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Sick YG is an American rapper and producer from the Fillmore District, also known as the Fillmoe section of San Francisco, California.
Brief Bio
Sick YG, the nephew of San Francisco pioneers DJ Big Bob and DJ Toney Tone, was born and raised in the infamous Fillmore District via Turkwood home of the foundation entitled: The Boogie Basement. YG was heavily influenced by the Hip Hop scene in its infancy. At a young age, Sick YG was counseled and mentored by world renown artist, Lenny Williams. Mr. Williams set him on the right path for the better. As an Emcee from the Bay Area, YG has been noted as one of the best kept secrets by Bay Area hard hitters such as: Andre Nickatina, Cellski, Rappin 4Tay, Equipto, DenGee, and array of many more. In addition, YG has worked with lyrical talents like: Chunk, Equipto, San Quinn, Big Rich, Gigalo Gee, Hugh E.M.C., Bored Stiff, Akil, S-Five, Mint Rock, and many more. Also, YG has shared the stage with artists such as: Ice T, Rodney O & D.J. Joe Cooley, Marvelous and D.J. Cash Money, , M.C. Ant, Andre Nickatina, Hugh E.M.C., Rappin’4Tay, San Quinn, Equipto, Mike Marshall, and a host of others. YG has earned a reputation for being one of San Francisco’s Mixtape Legends with material reaching the public of Japan, Russia, Switzerland, and all over the United States. Although YG's mixtapes contained some mature language, his recording entitled "Delicate" was actually the last time he ever used profane lyrics in any of his tracks which broadens his listening audience to everyone. To thicken his position, YG was the last artist ever to record in the legendary Data Stream Studios at Hyde Street Studios where legends such as Paris and Spice 1 have recorded and produced gold hits. As if his resume wasn't impressive already, Sick YG has recorded three songs for the video game presented by Platinum Games and SEGA for the NINTENDO Wii console entitled: MADWORLD, one of the first mature titles on the Wii. YG himself has a digital album entitled: Genuine Article (The Early Edition) available exclusively online.
Sick YG has been scouted upon by many labels for some time now. He states, " I felt like I had a lot to offer the industry but didn't feel like the time was right to sign to any labels. I made a personal vow to hit the industry hard when I was ready. And now I'm ready!" With the potential to be amongst the greats, Tokyo's number 1 radio station took notice and contacted Sick YG. Not only until YG show and proved his ability to be ranked amongst the elite did Joint One Radio setup a meeting to actually sign Sick YG. To add to his already impressive resume, YG was the FIRST "Bay Area" artist to be submitted into heavy rotation on the radio in Japan which definitely solidifies his legendary status. Currently, Sick YG is signed to Shima Sounds/Joint One LLC. which holds its headquarter office in Japan with sublet offices in South Pasadena, Los Angeles, and San Francisco.
The Official MADWORLD Soundtrack
There are actually a total of 20 tracks on the MADWORLD soundtrack, featuring seven extremely talented artists that range from legendary status to top prospect caliber featuring Sick YG, Ox, Optimus, Doujah Raze, Bandy Leggz, S.O.U.L. Purpose, and Wordsmith. The tracks are all original songs that Platinum Games produced for the game. Platinum Games produced the backing tracks (or the beats) and then would hand them off to the talented artists to get their performances. It was a pretty big challenge, especially as it was their first time with this kind of collaboration; but, it turned out to be extremely successful.
SEGA and Platinum Games are producing an official MADWORLD Original Soundtrack! It will have all twenty tracks on it, all mastered by a really talented engineer so you can get away from the game consoles sound and step up into pristine sound quality.
