Yeat rose to prominence in mid-2021 after the release of his debut mixtape 4L and debut studio album Up 2 Me, with tracks from the latter, including "Money So Big" and "Get Busy" gaining popularity on TikTok.
16 Facts About Yeat
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Yeat's paternal grandmother is Mexican and from the city of Tijuana while his grandfather is an American of British descent.
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Yeat spent his early childhood in Fullerton, California before he and his family moved to Portland, Oregon, he attended Lakeridge High School in Lake Oswego, Oregon.
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Yeat began his career in 2015, originally making music under the name Lil Yeat, but these releases have since been deleted from the Internet.
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On June 30,2018, Yeat made his first public appearance under his current moniker, premiering a track called "Brink" on Elevator, a YouTube channel.
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Yeat has stated that he created the name Yeat while high and trying to come up with one word that sounds familiar to people.
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Yeat has mentioned how his use of LSD was able to help him pursue his music career.
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Yeat released his first mixtape, Deep Blue Strips on September 20,2018.
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Yeat achieved viral success online through platforms such as TikTok in 2021.
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On September 2,2022, Yeat released "Talk", a single from his EP Lyfe.
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On February 24,2023, Yeat released his third studio album, Afterlyfe.
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The album includes a feature from YoungBoy Never Broke Again, in addition to Yeat's alter egos Kranky Kranky and Luh Geeky.
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Yeat has stated the latter two are some of his biggest inspirations.
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Yeat cited American rapper T-Pain as one of his biggest influences growing up, calling him "The GOAT of Auto-Tune".
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Yeat's father was one of the inspirations for him creating these unique words, as he himself would make up his own words when Yeat was a child.
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Certain aspects of Yeat's music have led him to be associated with various Internet memes and trends, especially the frequent use of bell sounds in his music.