Yungeen Ace
Florida rapper Yungeen Ace moved from one struggle to the next as his difficult childhood led to a tumultuous life in music. One of 12 brothers, he had a surprisingly isolated upbringing and turned to music and street life in his teenage years. He began releasing his solo tracks online in March 2018, and after only a few months of his pained, tumultuous songs building a buzz, he was involved in a drive-by shooting that took the lives of his brother and two friends. He released his debut mixtape, Life of Betrayal, in the wake of this tragedy. His mix of melodic and traditional styles arrived in a rapid string of subsequent mixtapes -- Life I'm Livin (2018), Can't Speak on It (2019), Step Harder (2020), Don Dada (2020) -- before the rapper landed a viral hit in 2021 with a street-driven flip of Vanessa Carlton's "A Thousand Miles." His debut album, Life of Betrayal 2x, was released later that year, followed by Survivor of the Trenches in 2022.
Born Keyanta Bullard in 1998, Yungeen Ace spent his early years in Chicago but relocated with his family to Florida in early childhood. Living in Jacksonville, Bullard experienced daily struggles with abject poverty and a desperate environment, surrounded by danger and street crime as he entered his teenage years. He began writing and recording solo tracks, releasing his debut single, "No Witness," in March 2018. Several other singles would follow, but these bright beginnings were darkened in June of that year when Yungeen Ace and several friends were attacked in a drive-by shooting in Jacksonville when leaving dinner. He survived multiple gunshot wounds but would be the only person to make it out of the altercation alive in a group that included his brother Trevon Bullard, and friends Royale Smith, Jr. and Jercoby Groover.
Immediately following the shooting, legal troubles put the rapper under house arrest, and his debut mixtape, Life of Betrayal, arrived in August, with Life I'm Livin arriving later that year. The first collection included newer songs inspired by his tragic losses -- the standout track "Wanted" featured a cameo from YoungBoy Never Broke Again -- and earlier singles like the JayDaYoungan collaboration "Jungle." He teamed up with Boosie Badazz, Lil Durk, and others in 2019 for the 16-track Step Harder. Led by the single "Heartbroken," the Don Dada mixtape marked Ace's first major work of 2020. A prolific array of singles like "Withdraw from Life" and "Fighting Pain" carried him into 2021, which yielded "Opp Boyz" and "Gun Em Down." The rapper found one of his most unconventional successes in 2021's "Who I Smoke," which sampled Vanessa Carlton's "A Thousand Miles" for a disrespectful anthem. His full-length debut album, Life of Betrayal 2x, arrived later that year. 2022 saw the release of Survivor of the Trenches, which featured appearances by Rob49, FastMoney Goon, GMK, Real Boston Richey, and more.
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Live On (Thuggin Days) (Remix)
Nuski2Squad, Yungeen Ace, G Herbo
Hip-Hop/Rap - Released by Cinematic Music Group on 24 Mar 2021
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Industry Invasion
Hip-Hop/Rap - Released by Geffen Records on 21 Oct 2022
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Caterpillars to Butterflies
Hip-Hop/Rap - Released by Cinematic Music Group on 10 Dec 2021
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Ain't The Type
Hip-Hop/Rap - Released by Cinematic Music Group on 30 Oct 2020
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Who Is Y'all?
Hip-Hop/Rap - Released by Cinematic Music Group on 20 Nov 2020
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Walk Away
Hip-Hop/Rap - Released by Cinematic Music Group on 23 Nov 2021
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Society
Hip-Hop/Rap - Released by Cinematic Music Group on 18 Jun 2019
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Giving Up
Hip-Hop/Rap - Released by Cinematic Music Group on 11 Jun 2021
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Heartbroken
Hip-Hop/Rap - Released by Cinematic Music Group on 12 Jun 2020
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Message
Hip-Hop/Rap - Released by Cinematic Music Group on 7 May 2019
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Chloé
Hip-Hop/Rap - Released by Cinematic Music Group on 2 Aug 2019
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Life of Sin
Hip-Hop/Rap - Released by Cinematic Music Group on 4 Mar 2022
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I'm the One
Hip-Hop/Rap - Released by Cinematic Music Group on 29 May 2020
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Bad Bitch
Hip-Hop/Rap - Released by Cinematic Music Group on 23 Sep 2019
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Step Harder
Hip-Hop/Rap - Released by Cinematic Music Group on 7 Nov 2019
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Gun Em Down
Hip-Hop/Rap - Released by Cinematic Music Group on 12 Mar 2021
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Opp Boyz
Hip-Hop/Rap - Released by Cinematic Music Group on 2 Apr 2021
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Real Life
Hip-Hop/Rap - Released by Cinematic Music Group on 10 Feb 2020
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Gorillaz
Hip-Hop/Rap - Released by Cinematic Music Group on 2 May 2018
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Life I Live
Hip-Hop/Rap - Released by Cinematic Music Group on 20 Jan 2021
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