Young Maylay
| Young Maylay | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Christopher Bellard |
| Also known as | Young Maylay |
| Born |
June 17, 1979 (age 37) Los Angeles, California, United States |
| Genres | Hip hop, west coast hip hop, gangsta rap |
| Occupation(s) | Rapper, record producer, actor |
| Instruments | Vocals |
| Years active | 2000–present |
| Labels | Maylaynium Muziq (2000–present) Lench Mob (2008–present) |
| Associated acts | King T, Young Dre the Truth, Killa Polk, DJ Pooh, WC, DJ Crazy Toones, Ice Cube, MC Ren, DJ Premier BG Knocc Out, Dresta, Rappin' 4-Tay, Jayo Felony, Dubb Union MC Eiht |
Christopher "Chris" Bellard (born June 17, 1979) also known by his stage name, Young Maylay, is an American hip hop recording artist, record producer and actor from Los Angeles, California. He is best known for providing the voice of Carl "CJ" Johnson in the 2004 video game Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.
Christopher Bellard was born and raised in Los Angeles amidst the gang violence and the gangsta rap peak of the 1980s and 1990s in a crime riddled area in poverty which inspired his rapping career.
His rapping career eventually took off in 2000. With help from King T, Maylay made his first appearance in Killa Tay's Thug Thisle, with the song #1 Hottest Coast (Killa Cali) in 2000. Later he appeared in Rodney O & Joe Cooley's Summer Heat in 2002. Since then, he has been featured on many releases across the West Coast. Maylay wrote the majority of King T's album Ruthless Chronicles. He founded his independent label in 2005 with the money from GTA San Andreas and released his debut album in the same year.
In 2006, Maylay was featured in Deeyah's single "What Will It Be" with a music video. In the same year, he appeared in DJ Crazy Toones' CT Experience, it was the first collaboration of the trio DJ Crazy Toones, WC and Young Maylay. In 2007 the trio began working in Maylay's album The Real Coast Guard. The album was released in 2008 and later that year, WC signed Young Maylay to Bigg Swang/Lench Mob.
Lench Mob Records were set in 2006 to put out Ice Cube's and WC's records, but later other artists were signed, like Young Maylay, who is considered a veteran by Ice Cube. DJ Crazy Toones created two blogs for Maylay, the first is called Who's Young Maylay? Mix Blog and the second is called Young Maylay, WC & Bad Lucc Mix Blog. Young Maylay is working on three albums, by himself, WC and Crazy Toones. Young Maylay is featured on two tracks by Ice Cube called Y'all Know Who I Am and Too West Coast on the album I Am the West. In 2010 Young Maylay was featured on two tracks on the album DJ Premier Presents Year Round Records - Get Used To Us. The track 'Temptation' is a solo performance while the track 'Ain't Nuttin' Changed (remix)' is a collaborative effort with Blaq Poet and MC Eiht.
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