On October 7, 2013, the album's second official single "King sh**" featuring T.I. On September 2, 2013, Yo Gotti released the mixtape Nov 19th: The Mixtape in promotion for the album. On August 22, 2013, he announced the I Am Tour Dates, a tour in promotion of I Am which ran from September 14, 2013, until November 19, 2013, with supporting acts including YG, Zed Zilla, Shy Glizzy and Cash Out.
In July 2013, it was announced that the album would be released on November 19, 2013. As of September 21, it has peaked at #100 on the Hot 100, making it Gotti and YG's third Hot 100 entry, #33 on Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart and at #24 on the Rap Songs chart. The song debuted at #5 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart and at #39 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. The first single from his sixth studio album I Am is titled "Act Right" and features Young Jeezy and YG. On May 28, 2013, Yo Gotti announced that his sixth studio album would be titled I Am.
In early 2013, Gotti announced that he and his label CMG had been signed to a distribution deal with Epic Records from longtime business partner L.A.
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On October 17, 2012, he released the 7th version of his well known mixtape series Cocaine Muzik entitled Cocaine Muzik 7: The World Is Yours.Ģ013–present: I Am and The Art of Hustle In 2012 due to Gotti's views of the low sales of his debut album he took his departure from RCA Records & Polo Grounds Music. After three weeks on the chart the album has sold 36,000 copies in the United States. Live From The Kitchen debuted at number 12 on the US Billboard 200, with 16,000 copies sold in its first week of sales in the United States. The song peaked at 97 on the U.S R&B chart. "Look In the Mirror" was the third single released 7 months after the second single on July 27, 2010. The song peaked at 81 on 100, 22 on the U.S R&B and 12 on the U.S Rap. "Women Lie, Men Lie" featuring Lil Wayne the album's second single was released on December 11, 2009.
The single peaked at 79 on the Hot 100, 19 on U.S R&B and 11 on U.S Rap. The album's original first single was titled "5 Star" and it was released on May 20, 2009. From Da Dope Game 2 Da Rap Game (2000), Self-Explanatory (2001), Life (2003) and Back 2 da Basics (2006).Īfter several delays Yo Gotti released his major label debut studio album Live From The Kitchen on January 10, 2012. Between 20, Yo Gotti released a string of independent albums. He began his music career around the age of 14, rapping as Lil Yo, affiliated with DJ Sound and his crew. Mims grew up in Ridgecrest Apartments of Frayser, Memphis. He went to release From Da Dope Game 2 Da Rap Game (2000), Self-Explanatory (2001), Life (2003), Back 2 da Basics (2006), Live from the Kitchen (2012), I Am (2013) and The Art of Hustle (2016). In 1996, Gotti released his debut album Youngsta's On a Come Up under the alias Lil Yo. Our city f–ked up and I’m trying to stop letting history repeat itself and show n-as we can get money together and everybody be on some boss shit.”Ĭharlamagne later questioned Gotti about the irony of Dolph getting shot and releasing a project as he did with a shooting earlier this year when he released Bulletproof and his most recent project Thinking Out Loud, which was dropped just days after the injured rapper was discharged from the hospital.Mario Mims (born May 19, 1981), better known by his stage name Yo Gotti, is an American rapper.
I like your grind my n-a when I was in your position, none of them n-as who could’ve helped me did. “You in a good space in Memphis but you gotta take that shit from there to the world and it’s gon’ turn into money. “That’s how you gotta approach this shit homie, just gotta stay down and make the right decisions and you can win big,” the text allegedly stated. He pulled up a text from August 24, 2012, where he offered the “While U Here” rapper some words of wisdom and allowed Charlamagne to read the messages aloud. He said that he used to help Dolph by providing the then-rising rapper with advice about the rap game and even invited him to his shows. Yo Gotti Announces New Album 'I Still Am' With Nicki Minaj, Chris Brown, Meek Mill, French Montana…