Ya Boy

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Ya Boy
Birth name William Crawford[1]
Also known as YB, Prince of the Bay, Bay Area Bully
Born January 28, 1984(1984-01-28)[2]
Origin San Francisco, California
Genre(s) Hip hop, West Coast hip hop, hyphy
Years active 2002-present
Label(s) Precise Music Group, Done Deal,
Associated acts The Game, San Quinn, Jin Black Wall Street, Done Deal Entertainment, LLC, Cyssero Kevin Federline
Website yaboymusic.com

William Joseph Crawford (born on January 28, 1984), better known by his stage name Ya Boy, is an American rapper from the Fillmore District of San Francisco, California.

He graduated from El Camino High School in 2001. Shortly after, he started rapping in the year 2002, with his song "16's With Me" being the first to hit it big locally. It was produced by South San Francisco producer Big D and sampled the Imperial March from Star Wars. Ya Boy gained more attention from his song "100 Bars of Crack" where he raps 100 bars over Dr. Dre's "Nuthin' But a "G" Thang" beat (featured on The Black Wall Street Journal Vol. 1) and "100 More Bars" which is done in the same style, but it uses the instrumental from the Jim Jones song "We Fly High".

Ya Boy was given his name by his cousin Bailey, and was helped to develop into a rap artist by his other cousin San Quinn. In the Summer of 2005, Ya Boy released his first solo mixtape, Future of the Franchise. This was to be followed up by his debut album, Rookie of the Year[3] on Done Deal Entertainment, LLC. His album features E-40, Turf Talk, Clyde Carson of The Team, San Quinn and more. The first single off the album was produced by Rick Rock and is titled "Step Ya Game Up." Done Deal also owns the rights to another Ya Boy album, titled West Coast Machine (originally called The Machine), however, a release date for this album has not yet been determined. All songs on the album were recorded from 2004-2006. Ya Boy is still on good terms with Done Deal and does songs with the label on a regular basis. He the cousin of Done Deal's owner, San Quinn and rapper Messy Marv.

In 2006, Ya Boy began an affiliation with The Black Wall Street. The Game took him under his wing. His affiliation with Game brought him a step higher in the rap game, as he began to collaborate with big name producers such as JR Rotem, Nu Jerzey Devil and Scott Storch. Pop star Britney Spears' then-husband Kevin Federline called upon Ya Boy to co-write songs[4] and appear as a guest on Federline's debut album Playing with Fire. Ya Boy was also featured in the Source magazine in September of 2006 as the Unsigned Hype. Ya Boy is also known to sport the Heroics clothing brand, whose lead designer Devon Almarinez created the official Ya Boy brand logo, which is tattooed on Ya Boy's neck.

He now released the single for "Holla at Ya Boy" produced by Cool & Dre for his self-titled album called Holla at Ya Boy. It can be heard on his MySpace page[5] and can be bought on iTunes.[6] He also released "100 Bars of Death" , which can be heard on his MySpace right now.

Contents

[edit] Music videos

  • "Still in the Hood"
  • "Holla at Ya Boy"
  • "100 More Bars" (We Fly High remix)
  • "The Rise(Intro)"
  • "100 Bars Of Death"

[edit] Discography

[edit] Albums

[edit] Mixtapes

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  • The Prince of The City
  • Future of The Franchise
  • Chapter 1: The Rise
  • The Fix Mixtape
  • Ya Boy Radio Part 1
  • Optimus Rime
  • I'm Bout To Murdah This Shit

[edit] References

  1. ^ Ya' Boy . Official Site . Press
  2. ^ (age 23)California Births, 1905 - 1995. Family Tree Legends Records Collection (Online Database). Pearl Street Software, 2004-2005
  3. ^ Ya Boy at Allmusic
  4. ^ Playing with Fire at Allmusic
  5. ^ Ya Boy at MySpace
  6. ^ "Holla At Ya Boy" on iTunes
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