Young Grown Nation

The Young Grown Nation, abbreviated (YGN) is an American Rap-Collective and Label originating in the Alamance County area of North Carolina, presumably in either Graham or Burlington. 
It was founded by lifelong "family", couple YGN Squadz and YGN Knucklz, cousins YGN KGlockz and YGN Sinnerz, and YGN Dripmasterz. The group is well-known for its themes of depression, mental-illness and other controversial topics.
== History ==
(Work in Progress/Authenticity Checks) 
=== Early Days/pre-YGN ===
==== Squadz & Knucklz (2008) ====
The earliest known history of two non-relatives of future YGN meeting was at Carolina beach in either June or July of 2008. Robb N. Graves (Squadz) would meet a girl named Ezzy (Knucklz) after she was offering to share a boogeyboard that was initially supposed to be used by her cousin, Caden. 
After agreeing, the two would become friends at the beach, and even hang out at the hotel pool afterwards, before bidding what was thought a permanent farewell. The irony was both lived in the Alamance-Burlington area, but Ezzy was attending Grove Park Elementary, while Robb was at Audrey-Garrett Elementary. 
In 2011, the two reunited, and after a three year gap, it was believed mutually by the two fate brought them together, a strong belief that carried along with their friendship through its entire run. 
==== KGlockz, Sinnerz & Squadz ====
Second cousins Kris Garcia (KGlockz) and Shadow White (Sinnerz) were already affiliated from birth, so their origins is more than obvious. 
Shadow and Kris first attended South Graham Elementary in 2010. During this point, Shadow was nervous and had little friends besides Kris, although Kris was already semi-familiar with Eric Tracey (KTrazz) at the time, and occasionally hung around him, albeit not as friends yet. 
One day, towards the end of the kindergarten year, Shadow would meet third grader Robbie Graves in early April, and soon became friends with the older kid, who was somewhat considered his wise, role-model like guide through the early years. Historically, Robb was Shadow's first real friend, and although Robb doesn't agree that he was "wise" and backs up he was chaotic and reckless during the early years, that charm made him and Shadow a mentor/protege like friendship to become Lords of Chaos. 
A month later, Shadow would introduce Robb to his cousin, Kris Garcia, which that friendship took off well too, quickly leaving a trio of conflicted, rebellious students with a notorious, chaotic spree of unpredictable antics. 
The three would then spend the entire summer hanging out, doing sleepovers, camping, and all other antics their youth called for, becoming "bffs" during summer 2011. Notably, they were extremely fascinated with Minecraft, GTA 4, Left 4 Dead and others. 
==== KGlockz, Dripmasterz, Squadz, ====
One day, in July of 2011 after the beginning of a new semester, Kris would make friends with a random fourth grader who would habitually sit next to him on the bus to and from school. This kid was Phil N. Graves (he adopted the name later). They would soon begin hanging out in school, during breakfast, at lunch, in the hallways before class and even on the playground.
Robbie was already familiar with Phil, albeit they did not interact; coincidentally, they were in the same class for fourth grade, but Robbie thought of him as snobbish, cocky and unpleasant at first. Their initial introduction was tense, as Robb had a very low interest in making additional friends, much less being "forced" in the same presence of others he didn't want to meet beforehand. Later on, however, they would hit off and start hanging out afterschool together, forming up a quad together, but during this point, Robb and Phil would become extremely close, almost to the jealousy of Shadow and Kris, though they all managed to coexist peacefully and would make a specific playground tower their own "clubhouse" where they always met during recess. 
Shadow and Phil's relationship was less explored than their chemistry with the other two in the quad, but it was noted both were extremely close, especially when put to the test in future instances. 
==== KGlockz, Sinnerz, Dripmasterz and Knucklz ====
After Ezzy was reunited with Robb during an afterschool program during fourth grade, she would be introduced to the quad. Initially, the other three were reluctant to hang out with her, due to her being a girl and the initial impression the club was a "boys only" membership. 
Despite this, she would impress them during basketball practice hanging out with the four later, which made a really great impression on Kris who was a basketball fanatic. This would soon lead to the two forming a friendship, which was soon happily accepted by Shadow, and although Phil was never openly against the idea of tolerating her presence, he welcomed her regardless, starting a permanent five-person club. 
