Born in South Florida, a Miami native, Michael “Young” Yearby learned the importance of integrity, love for family, and excellence in all we do. This led him taking an active role in servicing his country by enlisting into the United States Air Force. While stationed overseas at Kadena AB, Okinawa, Japan the purpose and passion for exceptional musicianship became his charge. He explains “I always enjoyed composing poetry in different formats, but never thought I was any good”.

But, all that changed when he started to share his poetry with the inmates at the Camp Hansen’s Correctional Facility during the weekly Brig Christian Fellowship (BCF) conducted by Pastor Dominic Guerra. The inmates enjoyed the poetry; so much in fact, Michael started to perform his poetry, free styling at various street evangelism concerts which caught the eye of local Hip-Hop Producer Kenny Williams of Outta Step Music. This collaboration brought forth the EP known as “The Shinobi’s Son”, which Michael performed under the stage name M.Y. Tha Vizion before simply changing it to “Young”. The EP spawned seven tracks that were received well within the Hip-Hop community in the fall of 2010.

That experience allowed Michael to self-produce Beautiful Muzik Mixtape Vol. 1, as well as the time to experiment musically, defining him as a breakout artist. He reflects “There was a lot of trials and tribulations that went into making the mixtape. The songwriting became more personal, and that was reflected in every lyric in the recordings. I recorded about twenty-three songs while only twelve were chosen with five interludes by Pastor Rick Barnett. I spent months perfecting my sound, refining and defining my music until I thought it was just right.” That gave Michael notoriety as innovative Hip-Hop artist with depth and integrity for his rhyming and writing abilities in the fall of 2011.

Michael is currently stationed at McConnell AFB, Wichita, Kansas working on his next installment (Champagne Dreams & Caviar Nightmares) and needs $5,000 to complete that mission. Michael is hoping to raise the money, which will support his project, through the public crowd-funding site Kickstarter. Funding begins February 1, 2013 and ends April 1, 2013, 11:59pm (CST). Michael explains “The funds will be used to promote and distribute the project for free to the Hip-Hop community as well as the entire music industry. Michael states “There are three aspects of the project I want to express. First, you do not have to compromise your morals and/or you do not have to compromise your love and faith in Jesus to make good music. The second is a public declaration to the music industry that I stand in the culture, but I am not of it. And lastly, provide an effective template for individuals influenced by the Hip-Hop culture.”