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YSN Flow Reveals How His Collabs with Lil Tjay & Melvoni Came About

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There are some artists who wait patiently for someone to give them their big break and others who simply take matters into their own hands. For Cleveland native YSN Flow, waiting around was never an option when it came to his music, so he began making tracks in his own apartment. Eventually, Republic Records recognized his talent and signed him, and nothing, not even a pandemic, has slowed down his flow! Young Hollywood catches up with YSN Flow via Zoom where the smell of burnt bacon is still thick in the air and his sick beats are ringing in our ears! He tells us which of his currently released songs are his personal faves and the inspiration behind his most iconic lyrics, plus he reveals how some of his hottest collabs with the likes of Lil Tjay and Melvoni came out, and he plays a Game of Lasts!

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Young Hollywood

Hello. How's it How's your day going so far?

YSN Flow

Good. I just almost caught the house on fire like five minutes ago.

Young Hollywood

How?

YSN Flow

Because so look I I'm hungry and I just woke up like 20 minutes ago. So I want to go make some food. And like when I I was cooking the bacon and I guess, um, like I was flipping them and like you see this? I don't know how I guess from the heat like it split the pan. And so oil from the grease from the pan that when they split in halves leaked right into where the heat come from. And they just caught it on fire and I poured water on the shit. It wouldn't go out.

Young Hollywood

Well, thank god you're not you didn't burn the house down.

YSN Flow

Yeah, I was scared as hell. Oh my god.

Young Hollywood

Do you usually um cook breakfast every morning?

YSN Flow

I cook breakfast yesterday. I I make the same thing though. I'm not a good cook so I just throw some eggs on some bacon. And then I get some bread. Some regular white bread and I just throw it on the um like put it all on the bread. Yeah.

Young Hollywood

Well, now you're going to need a new pan, so good luck.

YSN Flow

Yeah.

Young Hollywood

You woke up 20 minutes ago. Too. What time is it like one?

YSN Flow

Um, yeah, no, it's 201.

Young Hollywood

Oh, you usually sleep in till you know, the mid-afternoon?

YSN Flow

Nah. Well, not really like I used to but now I usually sleep till like 10, but last night I went to sleep at 11. This is I was bored and I woke up at 6:00 this morning. So I was up till like 9:00. And then I just back to sleep.

Young Hollywood

Well, what do you What time do you usually go to bed?

YSN Flow

Um, like 3:00 4:00 in the morning.

Young Hollywood

What do you usually stay up doing?

YSN Flow

I just been on my phone for real, like just looking at my numbers and shit trying to figure out how to like how I can get back like get up, you feel me? Progress. Yeah. You know, the usual.

Young Hollywood

Well, you have some really good songs out right now.

YSN Flow

Thank you. Thank you.

Young Hollywood

What one right now is that is out is your personal favorite of yours?

YSN Flow

Um, my personal favorite is definitely illegal guns. for show that's my favorite song.

Young Hollywood

What was the inspo behind that one?

YSN Flow

I don't know for real that day. It was just like a different mood just sit in the studio because I went to New York. It was on my first like label trips. Like I was meeting all labels and and I went with a whole bunch of my friends. And so like we were just all in the stoop. And I don't know it just set off like a a different vibe. Like we was all in there just, you feel me? Like they was helping me come out with shit to say. It was just a whole different vibe. I with it. For sure.

Young Hollywood

And when you're driving, what song of yours do you like if you were to play one of your songs when you're driving which one would you play?

YSN Flow

Uh, I usually play one beef 3. 0, but it's unreleased. I don't usually listen to my release music. Just because like I hear so much. Yeah. Yeah.

Young Hollywood

What would you say is one of your most iconic lyrics that you have?

YSN Flow

Um I don't know that was a quick one. I don't really be like thinking about my lyrics all like that. Um probably is I got this one line. It goes like, it's just from back from my hands, my my most recent song like I can't it was like, my mama told me I'm chosen and my mama told me to focus cuz I'm finna blow. Like that's a big line to me because like I used to do like a whole lot of dumb shit when I was in school like I just usually get in trouble a lot of shit like I used to be a bad kid. And so I don't know I really feel like I just changed my ways a whole bunch. Like I just changed up the person I'm in church. Yeah. And a lot of it is because my mom be helping me so much. I don't know. She's just like a big factor in my life.

Young Hollywood

How often do you talk to her now?

YSN Flow

Every day.

Young Hollywood

You you don't live with her?

YSN Flow

Uh, yeah. I live with her. Yeah. Yeah, I do.

Young Hollywood

Got you. Okay. And you start like talking about your past and everything. You started out making songs in your apartment everything and now you're literally have a deal with Republic. How does that feel?

YSN Flow

Um, I'm grateful. I'm super grateful for real. Just like I always remember like where I came from and the shit I had to go through to get to where I am right now. Like it just really made me appreciate it more. Just to know that like I'm really in the spot where I can take care of my family and this that I used to dream about not even like three years ago.

Young Hollywood

And who's one person that you want to collab with?

YSN Flow

One person I want to collab with probably be shit Michael Jackson. You're still alive Michael Jackson. I don't know. I don't really got like no dreams to really collab with no artists for real. But like when I was growing up like my mom used to listen to Michael Jackson a lot and like Biggie. Like all the old rappers so it's people I'm hip to. Definitely.

Young Hollywood

And for the clubs that you have done like Lil Tjay and stuff like that. How do those come about?