==== Association of Aide4Raidz ====
AJ Nelson was a complicated member of the group and future YGN. He was already acquainted with Robbie, as the two had a shared mainstream class in 3rd grade, but their interactions were more of a classroom demeanor than outright friendship. 
In 2011, he was brought into the focus slightly more, when be began hanging around the squad more frequently as the unofficial sixth member, but he was never ultimately labelled a member. 
His role greatly increased when 5th grade began, in which the only time he, Robb, Phil and Ezzy shared a class. This would lead to him soon taking part in hanging out with the squad outside of school on special occasions, even taking part in some of their ventures, such as to the skating rink or the pool, etc. 
AJ was at points considered a person close friend to everyone, rather than being just another friend everyone hung around, and he would often be considered both a bully, yet guardian of his peers, due to his buff, toughguy personality come middle-school and so forth. 
==== Association of DeKodez ====
Meechy was considered the right-hand-man of Kris, although Angelo (KSlayez) often took that role, leading to a quarrel between the trio plus Eric (KTrazz) throughout their youth. Despite this, unlike the other two, Meechy was a friend to the other members of Kris' friendgroup from the beginning, albeit the extent he had wasn't as large and more often than not, he was just a "school friend" due to his status as a classmate to Kris and Angelo for a majority of first grade and so on. 
His friendship with everyone else was often put to the test, as not only were his appearances with the other four outside of school uncommon, his infrequency to speak was often taken as a cold shoulder, and others felt like he was uncomfortable around them and didn't typically invite him out of what they thought was for his own benefit, rather than the fact he just naturally was quiet and did not like to show his face.
==== Association of Kaigez ====
Kaige Yoder is half-siblings with Shadow White, and both are second-cousins with Kris Garcia. 
Although she went to the same school with Shadow and Kris until her graduation, and with Robbie, Phil and Ezzy until they left for middle-school, she did not actively persue friendship with them, and mostly stuck to her own friends, but did also points hang out with the squad, albeit not unanimously preferred, and was mostly forced to out of being related to Shadow the most. 
As such, while she is considered an early member of YGN, she wasn't one of "the guys" and mostly just made sporadic appearances throughout the sprouting stages of YGN. 
==== Association of Queen L ====
Queenie is the first-cousin considered blood sister to Robbie. Unlike the others named on this list, she was never considered either a member of the squad, nor a part of the YGN at any point of her life, and was always independent.
Despite this, she did tag along with the antics of the squad throughout their childhoods, and was in those early days extremely close to the others, albeit that impact has long faded, and she wouldn't be considered more than an old acquaintance in today's standards. 
Her appearances and role in the forming YGN varied, although she was merely a guest appearance usually brought along by special request of her cousin Robbie, who was like a brother/sister relationship since day one.
=== Origins of Music Career (2012) ===
In 2012, the squad was already purely best-frienda with everything set out for them. Robb and Phil were now raised like brothers, with their sisters Ezzy and (sometimes) Queenie, with Kris and Shadow being their nephews. 
They had always been music fanatics, but would begin to try making actual recordings in their very early days, though not seriously and more of just for fun. This was first done in early 2012, as either Robb or Phil would use a FlipPhone's record-audio feature, and record themselves covering songs, with the karaoke instrumentals being played on a laptop in the background; all of the five would take turns making covers, and this was considered their pioneering days in music.
One of the many things they learned through influence, was covering KISS, Black Sabbath, Linkin Park, Breaking Benjamin, Asking Alexandria, Bring me the Horizon and other rock/metal bands influenced by AJ and Ezzy. Later on, they started exploring even darker music ventures, such as Mayhem and Marilyn Manson, and despite the darker themes, none of the 6 were ever squeamish and once were even reprimanded for singing the songs from Mayhem or Marilyn Manson in school. 
There was cited that at this point, they started all listening to Insane Clown Posse, and bringing its themes into their lifestyle, listening to it heavily on IPods and MP3 players. Before long, they were unknowingly unfolding into punks, with Robbie, Ezzy, AJ and Shadow taking those themes to heart the most. 
=== Previous Labels, Music Projects & Downfalls ===
==== Onshot Music Group (November 2019 - August 2020) ====
Kristian Garcia was the very first of the squad to persue an official music career, debuting as Lil Ghosty and releasing his first solo, 'Sick' at the end of November.
