YGN Squadz

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"Love is like the lottery; there's plenty of bitches ain't worth a motherfuck, but there's always that chance of finding one that make you feel like a billion." - YGN Squadz, on his relationship with Knucklz, 2021

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### Born

January 15, 2002, Burlington, North Carolina, United States

### Stage Name

* YGN Squadz
* Robb N. Graves
* Young Squadz (formerly)

### Occupation

* Rapper
* Songwriter
* Talent Manager
* Label Manager

### Relatives

* Lil Frosty (godfather/deceased)
* YGN Dripmasterz (godbrother)
* YGN Knucklz (ex-girlfriend)
* Logang (first-cousin)

### Genres

* Horrorcore
* Punk
* Mumble Rap
* Emo Rap
* Drill

### Labels

* YRN (formerly/owner-manager)
* YGN (owner-manager)
* Independent Party

**Nicholas W. King** (born January 15, 2002) is an American rapper, songwriter and talent manager from Burlington, North Carolina, best known professionally as **YGN Squadz,** and formerly, but still occasionally **Young Squadz.** He is best-known as the owner and manager of the Young Grown Nation.

Squadz is 1-5 of the founders of 'Young Rich Nation', the predecessor to what is now 'Young Grown Nation', aka YGN. His leadership over YRN, alongside Young Vibez, was what gained his tactical, financial and critical thinking, and his planning, which developed under mentorship of Lil Frosty, is what lead to him to his current stance as the well-respected and remarkable leader of YGN, which was once co-lead by him and his girlfriend YGN Knucklz, but with her departure from the YGN on September 10, 2022, Squadz would become the sole-leader of YGN.

*Squadz returned to music full-time with the March 8, 2023 collabs 'Keep it Going' and 'Out the Window' that also bid returns of Dripmasterz, KGlockz and Sinnerz. As of now, he's continuing to restructure the YGN, which is now underway to become the biggest rap collective and label in North Carolina.*

## Role in YGN

Squadz is the leader of the Young Grown Nation; being both the manager and owner of the collective-label. He is also the oldest, tallest, most intelligent and fiercest fighter, albeit not the strongest. His cleverness, loyalty and heroic traits have deemed him the most respected and loved out of the YGN, who often coin him the *Hero of the YGN*. He also has been known to aggressively promote and support his fellow artists, is a voice to talk to, often being a voice of reason, motivator, and reliable source to keep his peers in good light.

This being said, his main responsibilities involve not only promotion, but helping organize his YGN, helping develop albums, creating the album covers, mixing songs, organizing a collaboration, and often helping with lyrics when writer's block is done, he also seeks out producers, beats, and video producers for future music videos.

And, he's often the hotspot for his YGN to cut loose; his home is often the residence of many YGN, who often crowd the guest bedroom and living room for lengthy periods. This serves as a spot for the YGN to avoid rent during temporary stays, and avoid the rule-enforced expectations of their primary residence, and often a source of alcohol, bonfires, shooting guns, four-wheeler rides and other activities, most commonly movie nights and gaming sessions, or listening to music, smoking marijuana and rocking out. His right-hand-men YGN Sinnerz and YGN Dripmasterz are always expected to be by his side, especially at his home crashing whenever not out in public, work or other responsibilities.

He's the co-host of the YGN streaming, with the other being YGN KGlockz. It's also noted that Squadz is the *King of Collabs* in terms of his namesake, having an interest in collaborating with his YGN on extreme measures soon enough.

At all points since his childhood, Dripmasterz and KGlockz, and often Sinnerz, have been by his side, with Dripz being the right-hand man of Squadz, and KGlockz being considered the neutral third-leader between Squadz and Knucklz. This is especially noted that whenever out in public, an entourage carries Squadz to his destination, and it should always be expected to meet Dripmasterz along in the entourage.

## History

### Childhood (2002-2011)

Nicholas King was born an only-child on January 15, 2002, after a hookup between two friends with benefits, Jonathan King and Ashley; Nick would prefer the care of his father and paternal grandmother and aunt, rather than his mother and her side of the family, and would go to stay with each parent repeatedly throughout childhood, and was reported to have had "tantrums" over having to stay with his mother, Ashley, who he resented due to mistreatment and neglect. Nick was born with ADHD and Asperger's Syndrome, which left him severely antisocial, quiet and spontaneous, especially in his youth.

For a reasonable period of his life, he would live in Mebane, North Carolina, and after his father, enlisted in the U.S Army (formerly National Guard, prior to transfer into active-service) was deployed, Nick would stay with his grandmother and aunt, the mother and sister of his father, which he cited to have believed in his infant mindset "a safehaven from my mother".

