Kevin "YK" Mitchell is a man of many talents, he is a self-sufficient rapper, producer and engineer. He releases himself from the chains of today's hip-hop and writes about his true convictions. Mitchell is one of the most versatile artists of his time with an untouchable confidence. Not only does he bless the microphone with vivid words and punch lines, he produces his own music and is a self-taught recording engineer. Mitchell is the youngest of sixteen children and was born in Little Rock, Arkansas. His family moved to southeast San Diego in the 80's where he was raised. It was there that he developed his love for hip-hop music. He began free-styling in middle school initially through peer pressure from his older brothers. The inner-city he knew to be San Diego was nothing like a tourists perspective of it. Mitchell explains, "It was easy to get into trouble in Southeast. Drive-bys, murders, drugs and everything else under the sun makes it easy to distract the youth from following their dreams. Music was my piece of sanity." In San Diego he performed at school functions, church events and house parties but it was not until he moved back to Little Rock during his senior year of high school that he began his very first recordings. Apparently everyone in the music industry is "balling." The difference in this single is story of how the artists' started from absolutely nothing to something. YK & Brutha blesses the track with a west coast & southern blend about their mission to rise out of the ghetto. Jay Jamerson's R&B/Pop voice over a Sound Collage Musik instrumental makes it an instant theme song for motivation. A solo artist, co-parent and an icon to his city Little Rock, AR. Success is the only option for the country-bred, city-raised Kevin "YK" Mitchell. Good MC's come and go, but great MC's live forever.