Accolades
Featured Artist On Japan's #1 Hip Hop Station's Website (Joint One Radio)
The First San Francisco Hip Hop Artist To Ever Be Presented In A Worldwide Video Game Release (MADWORLD)
The First Artist To Ever Perform For The Omega Boys Club
The First Bay Area Artist To Be Submitted Into Heavy Rotation On Japan Radio
The Third Bay Area Hip Hop Artist To Ever Be Presented In A Worldwide Video Game Release (E-40 and Keak Da Sneak being the first two on a game presented by Def Jam entitled: ICON
Album Credits
Sick YG "Manchild In The Promised Land" (International Mixtape CD 2001)
Equipto "For The Record" (Compilation 2002)
JT The Bigga Figga Presents... Young Rome: Hustlin' Rap (2003)
The Conglomerade "Dosia Bluntz And Hip Hop Tapez (Compilation 2006)
Sick YG "Genuine Article: The Early Edition" (2007)
Equipto "On My Downtime" (2007)
Equipto "4 Ever In A Day" (2008)
The Conglomerade "Street Connections" (Compilation 2008)
Bored Stiff "The Sad Truth" (2008)
Sick YG "Furious Styles" (EP 2009)
Platinum Games And SEGA Presents... MADWORLD Original Soundtrack (2009)

This new Halo novel is still being written. It is about five spartans traveling the galaxy to stop many threats, like the Flood, the Covenant, and the Covenant Heretics, like Sesa 'Refumee. The five spartans: Carlos Manning; Isaac Hannaford; Kevin Bower; Oliver Anderson, Andrew Hudson. The main story takes place on a planet at the very edge of the galaxy, called Axxon VII. Later in the novel, all sides, Flood, Covenant, Heretic, and UNSC end up on the desert planet of Axxon VII, in a huge battle for control of an experimental lab, containing information unknown to all sides except UNSC, which has studies of many races of people, creatures, and aliens from across the galaxy. At the end, only two of the spartans survive the long journey, and with Carlos, and an AI unit name Juliana, has helped Carlos through many parts of battles. After this novel, a sequel called Halo: The ODST renegade, will be written. This novel takes place on many planets and battlefields, such as Hesiod, Axxon VII, in bare space, and other locations.

Drew Money aka Andrew Thielk was born in Ann Arbor, Michigan on December 4th 1982.He is a music producer/engineer specializing in pop, rap, and rock music, known for his innovative sound designs, hard-hitting drums, and creative programming.
Discography
Jay-Z American Gangster - "Hello Brooklyn 2.0" (engineer, programmer)
Chris Brown ft. Kanye West Exclusive - "Down" (engineer, programmer)
Trick Daddy ft. 8Ball and Trey Songz Back By Thug Demand - "So High" (engineer)
Playas Circle Supply & Demand - "Outlaw" (engineer, programmer)
Shaggy Intoxication - "Church Heathen" (engineer)
Spensha Baker Outloud! (engineer)
Dipset More Than Music - "Get Down" (producer)
Cam'Ron Killa Season - "Killa Cam Intro" (producer)
JR Writer ft. Paul Wall History In the Making "That's a Bet" (producer)
S.A.S Streets All Salute - "On 'Dem Roads", "Dipset All Day" (producer)
Early Years
Drew Money received his first guitar when he was 11 years old where he honed his skills playing all the latest alternative rock songs and classics. He later went on to play jazz guitar in his school jazz band where provided both rhythm and lead guitar. In the late 90's Drew began making the transition from musician to beatmaker producing beats for several local rap artists.
School
Between 2003-2004 Drew Money received his degree in recording arts from Full Sail Real World Education in Orlando, Fl. During this time he was introduced to his current manager Spliff of Spliffington Management. While going to classes all day and night, Money managed to produce several songs for Cam'Ron, Juelz Santana, and other Dipset Members including his first single and video for the song "Get Down" (Dipset More Than Music Diplomat/Koch Records) under the alias Pro V. Working closely with Spliff he went on to produce more songs for Dipset such as "That's a Bet" (JR Writer ft. Paul Wall), "Killa Intro" off Cam'Ron's Killa Seaon LP , as well as music for the video game NBA Ballers 2.
Work History
In 2005, Drew took an internship at Circle House Studios where he quickly moved up the ranks to assistant engineer and recording engineer. Here he worked with several major artists and producers such as Trick Daddy, Shaggy, Pretty Ricky, Bigg D, Cool & Dre, Lil Wayne and others. In 2006 he left Circle House to work for producer Bigg D as engineer and programmer.
Over the next few years he worked with Bigg D on the following records:
•Trick Daddy ft. 8-Ball, Trey Songz - "So High" (engineer)
•8Ball & MJG - "Ridin' High" (engineer)
•Playaz Circle - "Outlaw" (engineer/programming)
•Chris Brown ft. Kanye West - "Down" (engineer/programming)
•Jay-Z ft. Lil Wayne - "Hello Brooklyn 2.0" (engineer/programming)
•Spensha Baker - "Hold On" (engineer)
Grammy's
In 2009, Drew Money worked on 2 Grammy nominated albums:
•Shaggy Intoxication nominated for Best Reggae Album
•Jay-Z American Gangster nominated for Best Rap Album
Equipment
Drew has been known to use an MPC 2500 for drum programming using sounds from his vast library of samples and kits, but also uses Pro Tools to arrange and edit. He mostly uses his Floyd Rose Redmond 3 guitar with 10 gauge speedloader strings, using a variety of amplification units including Roland JC-120's, Marshalls and Bugera amps as well as amp simulators like the Line 6 Pod, Pod XT Live, and AmpFarm. He also exclusively uses orange 1.14mm Brain picks. For acoustic parts he uses the Ibanez AE10n nylon string guitar.