In 2011, Gotti realized the formal launch of his own CMG label, and debuted Zed Zilla‘s Rent’s Due mixtape as the first official release. In January 2012, Yo Gotti released his major label album Live From The Kitchen via Polo Grounds Music/RCA. Yo Gotti is currently recording his highly anticipated CM7 mixtape, slated for release this Fall, and a new full-length album. He currently boasts over 1.5 million fans on his Facebook page alone, and over 450k on his active Twitter page.Ģ012 has proven to be Yo Gotti‘s best year ever, as he successfully launched his own six-week Road to Riches Tour in May. His street albums make serious noise without a major push, he stays on the road performing paid shows and his fan base has boomed in the past few years. There is no denying that Yo Gotti is one of the hottest rappers in the streets, with some of the highest quality music.

Interview w/ Juice Magazine (Germany) – Feb 2010.

Interview MTV News Mixtape Daily – Oct 2011.

Interview MSN.com Groove Blog – Oct 2011.

Interview MTV.com RapFix Live – Jan 2012.

January 10th mixtape review – Jan 2012.

Interview w/ The Breakfast Club – May 2012.

Day in the Life with Yo Gotti – June 2012.

Interview w/ SiriusXM Invasion Radio – July 2012.

“It’s always just the sh*t I’ve been thinking. “Every word on each of my records deals with sh*t I’ve been going through,” he said to Apple Music. That relatability also lifted him from local legend to all-around rap star. Though Gotti is significantly older than the second wave of Grind City MCs, those qualities have made him as much a peer to Young Dolph, Key Glock, and Duke Deuce as he is an influence. He proudly repped that cred on his noisy, mean-mugging 2000 debut, From Da Dope Game 2 Da Rap Game, but by the time Gotti released 2015's “Down in the DM”-a smirking take on bawdy social-media flirting-he’d fully owned a persona that’s also playful, irreverent, and of-the-moment. Though he emerged shortly after Three 6 Mafia’s hyper-regional horrorcore stylings won national acclaim in 1995, Gotti executed a Southern sound more widely appealing-assured and charismatic, yet capturing the gloom that clouds a street hustler’s life.

Born Mario Mims in 1981, Gotti witnessed his hometown’s rap coming-of-age, and arrived career-wise in time to amplify that revolution. He puts in the work through rich storytelling, guttural beats, and deft lyricism whether he’s recalling his rough childhood or his latest online fling. Yo Gotti is shaping the sound of Memphis in his own image, one track at a time.

New yo gotti mixtape 2011