Biography
San Diego is known as a tourist city for the people who are not familiar with the
area. For the locals, they know that the city is full of struggles such as gangs and poverty.
There are two notorious areas that are run by these groups, “Southeast San Diego” and
“East San Diego”. A way for these people to find a way out of their struggles is to vent
through lyrics.
There are certain standards for rappers coming out of San Diego. There is a lot of
talent and competition, but along with the competition and talent comes a lot of adversity.
Rapper Corey Thompson, professionally known as Young Gee, born June 8, 1987, is ready
to face all the challenges that come along with being one of San Diego’s top rappers.
His father launched a record label called Out Tha Gate Records. At the age of
eleven this inspired him to become a musician. He started out wanting to produce beats,
but later discovered a lyrical gift that people enjoyed to hear. His inspiration for music
came from great rappers such as 2Pac, Notorious B.I.G, Snoop Dogg, E-40, Too Short,
B-Legit, Ice Cube, WC, Mack 10, Sir Mix-A-Lot, and many others. What inspires him to
make music and to make it in this industry is his family. Young Gee’s music is based on
things he experienced as a child as an adult. Running the streets as a young teen gave him
the ammo to put his life into music. His life experiences and two sons are the reason he
encourages kids and teens to finish school and be somebody.
When Young Gee came out with his first mixtape, “Scrillafornia Vol. 1”, it hit San
Diego and other well known areas and became popular in the streets. On January 23, 2009
he released his second mixtape, “Scrilliafornia Vol.2”, with more maturity, growth and
production. He also released three other mix tapes: “Daygo to the I.E”, “Fly Young
Gangsta” and “Jacking for Beats Vol. 1”.
Young Gee has over 1.5 million plays and profile views on MySpace and close to
24k plus friends with no major promotion. He receives 4,000-6,000+ music plays a day on
MySpace. Young Gee has what it takes to make it as a major artist. He is inspired by the
words of the Notorious B.I.G’s, who once said, “In the right hands I could be one of the
greatest.”
Sound, Image and Uniqueness
Young Gee is comparable to Maino, 50 Cent, Young Jeezy, Jay Rock, and The
Notorious B.I.G. and he considers himself the new age Ice Cube. He came from the
streets and vents this though his music in an attempt to inspire others. He is the same
person he has always been, but he doesn’t engage in activities of his past and has changed
due to his family. He does, however, continue to rap about past experiences and how he
has changed to give hope to people in similar situations. He has an ear catching voice that
attracts all types of audiences.
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