Despite the lack of absence from his father, Nick loved him strongly, and always enjoyed the presence of his side of the family; on April 7, 2003, Franklin King Jr, the older brother of Jonathan, would have a daughter, Logan King, known primarily by her middle-name, Presley. Despite being only cousins, Nick and Presley shared a strong, sibling-like friendship during the early years of their lives. Later in August 2003, Ashley would have a second child, daughter Madison Williams, who was the half-sister of Nick, who was considered a "bully" in his childhood, often roughhousing and harassing both Presley and Madison.

On October 29, 2005, Jonathan King was killed in Afghanistan, which would lead to a lifelong impact on Nick, along with his family, and immediately left a chain of difficulties of custody over Nick, whose paternal grandmother and aunt would fight for custody over him, later succeeding and saving him from a toxic-childhood on his maternal side; although he did not seem "grateful" throughout childhood, he would grow to feel this way after reaching his later years.

Presley King, Madison Williams and Connor King were Nick's primary friends growing up, Connor was the step-brother of Nick until his father's death. They had no biological relation, and their friendship shuttered around 2008-2009 after Connor's caretaker forbid contact with his stepfather's side of the family, while Madison grew distant in the years leading up to 2012, and Presley had remained the only friend of Nick's through infancy to stand by him throughout their years. He had also made temporary friends with Taylor and Trip, nieces of Brian Greene. who was a longtime friend of Nick's father. Both sisters were close with Nick throughout childhood, and hung out most frequently around 2007-2009/10ish.

Having began school in 2007, Nick was extremely agitated, and held a severe attachment towards his grandma, who he called "mom" growing up, and his aunt, Sheila. School was a barrier that took him away from them, and this infuriated him, another driving factor into his resent towards school, though he barely ever acted vicious towards his classmates, but was bratty and unpredictable as a consequence. Due to a move at the time, he was taken out of his first school, E.M Yoder, shortly after Halloween of 2007. He then attended North Graham Elementary; although he had held a higher regard during his kindergarten year finished at the school, first grade emerged problems, primarily with his teacher Ms. Moyers, who excessively singled out and tormented him.

Throughout his childhood, he'd suffer from malnutrition and anorexia, due to his reluctance to eat anything other than snacks. This was ***not*** the blame of either caretakers of him, as both his grandma, aunt and other family would desperately attempt to feed him, even by force if needed. It is unclear as to what lead to his finicky lifestyle, but trauma from his early childhood may have had some form of effect on it, though in later years, Squadz simply remarks most foods are "just stink/disgusting".

Even up until he was 10, Squadz was dangerously underweight, being under 60 pounds, and being the smallest child in all classes up until later middle school. During his 2007-2011 days, he'd frequently survive from drinking Pediasure and Kids Essentials, which were vitamin and growth drinks. This state lasted until sometime after 2013, and although still underweight and flimsy, he's considered "healthier" at the least. His finicky lifestyle still stands, although he's been known to interest in fruits and meats, other than pure junk food.

In 2007-2008, Nick's uncle, Franklin Jr "Frank" (father of Presley), had been arrested and sent into a 5 year stint in prison, for what was believed to have been parole violation. This took a toll on Nick aswell, as Frank had been the first male influence towards Nick growing up after the loss of his father. This later turned focus towards Franklin Sr (Paw Paw), the grandfather of Nick, and father to Nick's father, Jonathan, and uncle Franklin Jr, who was considered a buffoon, and "weird" by most of the family, due to his eccentric and complaining personality, and tendency to be selfish. He was adored by Nick and Presley however, and often gave them rides on his scooter, which was his primary means of transportation, due to a lack of any form of driver's license or automobile in his possession.

The ongoing problem with Nick and the faculty at North Graham, would emerge a transition to home-schooling in mid-2008, although this went nowhere. In 2008- early 2009, Presley, along with her mother, Ashton, had lived at the residence of Nick, his grandma and aunt, which boosted their friendship. Both had then attended Audrey Garrett Elementary, though Nick was the target of excessive harassment from corrupt principal Steve Achey. Nobody had been willing to work with Nick properly, although the teacher Ms. Stanley and her assistant was polite to him, and those who attempted were challenged, as he was extremely difficult to work with growing up; although he was never truly malicious or a bully, he was jumpy, excited, and hyper-active, with absolutely no focus, and being friends with him would be hard to do.

It's believed that also, around this time, Franklin Sr had resided with the household, which became a hotspot for family to crash, especially throughout 2008-2013, and Nick remembers fondly playing the computer that Franklin had in his possession, and Presley followed closely with just that. Their granduncle, Mike, had at some point lived in the storage building located in the backyard, another sign of the household's crowding.

