ranks from Earner Tugh Capo"
*2007 "Once Upon a Time in Amedica"

ingles

External links

* [http://www.myspace.com/youngbleed1 Young Bleed] webpage.

References