专辑简介

Yung Pilot was born Bobby Nichols in Wilmington NC, Aug 7, 1988. He grew up on the south side of the Port City, but was raised in Bolton, North Carolina by his grandmother. By the age of five, he was singing all around the region with his father and two sisters at multiple churches. As he progressed in age, he taught himself the art of rapping. He knew he was bound to be in the industry after purchasing his first CD, a double back 2 Pac set. From the point forward, he worked to write his own materials. Shortly after this development, he began working on free styling. At age 14, his favorite rapper and lyricist became Jay-Z. He drew great amounts of inspiration from the albums, the Blueprint 1 and 2. "Listening to that made me want to become more than an artist. It isn’t specifically because of the lyricism, but the way he continually carries himself in the rap game," explained Yung Pilot.

In the years to come, Yung Pilot slowly put his rapping on the back burner to focus more on basketball. During his senior year of high school, he was introduced to a few men that started a group named MDB (Million Dollar Boyz); he was known as Flyer than Most, a.k.a. Fly. In that group, five figures stood out as talents (Kash, the wild one, Work, the wise one, Really, the laid back one, Roc, the DJ, and Fly, the smooth one). They progressively made many singles and various mixed tapes. During this period, there were many parties thrown in just about every hotel in Wilmington as their success grew. In due time, the group parted ways; not by choice, but people grow apart. Yung Pilot moved to Chapel Hill where he met Jack Perry, a fellow musician. The duo rented an apartment together, which they put a studio in. Every minute of every hour, the two were on a music grind; produced tracks and tapes for future use. Shortly after this opportunity, Yung Pilot walked a path that required him to move back home to his parents. Although the move was not something he was interested in doing, he ran into and became friends with James Haskins (the two had been to school together in the past, but had not seen in each other since Pilot originally left town). James announced the launch of his label, PFE. This opportunity launched Yung Pilot as we now known him.