At the time, all of the squad wanted to persue music, Robbie most of all, but never had the encouragment to join as he'd fascinated too much about a grand debut with his at-the-time girlfriend DJ Cat. 
Ghosty would start his own "label", the Onshot Music Group, which was joined by Phil Graves, who never had the chance to make music on the label, but was known as B3TA Onshot. Ghosty would initially domineer the Alamance County music scene (or so he was accepted locally as having done so) with his growing music career and label. Although initially well acclaimed and beloved by the local scene, critics outside would heavily batter the Onshot Group with negative feedback, mostly directed to Ghosty's stuttering, mumbling, lack of mixing and lyrics making little sense. 
The initial success of Onshot was soon fading out, as it was one of a kind for being the closest to a true label in a cultureless dump (Alamance County) and soon it was reduced to nothing. The taste of stardom didn't leave Ghosty, who would soon abandon the development process of careers for RoboOnshot (W0LF RUNNER), BunnyOnshot (PatDSnutz), and even B3TAOnshot, who never even started his own music career as promised, as Ghosty (aka GalaxyOnshot) put his "grand debut" as a "partner in crime" on hold, seeing his own "potential" and neglecting everyone else's, leaving them trapped in a pointless music project. 
Two other proteges on the label, GunnerOnshot and SmokeOnshot quit music entirely outside of Onshot, and have yet to emerge after 4 years. 
The collapse of Onshot was completely acknowledged with B3TA Onshot leaving in July; this was potentially caused by B3TA leaving to date Galaxy's girlfriend Nicole to spite him over "mistreatment and lies" during his 9 month tenure in Onshot, she would end up cheating on Ghosty with B3TA. 
This incident completely shattered their friendship, and they never truly recovered from it, even years after the breakup, and with his departure meant the end of Onshot. During this point, B3TA would join Young Rich Nation, and choose the new moniker Lil Drxp. 
==== Young Rich Nation (February 2020 - June 2021) ====
The act of Kris starting up his own label and music career was followed up by Robb in February 2020 after breaking up with DJ Cat, and he would co-found a music label with an affiliate from March 2019, Josh Griener. Robb was already known as Young Squadz since 2017, although did not make music professionally aside from random unreleased freestyles or music covers, and Josh would make his stage-name Young Vibez to mimick Squadz. 
Although Kris had his own label and was known as Lil Ghosty now, Young Squadz didn't want to join Onshot Music Group as a means of maintaining a leadership position; he was the oldest and well-regarded as leader of the squad they grew up with, so he preferred to maintain leadership at all costs. Despite this, him and Ghosty were still extremely close, and did not rival eachother either as artists or as labels. 
Squadz would finally his debut in early March, with the song 'Alone'. 
Phil would leave Onshot, dropping the moniker 'B3TA Onshot' and choosing the new stage-name 'Lil Drxp', and was welcomed into Young Rich Nation in October 2020. He recorded his first ever song as a verse on a song with Young Squadz, Young Vibez and Lil Foxy called "It's all Over" which was recorded in June at Vibez' house, and a song with Squadz and Juvie Kidd in August, all of which were set to release after his debut in October as an admin, due to his position with Squadz. 
Officially, the two songs of his debut were unreleased for a lengthy period, as both Young Vibez and Lil Foxy were killed in a drive-by shooting on November 10, 2020, and Drxp would be arrested soon after, initially in connection to a seperate crime of domestic-violence with Nicole, but would ultimately be charged as a suspect in the murder until being dropped as a suspect in March 2021. 
Shadow had joined in December 2020 as YRN Rambo, but did not record anything. 
With Vibez and Foxy's demise, Squadz retired from YRN leadership and maintained a new position as owner, giving the label over to the Graham Administration who won a leadership election against Juvie Kidd. 
Soon, Ghosty now wanted to join YRN, as Drxp was forbidden a reentry based on YRN's fear of him based on the fact he was never acquitted of the murders or domestic violence, only dropped based on lack of evidence/witnesses, Ghosty and Drxp mutually did not want to affiliate with eachother in business most of all. (His termination from YRN was another reason his debut songs went unreleased for some time) 
Ghosty joined YRN in March 2021, and only released one song under the label titled 'Moonlight' before going on a three year hiatus. 
The YRN was going strong until the Owen Hinton Scandal, in which Lil Drxp would be involved in the kidnapping of member Owen Hinton, aka YRN Bombz, which would lead to a massive controversy that vilified the label's reputation, lead to the downfall of the Graham Administration and a complete restructure after Connor 'Ghost' Graham was impeached as leader on June 27, 2021. (Not entirely because of the scandal, but a highly contributing factor) 
YRN Rambo and YRN Ghosty left immediately after the scandal, and Squadz would ultimately withdraw his involvement in the label after the breakup of the Graham Administration. 
=== Development and Birth of YGN (October 2021) ===
=== Hobbies ===
The YGN have a decent circle of hobbies, though their primary interests are music and gaming.
=== Music-Label ===
Young Grown Nation aspires to be a label that acquires up and coming horrorcore, emo and alternative singers and rappers, helping them grow into more notable and successful faces. Only the inner-circle, and ride-or-die for the founders are permitted to bear the 'YGN' bumper in their stage-name.
The label helps find beats, ghostwrite (to aide in writers-block), promotes and mixes for artists signed off on the label itself. Also, the YGN 'legacy program', ran by Knucklz and Squadz, is in place to upload posthumous content on any associated acts in the likelihood of demise during their contract. It is currently used for former YRN acts, and three of the four Graham Bros; Brad and Ricky of YRN, and Dennis of YGN.
The YGN circulates its themes around many topics, notably; money, drugs, sex, depression, anxiety, mental-illness, the supernatural, and often extremely graphic content, such as rape, murder, torture, cannibalism, kidnapping and child-murders. However, occasionally, the topics can transition into fashion, luxury and strive, "by all means necessary". 
=== Gaming ===
The YGN gaming is often hosted by differing members, and often excludes Knucklz and Kaige; with Knucklz' lack of internet, she was never apart of the streams, and Kaige has only been known to play Minecraft on minimum circumstances. 
The games often streamed by the crew, are 'GTA Online', 'Warzone', 'Rainbow 6 Siege', 'Call of Duty: Cold War', Battlefield IV + V'. Other former titles were 'Sea of Thieves', 'Minecraft', 'Friday the 13: The Game', 'Dead by Daylight' and '7 Days to Die'. These titles have sporadic returns, but are not of the primary playlist.
=== Urban Explorations ===
Lead by YGN Squadz, YGN Dripmasterz and formerly Lil Paytrain and YGN Bombz, the Young Grown Nation has recordings of their urban explorations, most especially in places that bore "haunted" reputations. Although the only full-length explorations are of the 'Culp Weaving' and 'Holt-Tabardrey' Mills, both Squadz, Drip and Paytrain would explore the previously mentioned, along with the Tarheel Army Missile Plant and Bellemont Cotton Mill, none of which were recorded, and Paytrain is never featured in the videos, with the exception of a snippet atop the TAMP roof. 
=== Vlogs ===
The YGN intend to release more vlogs of the crew bonding, with satirical, slapstick and other related videos.
== Personnel ==
This is not the entire lineup/only to name a few. 
* YGN Squadz (leader, co-founder, rapper, manager, coordinator)
* YGN Dripmasterz (second-in-command, co-founder, rapper, coordinator)
* YGN KGlockz (co-founder, rapper) 
* YGN Sinnerz (co-founder, rapper)
* DJ DeKodez (disk-jockey, producer, mixer/masterer)
* YGN Aide4Raidz (rapper, security)
* YGN Sneekz (security)
* YGN RMindz (security)
* KSlayez (rapper)
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* YGN Raidaz (security)
* YGN Kaigez (merch development)
* YGN Altbogz (security)
* YGN Gincapz (security)
* YGN Bluz (aspiring rapper) 
* Biden's Assassin (rapper)
* LiiT PARK3R (rapper)
* Moxley (singer, rapper) 
* Count Vixen, MMXI (singer, rapper) 
* GunmetalJXRL (rapper)
* DEAD PRXPHET (rapper)
* Apollo Jr. (producer)
* Little Boat Jr. (producer)
* 336Carli (singer)
* 336Addy (singer)
=== Former Personnel ===
* Madd Nightmare (singer, rapper; deceased) 
* YGN Knucklz (co-leader, co-founder, singer; terminated following scandal) 
* Lil Soulnexx (singer; deceased) 
* Tha Ghost (singer, rapper, cameraman; terminated following criminal charges) 
* DCnasty (rapper; terminated following incarceration)
* KTrazz (rapper; deceased) 
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