No Limit Rapper Young Bleed Dies at 51
Young Bleed, the Baton Rouge rapper known for his Southern hip-hop hit “How Ya Do Dat,” has passed away at 51. His eldest son, Ty’Gee Ramon Clifton, announced the news via an Instagram Reel, confirming the rapper died on Saturday, November 1.
Health and Final Days
Young Bleed had been hospitalized due to a brain aneurysm shortly after participating in a Verzuz event that featured artists from both No Limit and Cash Money Records.
Early Life and Career Beginnings
Born Glenn Reed Clifton Jr. in Baton Rouge, Young Bleed began rapping at age nine. As a teenager, he sold his own tapes and later joined Concentration Camp, a local hip-hop group founded by Louisiana rapper C-Loc.
Breakthrough with No Limit Records
His verse on C-Loc’s track “A Fool” caught the attention of Master P, founder of No Limit Records. Master P remixed the song for his 1997 film I’m Bout It, renaming it “How Ya Do Dat” and signed Young Bleed to the label.
“How Ya Do Dat,” was the Southern hip-hop hit that propelled Young Bleed’s career under No Limit Records.
Young Bleed’s major label debut, My Balls and My Word, was released in 1998, selling over 500,000 copies and topping Billboard’s Hip-Hop/R&B chart.
Later Career
For his follow-up album My Own in 1999, Young Bleed moved to No Limit’s distributor, Priority Records, but was dropped from the contract shortly after. He briefly changed his stage name to Young Bleed Carleone’s and, in 2002, released Vintage on his own label, Da’tention Home Records.
Author’s summary: Young Bleed rose from Baton Rouge’s local rap scene to mainstream success with No Limit Records, leaving a lasting influence in Southern hip-hop before his untimely death.