“Coming from Memphis, it makes you strong and it makes you grind more,” he says. Rather than feel as though his opportunities were limited, Yo Gotti chose to focus on becoming successful. Funny thing is, Yo Gotti had no idea about the Gotti crime family at the time. They called him Yo (short for his given name, Mario) and added the Gotti surname later because of his affinity for doing things kids his age typically didn’t do - shoot dice, watch out for the police and recruit his own crew of kids that followed him. Yo Gotti soon started running with kids five or six years older than him. “I’ve got women that are realer than the dudes out here.” “That’s the bloodline I come from,” he boasts. No wonder he feels as though he was virtually born into street life. His mother and his aunts were indicted and sent to serve 10 to 15 years because they refused to snitch.

When he was in the third grade, Federal Agents raided his family’s residence. Growing up in Memphis, Yo Gotti quickly learned about recognizing reality. “If it’s like that, I can’t mess with it.” “When I listen to music, I don’t like it if I can’t see it, if I can’t imagine it happening,” he says. It’s something he developed while listening to the great story raps of Memphis pioneers 8 Ball & MJG. Yo Gotti’s uncanny ability to translate real life situations and experience into memorable songs makes Yo Gotti so potent. This highly anticipated album expanded upon the sound made famous with Gotti’s popular Cocaine Muzik mixtape series. In 2011, Gotti realized the formal launch of his own CMG label, and debuted Zed Zilla‘s Rent’s Due mixtape as the first official release. In January 2012, Yo Gotti released his major label album Live From The Kitchen via Polo Grounds Music/RCA. Yo Gotti is currently recording his highly anticipated CM7 mixtape, slated for release this Fall, and a new full-length album. He currently boasts over 1.5 million fans on his Facebook page alone, and over 450k on his active Twitter page.Ģ012 has proven to be Yo Gotti‘s best year ever, as he successfully launched his own six-week Road to Riches Tour in May. His street albums make serious noise without a major push, he stays on the road performing paid shows and his fan base has boomed in the past few years. There is no denying that Yo Gotti is one of the hottest rappers in the streets, with some of the highest quality music. Interview w/ Juice Magazine (Germany) – Feb 2010.Interview MTV News Mixtape Daily – Oct 2011.Interview MSN.com Groove Blog – Oct 2011.Interview MTV.com RapFix Live – Jan 2012.January 10th mixtape review – Jan 2012.

Interview w/ The Breakfast Club – May 2012.Day in the Life with Yo Gotti – June 2012.Interview w/ SiriusXM Invasion Radio – July 2012.

New yo gotti mixtape 2010