Yung Kayo

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Yung Kayo
Born
Malachi Green [1]

(2003-11-29) November 29, 2003 (age 22) [2]
Washington, D.C., U.S [3]
Genres
OccupationRapper
Years active2013-present [4]
Labels

Malachi Green (born November 29, 2003), professionally known as Yung Kayo, is an American rapper from Washington, D.C. who is currently signed to Young Thug's record label YSL Records [5] in a joint venture with 300 Entertainment. He is known for his fashion-related references in his music and eccentric vocal performance.

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Early and personal life

Green's father was a DJ. As a teenager, he moved to Los Angeles from Washington, D.C., his native city. [4]

Career

Green began rapping at the age of 9 after his older brother purchased a microphone. He would rap with group 40 Boyz which was composed of himself and his brothers. [7] In 2019, he released his song "Glitch" which captured the attention of American rapper Young Thug. [4] In January 2020, he signed to the latter's record label YSL Records in a joint venture with 300 Entertainment. [5] In 2020, he was featured as a model for Vogue's Spring 2020 Alyx Menswear fashion show. [8]

On April 16, 2021, the YSL Records album Slime Language 2 was released, which features Green on two tracks: "Proud of You" with Lil Uzi Vert, and "GFU". In May 2021, he released his single "Bstroy Socks". [9] In January 2022, he released his single "Yeet" with American rapper Yeat which serves as the lead single to his album DFTK. [10] In February 2022, he released his album DFTK. [4] In July 2022, he and Yeat collaborated with the Sevensevenseven imprint and released a single titled "Hollon". [11] In November 2022, he released the single "150" for his upcoming EP Nineteen. [6] On November 29, 2022, on his 19th birthday, he released his EP Nineteen with an appearance from late American rapper and YSL Records signee Lil Keed. [2]

Musical style

In a generally positive review for Yung Kayo's album DFTK, Paul A. Thompson writing for Pitchfork describes Yung Kayo's musical style in the following manner: "DFTK is not a comprehensive survey of everything Kayo can do as a vocalist. It smartly excises the flatter, more predictable modes he occasionally lapsed into on his earlier EPs, instead finding him at his most concentratedly chaotic, a steady dose of ungovernable energy." [4]

Discography

Album

EPs

References

  1. ↑ "Information on Yung Kayo's songs in ASCAP Database". ASCAP . Retrieved 2022-11-09.
  2. 1 2 "YSL's Yung Kayo shares new project Nineteen". The Fader . Retrieved 2022-11-29.
  3. ↑ "NEW MUSIC FRIDAY - NEW ALBUMS FROM 2 CHAINZ, YO GOTTI, SABA, SMOKE DZA & REAL BAD MAN + MORE". HipHopDx . Retrieved 2022-11-09.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 "Yung Kayo - DFTK". Pitchfork . Retrieved 2022-11-22.
  5. 1 2 3 "Young Thug Has Taken A New Artist Under His Wing: Yung Kayo". HotNewHipHop . Retrieved 2022-11-22.
  6. 1 2 "Song You Need: Yung Kayo's fuzzed-out flex". The Fader . Retrieved 2022-11-22.
  7. ↑ "Yung Kayo Bobs And Weaves Around The Beat". MTV . Archived from the original on November 29, 2022. Retrieved 2022-11-29.
  8. ↑ "Alyx Spring 2020 Menswear". Vogue . Retrieved 2022-11-29.
  9. ↑ "Yung Kayo's "bstroy socks" Is Delightfully Abrasive". HotNewHipHop . Retrieved 2022-11-22.
  10. ↑ "Yung Kayo Recruits Yeat For Heavy New Single "YEET"". HotNewHipHop . Retrieved 2022-11-22.
  11. ↑ "Sevensevenseven Recuits Yeat And Yung Kayo For 'Hollon'". UDiscoverMusic . Retrieved 2022-11-29.
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