YSN Flow

For Lil Tjay, that was just like really unexpected. My A&R from Republic Records he just came through clutch on that low key like a surprise. But um, with Justin Rarri on my tape, I hit him up and the DM and then we locked in. Um, he gave me his number. And we just locked in that shit. And then I sent him the song he was like, yeah, that bitch hard. I'm gonna hop on it. And then for my homie that's like he like, we close. We close as hell. So like, I just hit him up and um, we'll be like, come work and come hop in the stool. But the night we had made city rolling back for my hands. It was like 3:00 in the morning. I was about to go to sleep. And he kept telling me like get up. You can't go to sleep. You got to work. You got to work. And I was like, no, bro. I'm going to sleep. And then I lay down for like 35 minutes and couldn't go to sleep. And I called him like text me the idea.

Young Hollywood

You pulled up. Yeah. Look at you. Look at you. I love it. What's your favorite thing about filming the music videos?

YSN Flow

For real. It's just being around my like just like everybody who come because every time I film a video I'm around like my whole like everybody who come with me. All my friends be there and I just like the energy it give off cuz like when I'm at the house chilling and shit like me, I just like, I like chilling alone. But like when it get to big group so we can finally have fun and shit like that's I like that type shit. So like just the energy that's around for videos for me because I don't shoot no videos unless everybody can come. Yeah.

Young Hollywood

And what are your friends usually say about yourself like today? Do they do they play them around you to like make you laugh or anything or like what are your like what's the vibe like with your friends? When it comes to my videos or songs?

YSN Flow

Songs. When it come to my songs, shit. We'll be rocking out. Um, everybody I everybody I know we love my music. Yeah. I'm like they top five. Yeah. Best rappers and so, so we rock out to my shit, but we don't listen to none of the released shit. Just unreleased. Straight unreleased.

Young Hollywood

How about for the unreleased stuff? Should we expect anything soon? Are you working on more stuff?

YSN Flow

Yeah, I got for real like the biggest song. I'm really pumped up about right now is one beep 3. 0. You feel me? Like my a lot of my fans don't know that that's coming. Like I've been hitting it hitting that shit. But like I didn't tell nobody officially.

Young Hollywood

Well, we're going to have to keep an eye out for it. Are you down for a quick game? It's the game of lasts.

YSN Flow

Yeah, come on.

Young Hollywood

Okay. Last song you listened to.

YSN Flow

Um, tooty push start.

Young Hollywood

Last picture in your camera roll that you remember.

YSN Flow

It's a picture of my dog Bubba. I got a English bulldog.

Young Hollywood

Last used emoji.

YSN Flow

Probably the orange heart or the laughing emoji.

Young Hollywood

What is your most used emoji would you say? Those two?

YSN Flow

My my most used one? Yeah. Definitely the laughing emoji.

Young Hollywood

Do you do the one that's like really really laughing crying or like just like the

YSN Flow

No, no, it's the regular one. I don't like the one that's really really laugh and crying cuz I feel like that's just for some sarcastic shit like somebody tell you some bullshit you just be like.

Young Hollywood

That one is too much. That one's too much.

YSN Flow

Yeah, it's too much. That's too much for me.

Young Hollywood

Last app that you used.

YSN Flow

Um, Instagram.

Young Hollywood

Instagram. Last song of yours that you listened to.

YSN Flow

I got a song called never say never. That was a lot.

Young Hollywood

You said I released? Yeah, one that's out.

YSN Flow

Oh, um, um back for my hands for show.

Young Hollywood

Uh, last time you wrote a song.

YSN Flow

Like seven months ago six seven months ago.

Young Hollywood

Last jewelry item you bought.

YSN Flow

My chain.

Young Hollywood

When did you get it?

YSN Flow

Well, I just bought I just bought seven chains though. I just bought seven F for 62 chains but um, they're going to be done in two weeks or next week.

Young Hollywood

Last text you remember getting.

YSN Flow

My dad, he just text me and said you trying to burn the house down question mark. Yes. Yes. Yes.

Young Hollywood

Last thing you remember buying online.

YSN Flow

I bought some lights for the inside of my car. You feel me? So niggas can see me when I'm driving by.

Young Hollywood

I love it. Have you ever got stopped like you pull up at the red light at the same time as somebody? Are they like yo?

YSN Flow

Hell yeah. That just happened like two days ago.

YSN Flow

I posted the video on my Instagram it. I tried to race them they didn't want to race.

Young Hollywood

Oh, too bad. They they could have definitely had a good opportunity there. Okay. Si, well we can't wait for all the music that's coming out. Thank you and thank you so much for give me some for giving me your time.

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PEOPLE MENTIONED

  • YSN Flow

    The artist being interviewed

  • Lil Tjay

    Collaborated with YSN Flow

  • Melvoni

    Collaborated with YSN Flow

  • Michael Jackson

    Artist YSN Flow would hypothetically collaborate with

  • Biggie

    Rapper YSN Flow's mom listened to

  • Justin Rarri

    Collaborated with YSN Flow on a tape

  • Bubba

    YSN Flow's English bulldog

FAQ

Where is YSN Flow from?+
YSN Flow is from Cleveland.
What record label is YSN Flow signed to?+
YSN Flow is signed to Republic Records.
What is YSN Flow's favorite released song?+
YSN Flow's personal favorite released song is "Illegal Guns".
How did YSN Flow's collaboration with Lil Tjay come about?+
The collaboration with Lil Tjay was unexpected and arranged by YSN Flow's A&R at Republic Records.
What is YSN Flow's most used emoji?+
YSN Flow's most used emoji is the regular laughing emoji.

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