Ya Boy
Consistently maintaining intact his self-assured and cocky attitude, West Coast gangsta rapper Ya Boy quickly made the right connections in the industry as a developing MC in the Bay Area's independent rap scene. As a youth coming up in San Francisco's Fillmore District, a neighborhood known more for its violent crime than its jazz heritage, Ya Boy (born William Crawford) caught the hip-hop bug early on because of Bay Area mainstays San Quinn and Messy Marv, who are his first cousins. The local buzz surrounding the eager rapper began with the song "16's with Me," which sampled the Darth Vader theme, "The Imperial March," from Star Wars. He continued to release many mixtapes and local singles with the support of cousin San Quinn's independent label, Done Deal Entertainment. On his 2005 debut album, Rookie of the Year, he gathered Bay Area rap luminaries, like E-40 and producer Rick Rock, to cement his status as a noteworthy newcomer. Also around this time, the Bay's more club-oriented hyphy movement started to bubble over into the national mainstream, but Ya Boy didn't follow the trend, still brandishing his style of gangsta rap. In 2006, he amicably left his cousin's label to pursue opportunities with his uncle, who was an executive at Compton rapper the Game's Black Wall Street imprint. His affiliation to the Game allowed him to work with top industry producers and lead to greater exposure outside of the Bay Area locale as shown by his feature in The Source magazine's "Unsigned Hype" column.
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Discographie
13 album(s) • Trié par Meilleures ventes
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Street Legend
Hip-Hop/Rap - Paru chez DJ NETWORK le 22 sept. 2010
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Shooter Music/ Kush 2009
Hip-Hop/Rap - Paru chez Get Low Digital le 27 févr. 2009
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The Best of #1
Hip-Hop/Rap - Paru chez Indie Music Group le 22 sept. 2010
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Rookie Of The Year (Collector's Edition)
Hip-Hop/Rap - Paru chez Rockin Up Work le 31 mai 2005
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Fall in Love (feat. The Cataracs)
Hip-Hop/Rap - Paru chez Konlive - Black Card Music le 15 sept. 2009
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Gone Say It - Single
Hip-Hop/Rap - Paru chez Hard Hittin le 12 mai 2010
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Up In Smoke - Lp
Hip-Hop/Rap - Paru chez THE MOB le 18 févr. 2010
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Ice Her Wrist
Hip-Hop/Rap - Paru chez DJ NETWORK le 1 sept. 2010
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Show You What to Do
Hip-Hop/Rap - Paru chez DJ NETWORK le 1 sept. 2010
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Throw It Back
Hip-Hop/Rap - Paru chez DJ NETWORK le 1 sept. 2010
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Shooter Music - Ringtones
Hip-Hop/Rap - Paru chez Get Low Digital le 15 juin 2009
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Rain Man Ringtones
Hip-Hop/Rap - Paru chez DJ NETWORK le 2 juil. 2009
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Party Girls (Ya Boy Ft Rico Love)
Hip-Hop/Rap - Paru chez Konlive - Black Card Music le 24 août 2010
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