Caresha Romeka Brownlee (born February 11, 1994), better known by her stage name Yung Miami, is an American rapper. She formed the Miami, Florida-based hip hop duo City Girls with JT in 2017, and began her solo career in 2021. Released in October of that year, her single "Rap Freaks" marked her first entry on the Billboard Hot 100 as a solo act. She guest performed alongside Latto on the remix of Lola Brooke's 2021 single, "Don't Play with It", which peaked at number 69 on the chart.
Yung Miami was born and raised in Miami, Florida, growing up in Opa-locka. At 17, she was performing in strip clubs, night clubs and block parties. Yung Miami said that she loved trap music from a young age, and told Rolling Stone, "My little boyfriend used to take me to school every day, so I grew up listening to a lot of trap music."[2] Before rapping, Yung Miami was an Instagram influencer who promoted her own fashion line selling clothes and other items.[3] She met JT, where they formed the duo City Girls. The duo recorded their debut studio track, "Fuck Dat Nigga", which was a diss track towards their ex-boyfriends for not giving them money when they asked.[4] In a September 2024 podcast interview, Yung Miami states that she considers herself an entertainer, leveraging "rap" as a segue into the entertainment industry.
2017–2023: With City Girls
The City Girls released their debut mixtape, Period, in May 2018.[5] In July 2018, the duo were launched into mainstream recognition after an uncredited feature on Drake's "In My Feelings."[6] In November 2018, the City Girls released their debut album, which included features from Cardi B, Lil Baby and Jacquees. On June 19, 2020, City Girls's second studio album, City on Lock, leaked in its entirety online.[7] JT announced hours later that the album would be released at midnight of the same day.[8][non-primary source needed] The album's first single, "Jobs", was released hours before the album alongside a music video.[9]
Business ventures
Caresha Please: Podcast
Since Caresha Please first debuted in 2022, the podcast episodes have accumulated over 50 million views collectively on YouTube,[10] and provided many viral moments on TikTok and Instagram. Yung Miami has continued to evolve as a talk show host and interviewer and has become known for asking the uncomfortable but juicy questions that the general public truly want to know, while still making guests feel comfortable to open up and keeping them entertained.[11]
Season 1 (2022-2023)
On June 9, 2022, Yung Miami released the first episode of her podcast Caresha Please on Revolt TV and multiple media streaming platforms.[12] Since then, she has interviewed a number of celebrities and musicians, such as Megan Thee Stallion, Summer Walker, Kevin Gates, Trina and more. In 2022, "Caresha Please" and another Revolt show called "Drink Champs" tied for the award of "Best Hip Hop Platform" at the 2022 BET Hip Hop Awards. This decision upset many critics, with some feeling that her win was undeserved, given that at the time she had only released five episodes.
On October 10, 2023, Yung Miami won the "Best Hip Hop Platform" award at 2023 BET Hip Hop Awards, defeating the other platforms in her category, such as "Million Dollarz Worth of Game", "The Joe Budden Podcast" and "Drink Champs". The win was criticized as being undeserved.[13] Whilst on The Breakfast Club, Charlamagne tha God shared his thoughts on the win, questioning if it was "sponsored by Deleon", implying that the awards may have been fixed by Diddy.[14] Yung Miami appeared as a guest on The Breakfast Club on October 26th 2023, where both her and Charlamagne discussed the comments that he made. Yung Miami defended her win saying "Don't discredit me. I work hard. [...] I deserve everything that's coming to me."
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Season 2 (2024)
On August 8, 2024, Yung Miami released the first episode of the second season of Caresha Please. In this episode, she had Saucy Santana, her best friend and occasional co-host, interview her. During the interview, she addressed her relationship with Sean (Diddy) Combs, announced their break up, and also addressed her relationship with group member JT, stating that things between them are "not all good, but it's not all bad". In the interview, Yung Miami also discussed how both situations took a toll on her mental health, and revealed that she is a two-time domestic abuse survivor, though she was not a victim of Combs. This first episode of Caresha Please, garnered over a million views within the first day of its release. In season 2, she interviewed celebrities and artists such as rapper Flo Milli, singer Mariah The Scientist, and rapper and business mogul Rick Ross.