Annually, Nick, his grandma and aunt would frequent the Carolina Beach, staying at the Surfside Lodge (closed 2019). In the summer 2008 session, when playing at the beach, he'd meet one girl who asked if he wanted to boogie board with her, as she had a spare, and her little cousin, Hayden, was too busy playing in the sand to use it. Nick happily accepted, and the did just that, having boogie boarded for a decent amount of time. During that time, he'd discover her name, Elizabeth "King", who didn't go by the nickname 'Ezzy' just yet.

After some time boogie boarding, and occasionally playing in the sand/swimming around aimlessly, (Nick used floaties, as he didn't know how to swim yet), Nick would introduce the new girl to his parents (grandma/aunt), and after talking with Elizabeth's parents, they agreed to bring her over to the Surfside and go swimming in the pool later, as they were going to eat first. It was also discovered that by pure coincidence, Elizabeth lived in the city of Burlington, which was a neighboring town to Graham, where Nick's family had only moved to nearly a year ago. It was not yet discussed if they could ever meet up outside of vacation, as the two had still only just met. (it should be noted that Nick was still attending Audrey Garrett, while Elizabeth had attended Grove Park Elementary, so they weren't classmates)

Sadly, after the meeting at the beach, the two had never met again, although the parents of both children had exchanged phone numbers, and they would periodically call eachother. Nick had successfully finished first-grade at Audrey Garrett, having befriended two classmates, Jasmin and Faith, and had initially been set to return for second grade, but difficulties with Achey prevented this, and Nick's behavioral issues held him in low standards, so he was then placed in Sellars Gunn Education Center to avoid unnecessary conflicts further on. It was then, after a short term at Sellars Gunn, that he'd go on to South Graham Elementary at the end of November 2009; this would begin the start of a rough, but promising future as he began the last few days of second grade.

### Meeting Sinnerz, KGlockz, Dripmasterz (2011)

Nick had always struggled to make friends during his youth, and his spontaneous, hyperactive and unpredictable nature was a driving factor in this issue. He initially held friends in the previous schools, but all had been dropped due to the consistent moves. However, he'd soon meet the 5-year old Enrique Negro, who would go on to become YGN Sinnerz. At this point, Nick was finally calmed down with school, and grew to become slightly more interested in going, just because he got to hang out with his friend, Enrique.

Despite the four year gap, Enrique was inspired and impressed by Nick's witty, comedic and clownish nature, which he kept the younger boy around as he'd been overjoyed to make a friend; in return, Nick was known to protect the younger subject from bullying and other negative environments. He'd also help the Enrique study in the lunchroom, and the two would meet up during both breakfast and lunch, sit by eachother and talk, and their friendship at the time was mostly consistent with the recess, which was generally the longest they'd meet during school time.

A month later, in May, Enrique introduced Nick to his cousin, Kristian Garcia, later 'YGN KGlockz'. The two would bond strongly, with both forming a small "club" where they would hang out at recess, as the K-3rd grades were not segregated by recess until 2013. and on certain days, the three would cross paths and often make the "tower" with the fireman pole their hideout. Often, the three would have sleepovers, and play Mario Kart Wii, Wii Sports + Resort, and occasionally Mario Party 2. Because of their young age, the list of activities they enjoyed at the time was mild, and during the 2011 summer-break, in which Nick transitioned into fourth grade, they frequented Minecraft strongly on the 360, along with Left 4 Dead.

### Dripmasterz and Knucklz' Introduction (August 2011)

During the next semester in 2011, Nick would be introduced to Matthew Scott, later 'YGN Dripmasterz', through Kris. Initially, the two had little opinion of one another, with Nick asserting Matt seemed "polarizing". Matt was the same age as Nick, and shared the same fourth-grade teacher, Ms. Graves, and after some time, the two quickly became close-friends, despite the rough start.

Matthew was considered quiet, had little friends, and shared many similarities to Nick, which is what bound their friendship together, making Matt and Kris the closest to Nick out of the circle.

During Nick's daycare afterschool, he would reunite with Elizabeth "Ezzy", later 'YGN Knucklz', and they would become close again quickly. This was believed to have started after Nick recognized the name on a roll-call, and began speaking to her, she then remembered him, and the two rekindled their past friendship, discovering she had transferred to this school after she managed to get her father custody over her, and went to live with him in Graham. She had now become "emo" and went by the nickname "Ezzy", and after reuniting in daycare, they would often built giant clubhouses out of building blocks, in which they would hang out in, and often collapse; for the sake of laughs. Nick also would be won over by Ezzy's outstanding basketball skills, as she was able to help Nick and his team win multiple games, her coming back into the picture would be one of the biggest impacts on Nick's life, as she was ultimately what he considered to be the "best friend he's ever had", during his childhood.

