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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Discography
13 album(s) • Sorted by Bestseller
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Street Legend
Hip-Hop/Rap - Released by DJ NETWORK on 22 Sep 2010
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Shooter Music/ Kush 2009
Hip-Hop/Rap - Released by Get Low Digital on 27 Feb 2009
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
The Best of #1
Hip-Hop/Rap - Released by Indie Music Group on 22 Sep 2010
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Rookie Of The Year (Collector's Edition)
Hip-Hop/Rap - Released by Rockin Up Work on 31 May 2005
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Fall in Love (feat. The Cataracs)
Hip-Hop/Rap - Released by Konlive - Black Card Music on 15 Sep 2009
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Gone Say It - Single
Hip-Hop/Rap - Released by Hard Hittin on 12 May 2010
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Up In Smoke - Lp
Hip-Hop/Rap - Released by THE MOB on 18 Feb 2010
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Ice Her Wrist
Hip-Hop/Rap - Released by DJ NETWORK on 1 Sep 2010
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Show You What to Do
Hip-Hop/Rap - Released by DJ NETWORK on 1 Sep 2010
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Throw It Back
Hip-Hop/Rap - Released by DJ NETWORK on 1 Sep 2010
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Shooter Music - Ringtones
Hip-Hop/Rap - Released by Get Low Digital on 15 Jun 2009
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Rain Man Ringtones
Hip-Hop/Rap - Released by DJ NETWORK on 2 Jul 2009
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Party Girls (Ya Boy Ft Rico Love)
Hip-Hop/Rap - Released by Konlive - Black Card Music on 24 Aug 2010
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo