Young Bleed started rhyming at the age of nine at home in his native South Baton Rouge, Louisiana. He claims to have been influenced by his mother, who had read poetry to him from a young age, and the rise in popularity in hip hop and acts like Run DMC.[1] By his teenage years had begun recording his rhymes, selling hip hop tapes independently to friends on the streets of his neighborhood, and eventually signing to a local record label. [2]. In 1995 he joined with fellow Baton Rouge-based hip hop artists C-Loc, J-Von, and Max Minelli to form the hip hop group Concentration Camp with whom he is still affiliated present. Like many artists on No Limit, Young Bleed is a native of Louisiana. He was signed to the label after earning the attention of No Limit founder and CEO Master P, who had Young Bleed rap on the I'm Bout It soundtrack in early 1997. Around that time, his debut album, My Balls & My Word, was put on the No Limit schedule. It was finally released in January of 1998 and went gold within a month of its release, reaching the Top Ten on the pop album charts. My Own followed in late 1999. Since 2000 Bleed has dropped 3 more LPs and you can find it all on iTunes and amazon.