Yo Gotti is a popular American rapper, lyricist, and head of a recording studio. He reads about the gloomy life of the sleeping suburbs. Most of his tracks deal with the theme of drugs and murder. Yo Gotti says that the topics that he raises in musical works are not alien to him, since he rose from the very "bottom".
Childhood and youth Mario Sentel Gaiden Mims
The artist's date of birth is May 17, 1981. His childhood years were spent in the Fraser area of Memphis, Tennessee. Mario's childhood was filled with darkness. He lived in one of the most inhospitable places in the area.
Relatives also added fuel to the fire. They were engaged in prostitution and drug trafficking. Mario's parents moved from Africa, and ate to make ends meet.
The boy attended a regular high school. In elementary school, Mario had normal academic performance. He was not predisposed to study, and dreamed of easy money.
During his school years, another event occurred that left an imprint on his whole life. The Mims house was searched. As a result of the search, the police arrested almost all family members.
Mario remained the main man in the house. He had no choice but to accept his position. Now all the troubles of providing for his younger brothers and sisters fell on him. He made a living selling drugs.
Despite all the difficulties - from adolescence, he began to get involved in music. The hobby turned professional when the guy started rapping with his team in Memphis.
He released his first musical works under the pseudonym Lil Yo. During the same period of time, he released a gangsta underground cassette. The work was called Youngsta On A Come Up.
Mario "pushed" cassettes in a music store. Later, he personally handed them out on the street, attaching a bag of "weed" to the collection. The "marketing ploy" of the novice rap artist soon gave the first results. His personality begins to grow in popularity.
The creative path of Yo Gotti
At the start of his creative career, he performed as an independent artist. During this period of time, he recorded several cool collections. We are talking about the plates From Da Dope Game 2 Da Rap Game, Self-Explanatory, Life and Back 2 da Basics.
The debut studio release Live from the Kitchen was released in 2012. The album received overwhelmingly positive reviews from music critics. From a commercial point of view, longplay can be called a success.
In 2013, he pleased the fans of his work with the premiere of the album I Am. The collection consolidated the success of the previous work. Subsequent longplays of the rap artist are marked by gold sales. In 2016, he founded the label Collective Music Group.
2016 was marked by the release of another full-length LP. We are talking about the collection The Art of Hustle. The disc was rather warmly received by music lovers. It peaked at number 4 on the Billboard 200.
Note that the track Down in the DM became the main single of the collection. It peaked at number 12 on the Billboard Hot 100. Also in 2016, popular singer Megan Trainor released Better. Yo Gotti took part in the recording of the musical work.
A year later, the rap artist released a cool collaborative mixtape with producer Mike Will. The work was called Gotti Made-It. The mixtape's lead single was Rake It Up (feat. Nicki Minaj). Somewhat later, the piece of music was included in the LP I Still Am.
Yo Gotti regularly holds solo concerts. But, sometimes he appears in the company of "rap monsters". In 2020, he performed in Detroit, where Kevin Gates and Moneybagg Yo entered Little Caesars Arena with him. In 2020, the LP Untrapped premiered. It entered the top ten on the Billboard 200.
Yo Gotti and Young Dolph conflict
In 2016, the American rapper Young Dolph expanded his discography with the LP King of Memphis, which seriously angered Yo Gotti and Black Youngst. Yo Gotti still thought that he was the "king" of Memphis.
Yo Gotti harbored a grudge against Young, and Black Youngsta led an unofficial armed group. Coincidence or not, since that moment there have been several assassination attempts on Dolph, and on November 17, 2021, he was shot dead near a candy store.
Young Dolph was also no different calmness. So after the conflict, he released a diss on his opponent. We are talking about the track Play Wit Yo 'Bitch. In 2017, a music video was also released for the song.
Somewhat later it turned out that Yo Gotti wanted to sign Young Dolph to his label, but Dolph was not attracted by the terms of the contract. Most likely, this was precisely the mutual hatred of rappers for each other.
Yo Gotti: details of the artist's personal life
The rap artist was married to a girl named Lakeisha Mims. She bore him three children. Yo Gotti never discussed his personal life, however, it soon became known about the couple's divorce. The children stayed with their father. After the divorce, he was also in a relationship with Jamie Moses. The love didn't turn into something more.
Yo Gotti: our days
In November 2021, Yo Gotti announced the release date of the new LP. According to the rap artist, his album CM10: Free Game will be available for streaming on November 26th.
In the new album, the rapper will "tell" how he managed to turn from a simple drug dealer into a Memphis star. He will read out what happened to the bully over the past 20 years.
