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Tue, Mar 24, 2009 2:53 pm

Ya Boy:

William Joseph Crawford, better known by his stage name Ya Boy, is a rapper from the Fillmore District of San Francisco, California. Ya Boy was given his name by his cousin Bailey, and was helped to develop into a rap artist by his other cousin, San Quinn.

He began rapping in 2002, with his song "16's With Me" being the first to hit it big locally. It was produced by South San Francisco’s Big D and sampled “The Imperial March” from Star Wars.

Ya Boy gained more attention with his song "100 Bars of Crack" where he raps over Dr. Dre's "Nuthin' But a "G" Thang" beat (featured on The Black Wall Street Journal Vol. 1) and "100 More Bars" which is done in the same style, but uses the instrumental from Jim Jones’s "We Fly High".

In the summer of 2005, Ya Boy released his first solo mixtape, Future of the Franchise, followed by his debut album, Rookie of the Year.

Ya Boy created his own label, Precise Music Group, and continues to release mixtapes independently.

Visit Ya Boy at:

www.myspace.com/yaboy

www.youtube.com/precisemusicgroup

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jisigray up the way son

Sep 12 2009, 2:27 am

YB is the future. its a wrap. game over. you hear him you know whats good

blunt4me

Aug 5 2009, 2:49 pm

YB The Rockstar GO COP THAT MOHAWKS AND HEAVY METAL #1 UNSIGNED ARTIST

THE BAY 707

Jun 10 2009, 1:34 pm

YA BOY - Number one fkn hands down, runs the fkn BAY

paypa5tack

Jun 1 2009, 5:59 am

Ya Boy is always on beast mode so he should win bruhh realtalk

FLAHUSTLA

May 17 2009, 10:34 pm

VOTE YB HE GOT THA KUSH!!!!!!!!!!

Derek

May 1 2009, 10:51 pm

YB the rockstar is shittin on his so called compitition

Holly

Apr 29 2009, 10:41 am

VOTE YB!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

KinoFlyHigh

Apr 29 2009, 7:08 am

YB and PMG all day

anonymous

Apr 28 2009, 8:00 pm

Vote Ya Boy...

Young Star

Apr 28 2009, 2:25 am

Vote 4 YB!!

gdp

Apr 27 2009, 5:51 pm

yb best bay rapper and the best rapper out right now he kills everything

Eazy_420

Apr 27 2009, 4:52 pm

VOTE YB

DUCK THE DIRT

Apr 26 2009, 9:56 pm

IM BAD NEWS TO THESE OTHER RAP DUDES WHYD UR FAVORITE RAPPER HAD TO GET CHEWED LIKE CASHEWS, WHAT IT DO, IM A FUCKIN LIVIN LEGEND WHAT ARE U?

twitter.com/C_R_A_W

Apr 26 2009, 4:24 pm

Ya Boy is the truth

Miss2fresh

Apr 26 2009, 2:51 pm

Vote 4 the new rockstar YB....He got wat it takes to really make it

JfromthaBay

Mar 26 2009, 4:05 am

I thought I was seein' shit 4 a second. But Ya Boy is the truth. I would seriously consider putting him up there on the same level as Locksmith, Royce, Tech N9ne, Crooked I, etc. and so on. You get the point. Pure, uncut Dopeness. He's the West's Next Young Rakim. YB actually has talent... something rarely seen in today's cookie-cutter music industry. Check him out.

JMONEY

Mar 25 2009, 9:36 pm

YB the Rockstar is on high times thats amazing props to ya boy

Mar 25 2009, 7:01 pm

ya boy is the shit, go to datpiff and type in ya boy listen to all his mixtapes, everysong is good

Hollatcha ya boy!

Mar 25 2009, 5:46 pm

Holla atcha Ya Boy! 100 Bars of Death, go you tube that then download it, cuz once you hear the truth. Your hooked, west coast we 100 proof.

lilmarley

Mar 25 2009, 4:49 pm

Kush 09 is dope

sara

Mar 25 2009, 3:02 pm

I Luv Ya Boy!!!

Buzz Records

Mar 24 2009, 11:49 pm

Buzz Records been holding down YB for years. Smoke that Kush!!!!!!!!!!!!

420mikeG

Mar 24 2009, 10:17 pm

ya boy is killin em he da hootest ish around

Honest

Mar 24 2009, 8:57 pm

No question West Coast is back strong with YaBoy.

lahey

Mar 24 2009, 8:37 pm

ya boy killin um

weed is great

Mar 24 2009, 5:28 pm

this guy is really good. you got to listen to 100 bars, its on kush 09. hes an outstanding rapper.

vansy

Mar 24 2009, 4:16 pm

Yaboy is bomb...i got mine you better get yours

Jon Vito

Mar 24 2009, 3:58 pm

YaBoy all day!!! I got all his mixtapes. you have to check out Chapter 1 the rise.

Mar 24 2009, 3:46 pm

YaBoy is the TRUTH! Bring the west back!

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