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YS drops “Hold Up” FT. Prell & Wallie The Sensei
YS continues his potent output of quality music with a brand new collaboration featuring Detroit’s Prell and fellow rising Compton star Wallie The Sensei. The track is produced by Platinum Michigan producer Helluva and is on YS forthcoming project Realer Than Real which is slated to drop next month.
Prell kicks off the song with his commanding delivery and spews the bars “I can’t be nobody’s slave, I’m already in the field, we already taking chances, we already taking risks, $500 shoes, wear ’em once then forget”.
Wallie The Sensei joins in on the fun with his clever Rugrats reference “walking with this Tommy like I’m all grown up”on his contribution to the hook. YS closes it out with vicious bars “I got the keys to the city, I had the pack, sticks and rolled notorious like Biggie”.
In this ShotbyArt directed visual, YS is in the streets of Detroit, with his Compton Comrade, and D town native Prell as they shut the block down and make oncoming traffic hold up.
Born Justin Lawson in Compton, YS is the newest rising talent from the home of Kendrick Lamar, YG and Roddy Ricch. Raised by his Southern-bred grandparents, the 21-year-old first developed his love for rapping at the age of 13. He began recording tracks known for their colorful gang-banging references, drawing inspiration from his everyday street life.
By 19, he released bonafide hit, “Bompton,” a hard-hitting Trayvon Jackson-produced hometown anthem that scored neighborhood recognition and caught the attention of Alamo Records. Later, a remix of the viral smash — aided by features by 1TakeJay, Shoreline Mafia’s Ohgeesy and Fredo Bang — ushered in YS’s 13-track debut project, Street Dreams. Songs such as “Real From The Start” offer a vivid glimpse of his world and the promising skill of his melodic wordplay, a page taken from his greatest musical influence Lil Wayne. While he works on forthcoming musical outputs and grows as an artist, he plans to offer a window into the softer, more soulful side of his gangsta persona.