Carty-Yeah
Carty-Yeah is a Hip hop artist from Washington, D.C.
Carty-Yeah was born Bryan Barbee on August 25, 1982 to Sherri (a former singer for Rare Essence) and Anthony in Durham, North Carolina. At a young age, Carty-Yeah moved to around between North Carolina, New York, D.C. and Maryland. After attending many schools, Carty finally graduated from Largo High School in Prince George's County, MD.
In 2000, while still in high school, at the age of 16, Carty-Yeah joined up with MO C.H.I.P.S., Concept and A-Dash-Be-EZ as a member of D.C.'s own popular underground hip-hop triumverate,The Rhat Pack.
In 2001 Carty-yeah competed in Baltimore's 92Q Jams Cyphas; after winning 12 straight-weeks in a row, the radio station retired the seventeen-year old rapper as 'Cypha Champ'.
In 2002 Carty-Yeah won the Nas One Mic Competition. That same year, started battling for “Mic Champ” title for Washington, D.C.'s WPGC 95.5 Friday Night Mic Fights, holding it for several weeks at a time. In 2005, WPGC became the second radio station to retire Carty-Yeah as the Champ after the young star won every battle for seven months straight.
Carty-Yeah took a year off after the WPGC battles; in 2007 he was back on his grind, working on transitioning his battle-rap style into songs. In February, 2008, he released a CD Sampler titled “Black N Mild CD Sampler”, hosted by DJ Incredible and Billy Blass of Vintage Beats. The sampler featured the song “Black and Mild”, which instantly found success on both 93.9 WKYS and 95.5 WPGC.“Couple Dollas”, a smooth rap serenade to a stripper, was the second single on the CD and is almost at the same point of cult status as “Black N Mild”. In April 2008, Carty-Yeah released a remix version of “Black N Mild” with D.C. Go go band New Impressions. All three songs have been featured on mixtapes by DJ Kash Monee, DJ Heat, DJ Twizt and Raw & Uncut Radio's World Wide Connection.
Discography:
Meal Ticket (2009 debut album)
Singles:
2007 “Black N Mild”
2008 “Black N Mild feat. New Impressions” (go-go version)
2008 “Couple Dollas”
Mixtapes:
2008: Black N Mild CD Sampler
2004: Da Rhat Pack