Caresha Please Season One - List of episodes
No.
Host(s)
Title
Release date
Guest(s)
1
Saucy Santana
'Caresha Speaks'
Aug 8, 2024
Yung Miami
Yung Miami breaks her silence on Diddy, her mental health and City Girls
Superstar Flo Milli talks blowing up during the pandemic, new music, relationship status & more
Caresha Please: The brand
In addition to the podcast, Yung Miami has also developed Caresha Please into a brand name, under which she sells apparel, such as shirts, onesies, and shorts, as well as accessories such as socks, hats and miscellaneous products like greetings cards and wrapping paper.[15] She has also previously hinted at releasing bathrobes as well as candles .
Resha Roulette
In late 2022, Yung Miami announced the release of her drinking game "Resha Roulette", a card game for players 21+, consisting of 120 cards and 4 shot glasses[16]. Since its release, she has promoted the game by playing it several times on her podcast with her celebrity guests. Other podcasters and youtubers have played the game as part of their content also. The card game was seen on an episode of Basketball Wives aired in September 2024. Since the release of 'Resha Roulette', Yung Miami has generated over $1 million from the card game[17] and it reached #1 on Amazon in the Drinking Games category. In addition to the card game, she has also previously hosted live events[18], that allow the public to purchase tickets and play the game alongside her in person. The brand also continues to highlight the importance of knowing one's limits in terms of alcohol intake and regularly encourages players to drink responsibly, as well as providing tips to help combat the effects of heavy drinking.
Resha Roulette: Reloaded
On February 14, 2025, Yung Miami released "Resha Roulette: Reloaded", a new version of her iconic card game[19], this time consisting of new hilarious cards, play money and a spinner wheel. "Resha Roulette: Reloaded" sold out within the first three days of its launch.
Resha Roulette: Reloaded - The Tour
On March 5, 2025, Yung Miami announced that she would be going on a game night tour across the United States[20]. The tour originally began with 12 cities, but due to increased demand more stops were added. The tour featured a mix of music and interactive gaming experience[21], allowing Yung Miami to fuse her fun personality, entrepreneurial spirit and music career into one unique and innovative tour concept[22].
Personal life
Yung Miami is the mother of a son born 2013 and daughter born 2019. Her son's father was fatally shot in 2020.[23][24] Her daughter's father is record producer Southside. She was in a relationship with American rapper and record producer Sean Combs from 2021 to 2024.[25][26][failed verification] In an addition to a February 2024 lawsuit filed against Combs by his producer Rodney Jones Jr., also known as Lil Rod, Yung Miami was accused of transporting "pink cocaine", a combination of ecstasy and cocaine, on a private jet to bring to Combs in April 2023.[27] Another lawsuit filed by a Jane Doe against Combs in September 2024 alleged that he drugged, raped, and impregnated her and that Yung Miami harassed her by making repeated calls to her, demanding that she get an abortion.[28]
Homophobic remarks
In 2013, Yung Miami stated that she would not want one of her sons to be gay and would beat him if she found out that he was.[29] In August 2018, Yung Miami was among several rappers who faced criticism after the circulation of tweets she had written in the past that contained homophobic remarks.[30] Following the resurfacing of her statements, Yung Miami publicly issued a formal apology through an Instagram post.[29]
Though she apologized, Yung Miami found herself embroiled in controversy once more on November 13 when she doubled down on her homophobic statements in an appearance on Power 105.1's radio show The Breakfast Club.[29] During the interview, she was questioned by radio host Charlamagne tha God in regard to her controversial tweet that claimed what she would do if she found out that her son was gay. Yung Miami replied that her previous tweet had nothing to do with the LGBTQ community and was specifically about her son. She said, "I was just talking about my son. I just said that if I saw anything gay in my son, that I would beat him".[29] Miami insisted that she does not harbor any resentment towards gay people as she spends much time around them, including her cousin and hairstylist.[31]
Prostitution allegation
In amendments to his sex abuse lawsuit against Sean "Diddy" Combs on March 26, 2024, Rodney "Lil Rod" Jones alleged that Yung Miami accepted payments as a prostitute for Combs.[32]
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