Yungeen Ace
Florida rapper Yungeen Ace moved from one struggle to the next as his difficult childhood led to a tumultuous life in music. One of 12 brothers, he had a surprisingly isolated upbringing and turned to music and street life in his teenage years. He began releasing his solo tracks online in March 2018, and after only a few months of his pained, tumultuous songs building a buzz, he was involved in a drive-by shooting that took the lives of his brother and two friends. He released his debut mixtape, Life of Betrayal, in the wake of this tragedy. His mix of melodic and traditional styles arrived in a rapid string of subsequent mixtapes -- Life I'm Livin (2018), Can't Speak on It (2019), Step Harder (2020), Don Dada (2020) -- before the rapper landed a viral hit in 2021 with a street-driven flip of Vanessa Carlton's "A Thousand Miles." His debut album, Life of Betrayal 2x, was released later that year, followed by Survivor of the Trenches in 2022. Ace delivered another full-length, Forgotten Star, in 2024, followed by "Game Over."
Born Keyanta Bullard in 1998, Yungeen Ace spent his early years in Chicago but relocated with his family to Florida in early childhood. Living in Jacksonville, Bullard experienced daily struggles with abject poverty and a desperate environment, surrounded by danger and street crime as he entered his teenage years. He began writing and recording solo tracks, releasing his debut single, "No Witness," in March 2018. Several other singles would follow, but these bright beginnings were darkened in June of that year when Yungeen Ace and several friends were attacked in a drive-by shooting in Jacksonville when leaving dinner. He survived multiple gunshot wounds but would be the only person to make it out of the altercation alive in a group that included his brother Trevon Bullard, and friends Royale Smith, Jr. and Jercoby Groover.
Immediately following the shooting, legal troubles put the rapper under house arrest, and his debut mixtape, Life of Betrayal, arrived in August, with Life I'm Livin arriving later that year. The first collection included newer songs inspired by his tragic losses -- the standout track "Wanted" featured a cameo from YoungBoy Never Broke Again -- and earlier singles like the JayDaYoungan collaboration "Jungle." He teamed up with Boosie Badazz, Lil Durk, and others in 2019 for the 16-track Step Harder. Led by the single "Heartbroken," the Don Dada mixtape marked Ace's first major work of 2020. A prolific array of singles like "Withdraw from Life" and "Fighting Pain" carried him into 2021, which yielded "Opp Boyz" and "Gun Em Down." The rapper found one of his most unconventional successes in 2021's "Who I Smoke," which sampled Vanessa Carlton's "A Thousand Miles" for a disrespectful anthem. His full-length debut album, Life of Betrayal 2x, arrived later that year. 2022 saw the release of Survivor of the Trenches, which featured appearances by Rob49, FastMoney Goon, GMK, Real Boston Richey, and more. Ace kept up his profile over the next year with singles like "Did it First" and "I'm Not Alright, Not Okay," then issued another full-length, Forgotten Star, in early 2024. The 15-track solo set eschewed guest artists and focused squarely on its star. The follow-up tracks "Game Over" and "Ready To Die" arrived later that year.
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Discography
66 album(s) • Sorted by Bestseller
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Bout That Life [feat. Bigga Rankin] (Remix)
Rubberband OG, Stunna 4 Vegas, Yungeen Ace
Hip-Hop/Rap - Released by Rubberband OG on 25 Sep 2020
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Bout That Life [feat. Bigga Rankin] (Remix)
Rubberband OG, Stunna 4 Vegas, Yungeen Ace
Hip-Hop/Rap - Released by Rubberband OG on 25 Sep 2020
Available in24-Bit/48 kHz Stereo -
Members
Hip-Hop/Rap - Released by Republic Records on 25 Feb 2022
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Who I Smoke
Spinabenz, Yungeen Ace, FastMoney Goon
Hip-Hop/Rap - Released by Cinematic Music Group on 16 Apr 2021
Available in16-Bit/44.1 kHz Stereo -
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Can't Speak on It
Hip-Hop/Rap - Released by Cinematic Music Group on 28 Jun 2019
Available in16-Bit/44.1 kHz Stereo -
Life of Betrayal
Hip-Hop/Rap - Released by Cinematic Music Group on 3 Aug 2018
Available in16-Bit/44.1 kHz Stereo -
Life of Betrayal 2x
Hip-Hop/Rap - Released by Cinematic Music Group on 2 Jul 2021
Available in16-Bit/44.1 kHz Stereo -
Survivor Of The Trenches
Hip-Hop/Rap - Released by Geffen Records on 2 Dec 2022
Available in16-Bit/44.1 kHz Stereo -
Step Harder
Hip-Hop/Rap - Released by Cinematic Music Group on 8 Nov 2019
Available in16-Bit/44.1 kHz Stereo -
All On Me
Hip-Hop/Rap - Released by Cinematic Music Group on 15 Apr 2022
Available in16-Bit/44.1 kHz Stereo -
B.A.M.
Hip-Hop/Rap - Released by Cinematic Music Group on 25 Mar 2022
Available in16-Bit/44.1 kHz Stereo -
Don Dada
Hip-Hop/Rap - Released by Cinematic Music Group on 26 Jun 2020
Available in16-Bit/44.1 kHz Stereo -
It Go
Hip-Hop/Rap - Released by Cinematic Music Group on 26 May 2022
Available in16-Bit/44.1 kHz Stereo -
Life I'm Livin
Hip-Hop/Rap - Released by Cinematic Music Group on 14 Dec 2018
Available in16-Bit/44.1 kHz Stereo -
So Long
Hip-Hop/Rap - Released by Cinematic Music Group on 27 Mar 2019
Available in16-Bit/44.1 kHz Stereo -
2 Broken 2 Heal
Hip-Hop/Rap - Released by Cinematic Music Group on 19 Nov 2021
Available in16-Bit/44.1 kHz Stereo -
Rekindle 23
Hip-Hop/Rap - Released by Cinematic Music Group on 3 Sep 2022
Available in16-Bit/44.1 kHz Stereo -
Where They At
Hip-Hop/Rap - Released by Cinematic Music Group on 3 Jun 2022
Available in16-Bit/44.1 kHz Stereo -
Merch It
Hip-Hop/Rap - Released by Cinematic Music Group on 6 Jul 2022
Available in16-Bit/44.1 kHz Stereo