Yungstar

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Yungstar
Birth name	Patrick Lemon
Origin	Houston, Texas
Genre(s)	Southern Rap, Screwed & Chopped
Occupation(s)	rapper
Years active	1990s - present
Label(s)	Screwed Up Records Straight Profit Records
Associated acts	Screwed Up Click

Yungstar (born Patrick Lemon) is a rapper who grew up on the west side of Houston, Texas and began rapping at age ten. Yungstar is know for being a member of the Screwed Up Click. In the early 1990s, he began working with DenDen, CEO of Straight Profit Records. He first gained attention freestyling over tapes made by DJ Screw and emerged nationally with a guest appearance on Lil' Troy's "Wanna Be a Baller." Straight Profit released his debut album, Throwed Yung Playa, Yungstar had a single off the album called "Knocking Pictures Off Da Wall" which featuered Lil' Flex. The album sold 40,000 copies^{[citation needed]} before being picked up and re-released in a revised form by Epic Records in 2000.