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Young Tone
By Melissa Kimble

This music business is full of hard knocks. It will force you out as quickly and you come in and it’s definitely not for the faint of heart. When asked why he wanted to be in the business, rap artist Young Tone made a statement that seems like it should be the obvious answer: “I feel like I'm built for this...I love what I do. I love to rap! I'm one those cats that’s gonna survive the game. I'm gonna be around for a long time.”

At just 19 years old, the Memphis area artist is already aiming high and letting his work ethic, style, and confidence in him lead the way. “I want to go all the way though, I want to be a living legend. I want platinum-selling albums and all that. That’s why I work so hard.” A self defined “liquid artist” who can flow on any type of song, Young Tone started writing rhymes while in middle school but started to take his talent serious in high school and started going to recording studios around his city dropping mix-tape tracks. At school he met a guy that was producing for a lot of local talent who had heard some of the records he recorded, liked them, saw potential which helped turn Tone into what he is now: an independent/unsigned young dude, still paying dues, and still on the grind with a growing fan base. He’s done work with a couple of local cats in the "M"(Memphis), but just recorded a track called "I Be Werk'n" with Grand Hustle/Atlantic recording artist, Young Dro. His producer, Drumma Drama, works with a lot of people and promotes Tone’s music heavily in and out the studios of most of his clients, allowing him to sometimes be able to work with various artists. If he’s not in school, he promoting, performing and doing shows, networking, and pretty much anything he can think of to get his music in the right hands and tries to keep himself ahead of the competition- he has his own career to focus on. “I'm not in competition with the rest of the so-called rappers,” he says. “I'm Young Tone. I'm in my own space. I just do me!”

Check Out His Music At:
http://www.myspace.com/youngtoneddr