After dropping out of high school at 16 and leaving home to work, write and record music, he honed his moving lyrical style on the 2010 mixtape, Young, Broke, and Infamous. With each subsequent release, including his offerings as Young Sinatra, he earned further recognition in the East Coast underground community and eventually the national scene. By the time he dropped his first studio album, Under Pressure, with Def Jam and Visionary Music Group in 2014, he had earned widespread acclaim as one of the more powerful, original voices of his generation.