From the Dope Game to the Rap Game, Yo Gotti’s sophomore effort sold so well that Select-O-Hits, a local based independent distributor offered him a small deal and the Memphis rapper more than doubled his fan base with absolutely no marketing or promotions. The tape sold like hotcakes on the street and made Yo Gotti the hottest rapper on the streets of Memphis. Taking his cue from Memphis rap legends such as Eightball & MJG, Al Kapone, Gangsta Black, Triple 6 Mafia and Kingpin Skinny Pimp, all of whom he lists as influences, Yo Gotti released his own underground tape entitled, Youngster on the Come Up and placed it on consignment at local mom & pop record stores as well as hustling it out the trunk. “Everybody in my family hustled in some kinda way.” Ironically, hustling is what ultimately led Yo Gotti to rapping. “Being from the hood things like hustling will come your way,” says Yo Gotti. Raised in a family of hustlers and exposed to hard times 24 hours a day the Tennessee rap titan soon turned to the only thing that he knew could get him paid, hustling. His childhood was typical for a poor ghetto youth in the Deep South. Known and respected throughout the South for his skill and finesse on the microphone, Yo Gotti is one the South’s most respected young rappers.īorn Mario Mims, Yo Gotti grew up in the infamous Ridge Crest Apartments in a North Memphis neighborhood called Frazier. Like his namesake John Gotti, the Memphis based rapper has been running the Southern underground scene with an iron fist for the past. Next up to bat is Yo Gotti, M-Town’s current underground rap kingpin. All of the above-mentioned artists at one point in time literally dominated the city’s underground rap scene before going on to become national superstars.
Since then he has released 2001's Self-Explanatory, 2003's Life, 2006's Back 2 Da Basics, 2008's Cocaine Muzik, 2009's CM2 (Cocaine Muzik 2 hosted by DJ Drama), and The Pyrex King: Street Runnaz Special Edition.Īs one of the six epicenters of Southern hip hop, Memphis has always had a thriving underground capable of producing major platinum superstars such as Eightball & MJG, 3-6 Mafia and Project Pat,Skip a.k.a Gianni Booker. Formerly known as Lil Yo in the 90's, he released his first album, From Da Dope Game 2 Da Rap Game, in 2000. Mario Mims (born in Memphis, Tennessee), better known by his stage name Yo Gotti, is an American rapper signed to Cash Money Records. They say get that money, show 'em him how it done
I pay 6 figures a year for a hitterHe got the city divided Gotti you make that shit look easy, how it's done You would make that shit look easy, how it's done How it's done, got it, got it how it's done They say get that money, show 'em how it's done
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He ain't learn, lil homie caught a bodyįrom a family full of hustlers, youngest son Say they miss the old Gotti, old Jeezy, old Boosie, that was real rap They see I'm mad, see they call in the streets, call me back Got bitches I know that don't care for meĬould of went on tour with your favorite rapper and declined Got niggas I know that weren't there for me I dropped the biggest record of my career, yeah It's amazin' what 365 days can do for you
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