Blac Youngsta

Memphis rapper Blac Youngsta released several independent mixtapes before going nationwide in the late 2010s, signing with Yo Gotti's Collective Music Group as well as the big Epic label. His Billboard 200-charting full-length projects, including 2.23 (2018) and Moneybagg Yo Collaboration Code Red (2020), vary between intense tracks for the streets and relatively lighter jams for the parties. Before his commercial success, he was recognised in his native South Memphis as an aspiring artist and organiser of the influential McMillan Street block party.

As a recording artist, Youngsta got his start with mixtapes, including the Fast Brick series, started in 2012. Yo Gotti signed Youngsta in 2015 to Collective Music Group, the outlet for mixtapes such as I Swear to God, Young & Reckless, and F*ck Everybody, all issued by the end of 2016. He also launched Heavy Camp, his own imprint under CMG. In September 2020, new music surfaced in the form of the mixtape Code Red, a collection of trap anthems and other high-energy, collaborative tracks made by Blac Youngsta and Moneybagg Yo. Code Red also included appearances from Yo Gotti, 42 Dugg, DaBaby, and others.