Wyoming Rapper Y-O on Growing Up on a Farm, Quitting College for Rap, Opening for MGK & Tech N9ne, Afroman Collab, Legal Troubles, Losing It All & Rebuilding His Music Career From Scratch
From a farm in Wyoming to opening for MGK and landing on a track with Afroman—Y-O’s story is anything but typical.
In this interview, Y-O breaks down what it’s really like coming up in a place with no hip-hop infrastructure, why being from Wyoming was a bigger barrier than race, and how he built his sound by staying authentic instead of “capping.”
We get into:
Growing up on a farm and discovering hip-hop in isolation
Dropping out of college after recording his first song
The grind of early recording setups and DIY hustle
Why his breakout song “Hometown” connected despite low production…
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