Yazz The Greatest is an actor and rapper. He has appeared at a variety of music festivals on the east coast, including Jay Z’s Made in America Festival, The Roots’ Picnic Festival, and Power 99FM’s Powerhouse concert. Yazz The Greatest has worked with rappers like Fabolous and 2 Chainz, along with Serayah and Jussie Smollett. His tracks have hit the... read full bio
Yotto is a DJ, songwriter, and record producer from Finland. He has released one studio album, “Hyperfall”, and several EPs. In addition, Yotto has also remixed several songs from various artists some of which include, Gorillaz, Coldplay, Above & Beyond, M83, London Grammar, Pierce Fulton, and many more. Some of his most popular songs include, “North”, “The Owls”, “Wondering”, “Fire... read full bio
Yusef Salaam was wrongfully convicted along with four other teens for a crime they didn’t commit. They became known as the Central Park Five and at the time, Salaam was only 15 years old when his life was changed forever. The Central Park Five spent between seven and 13 years of their lives behind bars before their sentences were overturned.... read full bio
Yella Beezy is an American rapper from Dallas, Texas. Growing up, Beezy was influenced by artists like UGK, Boosie Badazz, Cash Money, and Kevin Gates. He started writing his own lyrics by 9 years old and dropped his first mixtape at 14. A few years later he went on to released his second mixtape, “Lil Yella Mane” which was followed... read full bio
Yong Khao is an entrepreneur, and educator who is the Foundation Distinguished Professor in the School of Education at the University of Kansas and who has been a professor in Educational Leadership at the Melbourne Graduate School of Education in Australia. Through his work as an educator, Khao has previously been the Presidential Chair, Associate Dean and Director of the... read full bio
YDE is an up-and-coming singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and actress who was born in Australia and based out of Los Angeles. YDE is a modern Rockstar and sets to break every mold. Through her music, YDE has a sharp perspective, fearless honesty and earth-quaking vocals. YDE originally began her career in acting and was featured in Netflix and Nickelodeon shows and was... read full bio
Yppah (pronounced "Yippah"), also known as Joe Corrales, Jr., released his debut album You Are Beautiful At All Times in 2006. His magnificent debut is a luscious blend of beautiful, often melancholy electronica, breakbeat drum samples, and shoegazed melodies arranged in an evocative soundscape. Yppah’s music frequently combines guitars shoved through massive reverbs/delays, keyboards/synthesizers, live drums, and other techniques, drawing on... read full bio
Seattle-based cascadian elemental & alchemical electronic music duo YAIMA has been active for a while. Members Mas Higasa (guitar, flutes, handpan) and Pepper Proud (vocals), who create a precisely tuned container for their audience, weave a complex and calming musical journey, spanning soundscapes with a familiar yet ancient tune—a genuinely magical encounter. YAIMA's concerts have been praised for "taking the... read full bio
Vancouver-based and born in Kaifeng, composer, DJ and sound artist Yu Su makes music. Yu Su's emotionally charged creative punches are best characterized as organically groovy jazz-bient voyages between coastlines, drawing from a wide range of "forth world" ambience and left-field dance music. Her delicate, dub-inflected trademark strikes a delicate balance between a variety of luminous and wistful downtempo textures. She is an... read full bio
The South East London newcomer Yune Pinku combines restless, textured production with melancholy, syrupy vocals that are layered over UK rave-inspired music. Yunè Pinku has been creating music out of her bedroom for the past four years, only sharing it with her close friends and family. Along with recording herself singing softly, she will often record others yelling on the phone or... read full bio
French-Cameroonian singer, songwriter, producer and mix engineer Marjorie Bassong creates and records her music in her North London bedroom as well as her family's house in France under the alias YAOUNDÉBOXINGCLUB. She was up in Limoges, a university town in west-central France. Her debut EP, I Thought I Knew You, Boy Was I Wrong, was inspired by the coming-of-age films she... read full bio
The music of Brighton-based Youth Sector is a coiled spring of urgency and erratic energy, while the band's lyrics provide some catharsis for the complexity of contemporary adult life. The Brighton quartet, who draw inspiration from art school greats DEVO and Talking Heads, never indulge in melancholy; instead, they manage to turn commonplace stories into joyful, energetic music with catchy choruses... read full bio
The singer, whose parents are from Cameroon and who was born in Quessy, north of Paris, initially came to public attention as a finalist on the French singing competition Nouvelle Star before signing with a big label. When she finally decided to break free from her contract and become an independent artist, she experimented with a more sensual trap-beat sound... read full bio
The Albany trio Young Culture are back with a fresh new album, You Had To Be There, little over a year after the release of their EP Godspeed, which features the upbeat song "Hum" about the delights of being in love. The two songs that served as the record's lead singles—"Tattoo" and "Good Karma," whose melancholy rush of high-octane energy... read full bio
A teenager's body that was 2000 years old and extraordinarily well-preserved due to the peat's acidic properties was discovered in a local bog in the Dutch town of Yde. Her chest and pelvis were nearly dissolving, and her skull had been partially shaved. It's a picture that has stuck with Danish artist Andrea Novel, giving rise to not just her stage... read full bio
Spanish and Latin American music have undergone significant change thanks to YSY A, the pioneering figure of the Argentine Trap genre. His career got off to a fast start when he founded the renowned rap contests "El Quinto Escalon" at the age of just 13; this served as a springboard for other greats like Ducki, WOS, Paulo Londra and Trueno. The... read full bio
The multilingual LGBTQ artist from Paris named YADAM has had a fascinating journey spanning nations and artistic undertakings. YADAM's musical journey began when he was a young boy, studying the violin. He was born in Venezuela, reared in the United States and eventually immigrated to France at the age of 18. However, his love for music was first sparked when he... read full bio
Ben Harris is a producer, DJ, and multi-instrumentalist. His project is called Yemanjo. Harris was up in the culturally diverse Bay Area of California, and his frequent travels have exposed him to a wide variety of global music styles. Yemanjo's sound is a distinctive blend of organic house beats and downtempo music with sounds from the Middle East, Africa and Latin America.... read full bio
Diego Perez, who goes by the pen name "Yung Pueblo," has become a significant voice for our era. With his deep insights on relationships, self-love, self-healing, and the transformational power of self-discovery, he has won over millions of hearts and minds on Instagram and other social media platforms. Yung Pueblo, a poet, meditator, and New York Times bestselling book, has... read full bio
Being a native New Yorker, an Air Force veteran, a victim advocate, and other life events have all steered Yasmine toward healing. She enjoys establishing secure environments where people may come together to heal, develop, and learn. Storytelling starts when people gather in a group, and it is through these exchanges that we discover we are not alone and... read full bio
