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Young Bleed

BIO

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.[1] 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. [2]. 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.
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.[4] 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.
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 [6]. 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.