MattY (Rapper)

MattY was born on the 6th of September 1994 in East-London, UK. MattY parents were both Teen parents, with his mother only being 15 years old. MattY moved up to Derby, to live with his great-grandparents, after his father commited suicide, and his mother was sentenced to 7 years in prison for drug dealing. MattY's great-grandparents were still quite 'young' when he went up to them, he was only 3 years old, and they were in their early 60's. They supplied him with enough money to start his musical career at 15 years old. MattY has recently released his first mixtape and has toured on the Warped! Tour around America.
Name 	MattY
Birth Name 	Matthew James Young
Born 	September 6th 1994
Instruments 	Vocals; Keyboard/Piano; Guitar; Decks
Genre 	Rap/Grime/Hip-Hop
Years Active 	2009-Active
Label 	
Hot Eye Records (2010)
Shooting Star Records/MOFM (2011)
Associated Acts	Michelle Green; Eric Quillington; Alicia Lena
===Early Life===
MattY was born in East London to his 15 year old mother and his 18 year old father - on September 6th 1994. His dad was involved in gangs from the age of 12 and had been known to be regularly involved in crime, and when MattY reached the age of 3 his father jumped off a bridge whilst under the influences of drugs and died. This lead his mother - now only 18 herself to become dependent on Alcohol due to depression. She was in a bad state and regularly had a different man in her bed. MattY's mother was arrested and sentenced to 7 years inside for supplying drugs. MattY was then sent to his mothers grandparents - who were in their early 60s - as neither of his grandparents wanted anything to do with him. That is why he is based in derby. MattY's mother has since come out of jail but has not tried to claim him back and he has not tried to make contact with her either.
Whilst MattY was up in derby he was arrested for possessing a knife at the age of 12 but was let off with a warning, he has not since carried one and has had no further meetings with the police. This is mainly due to his interest in music and how it has kept him off of the streets and doing something productive.
===Music Career===
====Fresh Face====
MattY started his musical career in mid-2010, releasing a promo single called High and Dry. This track was recognised by BBC Radio 1xtra, and they got him to come onto the show. MattY quickly became a fan favourite with Rap/Grime/Hip-Hop fans. Eventually MattY released his first proper single; it was a collaboration with another very young and fresh artist - Michelle Green - called Shooting Star. This track was not only a hit with his small group of fans who had heard of him at Radio 1xtra, but it also gained him success mainstream, with the track reaching a high of 7th in the Top 20 Weekly Airplay Charts
MattY quickly became known by many people, and his second single was recieved with even more praise than his debut. Shoot to Kill was - and still is - MattY's biggest hit so far. MattY did this track with, none other than Infinite front-man Eric Quillington. When the collaboration was announced, people where unsure as to how it would go, with both artists being from quite different genres. But, Shoot to Kill reached a massive 5th on the Top 20 Weekly Airplay Chart
Not long after MattY released his debut album - Fresh Face. The album was recieved with mixed views, as many thought that a lot of th album tracks were not as good as the singles. It wasn't long until MattY went and released the third and final single from his debut album. This track was - surprisingly - another collaboration. Stand Your Ground was MattY's third single from his debut album, and it featured contravercial artist Brittany Knox, who at the time seemed to be taking the world by storm. This single surprisingly did the least well of the three, with it only reaching a maximum of 8th in the Top 20 Weekly Airplay Chart.
====Cancelled Second Album Release====
MattY started work on his second album almost as soon as Stand Your Ground had been released. With it only being a couple of weeks until he released his first single from the follow-up album, which this time featured massive, American artist: Alicia Lena! This track is yet to chart due to the Top 20 Weekly Airplay Chart being down for a while.
MattY halted the production of his second album, as he said that he was "not feeling it at the moment".
====FreshMixx Mixtape====
MattY decided that since he didn't want to produce his album just yet he would release a Mixtape instead. This mixtape is to feature songs that MattY himself has featured in and new songs that he has done with other Rappers. The mixtape is said to be free to download or all of the profits will go to charity.
===Additional Information===
MattY has worked with many other artists; such as Michelle Green; Eric Quillington; Glamazon; Brittany Knoxville; Ang3licD3vil; Ugenia; Heavy Punisher, Alicia Lena and more recently; Jay-C and EmCee. More recently, MattY has decided to become a producer, and has worked on Ugenia's debut album Like a Circus; a track on Stacey Walton's EP Me and My Friends (Make Sweet Music called, I Thought I Loved You, It Was Just How You Looked In The Night which also feature Joe Lee Dayton. MattY also worked on a Saviour's fourth album - IV - after a chance meeting with Johnny Johnson. He is rumoured to be working on Hard Sugars Debut album, and also with former Ang3licD3vil member, Cherise Darwin, on her upcoming debut solo album.
===Other Projects===
====MattYProduction====
MattYProduction is a small production company, created by young rap artist MattY. He aims to help other artists with their music. MattY requires no money from these artist, just to spread the word of MattYProduction.
====Charity Mixtape====
MattY released a Mixtape at the end of 2010, and all of the money gained from this Mixtape went towards Great Ormand Street Childrens Hospital. MattY is to release a single from the mixtape and all of the money from this will go to Great Ormands as well.
====Monk On Fire Music====
Monk On Fire Music is a record label co-owned by Daniel Antherstein and MattY. Antherstein was advertising for someone else to help him create a label and MattY saw the chance and took the opportunity. MattY was dropped from the label in 2011 weeks before it's closing. He is currently unsigned.
===Personal Life===
MattY currently resides in Camden, London after buying a flat down there. MattY's 'gramps' (his great-grandfather) died earlier this year and that is what gave him the inspiration for his fourth single - ''Close To Tears". 
MattY is regularly associated with young singer Michelle Green, but both of them insist that they are not together, although neither have said that they would not want to be.
===Tours===
====FreshMixx Tour====
MattY's first headline tour - The FreshMixx Tour is happening throught November 2010, and after a break is back on in February to continue with the European leg of the tour. MattY has brought two American Rappers over from the states to open for him - EmCee and Jay-C.
====Warped! Tour====
MattY will be on the Studio60 stage at the Warped! Tour, over in the states. MattY will be in a tour bus with Blank Generation and Two Equals Three.
===Awards===
====Chaos Awards (November 2010)====
=====Nominations=====
MattY was nominated for 4 awards at the Chaos Awards; these being: Best Newcomer; Best Solo Artist (Male); Best Single (Shooting Stars ft. Michelle Green) and Sexiest Male. He did not win any of the awards.
===Discography===
====Albums====
Fresh Face (2010)
TBA (2012)
====Mixtapes====
FreshMixx (2010)
====Singles====
Song 	Max Chart Position	Album/Mixtape
High and Dry 	Didn't Chart 	None
Shooting Star (ft. Michelle Green) 	7th 	Fresh Face
Shoot To Kill (ft. Eric Quillington) 	5th 	Fresh Face
Stand Your Ground (ft. Brittany Knox)	8th 	Fresh Face
Close To Tears (ft. Alicia Lena) 	1st 	Album 2
Enemy 	3rd 	FreshMixx
Hold On 	Not Yet Charted 	FreshMixx
Christmix 	Not Yet Charted 	None
Category:Artists
Category:Hip-Hop