Emerging Artist, YK Gotti Is Ready For the Game
Hailing from the West Indies; Georgetown, Guyana, to be exact, YK Gotti, née Gregory Johns, grew up listening to everything from, of course, Reggae, to R&B, Pop, Hip-Hop and even Gospel music. “It all began in my early teenage childhood. Going to church with my mother, there was an announcement that the church will be creating a Youth Choir, so I said to myself, ‘Why not join?’ From there, I started singing in church,” Gotti remembers, retracing his earliest roots in music. Continuing, he further reflects, “Then, final semester in high school I needed a music credit to graduate, so I took music class. From there, my voice began evolving more and my music teacher stated to say to me that, ‘You got talent, Greg!'”
For his latest entry, “Ballin,” with its ‘stuntastic’ accompanying video clip, the aspiring 25 year old wordsmith recalls the true inspiration behind his future hit composition. “After a champagne spillin’ night at a club in New York City, I came home and I just started vibin’ off a melody I created in my head. Words began to come in my head of real life events that occurred to me,” he says very matter-of-fact, before expounding on said night in question. “I immediately then recorded the chorus idea, and sent the voice note to one of my producers in Florida to build a beat around it. Then after I received the beat, I sat on the song for about a year before I got into the studio to complete the song.” The stand-out track, produced by AYO, comes courtesy of Gotti’s soon-to-be released solo debut, B4 The Fame EP.