Ezzy and Matt would join up in the squad, and Nick would later meet Aiden Nelson, later 'YGN Aide4Raidz'. The meeting of Aiden was not as impactful as the other faces, and he was often considered a "third wheel" who has simply "hung around" according to the YGN. Despite this, Aiden maintained a close relationship to Nick and Matt, and despite him being born in 2002 like Nick, Matt and Ezzy, he was born in December, and thus was not in fourth grade with the previous three.

Nick learned to skateboard from Ezzy, and both learned how to play instruments through Aiden's parents, as Aiden was interested in heavy-metal and punk music, which would help inspire Nick and Ezzy later on, though all of the clique would be considered parts of the alternative/emo community.

In 5th grade, Matt and Ezzy were both classmates to Nick, this being the only instance all three would share a same class. Nick obviously never shared any classes with Kris, Enrique, Aiden or Kaige, as they were younger than him, though Kris and Enrique did share classes.

### Frosty's Mentorship

Lil Frosty had met Nick and Matt through unspecified means, and began to mentor them both, taking them in as godchildren. Through this, Nick learned many professional skills, and when not at home, he'd spend time with the slightly older Frosty, who watched over and guided the two, who were raised like brothers.

It was because of Frosty, that Nick would learn many of the tactical and critical thinking attributes that define him, although he was naturally eccentric, spontaneous and unpredictable, he was still eager to learn what interested him, and unlike Matt, was not normally violent, aggressive and bitter. Frosty's snarky, yet extremely above-average intelligence only seemed to be picked up by Nick, who was a quiet, eccentric bookworm, meaning outside of school, he actually learned, and was willing to be taught to "be a man".

He credits Frosty for inspiring him to be who he is today, as Frosty's lifelong influence on Nick grew him into displaying his true emotions fearlessly; cold, negative but compassionate, sarcastic and loyal. Unlike Frosty, however, Nick was far from a total jerk; he would not necessarily go out of his way to be rude to someone, and would normally show a quick response, or just stay isolated, and he was not known to be aggressive without serious provocation, despite his suggestive humor.

### Later Years (2017-2020)

After a lengthy time period of numerous activities with his peers, life was calm in 2017, although Nick and his peers, Matt, Enrique, Kris and Ezzy had adopted a "baddy" reputation briefly, having also been tagged along by classmates Matthew Jones, Billy Hodges, Johnny Porter and Harvey Porter. None of the latter four would go on to join YGN, but were considered a part of their "squad" as tagalongs, similarly to Aiden and Saige, although at a lower length. He and his YGN

The "bad boy" demeanor meant the boys, especially Nick, would get into delinquent activities, such as egging, graffitiing houses and buildings, sneaking out of school and stealing booze, and numerous other hobbies. Nick often snuck out of class to meet with peers in the bathroom at school to smoke, and ditch his class. On atleast one instance, he'd been in trouble for throwing rocks through windows in an abandoned building, though nothing came of it.

Nick was widely considered the most aggressive, taking his role as the alpha seriously, and his spontaneous, hype fueled personality was nearly impossible to stimulate, and he was extremely by the books, and in school, often deliberately found himself in the ISS (in-school suspension) room, in attempt to avoid class, and play games on the school computer assigned to ISS, or to simply daydream. This progressed into 2018, when he'd become at his worst with school performance.

Roll-A-Bout Skating center had been the headquarter hangout of the YGN from 2015-April 2017, and all 7, including other friends at the time such as Billy, Matt Jones, the Porters, and even other guests such as cousin Presley and sister Madison, would frequent the place. Some new temporary additions to the YGN, exclusive to the Roll-A-Bout, were Chance (surname unknown) and others such as Daniel, Cameron, Nick's step-cousin, Christopher (along with his cousin, Christian) along with his own posse, were brought along, Chris' boys however, were not friendly YGN, and often times would get one/another kicked out of the rink over fights. Another exclusive was a girl Nick met in March 2017 who he liked (and allegedly slept with after sneaking out the rink) named Anna (surname unknown).

Anna caused a fight in the rink once, as a boy supposedly her boyfriend Hunter (not to be confused with a friend online to the YGN met nearly a year later) accused Nick of having sex with Anna, it was never denied or confirmed by Nick at the time (it would be when he stated Max was his first) and Hunter took offense to it, attacking Nick, though was overpowered easily by Nick alone, but would get jumped by both Matt, Aiden and Enrique.

Then, the entire YGN found themselves a vilified "gang" by the RAB staff, who deemed them to be thugs and trouble, as all of the YGN were reported to deliberately trip other skaters, not sparing small children at times either, stealing snacks, candy, drinks, throwing stuff at patrons, dangerously stunt-skating, and fighting with other patrons, often 1v1, though at times it'd be considered like a turf war, with separate squads assaulting others, most all fights were reported to have been caused by either Matt or Ezzy, yet the squad, including associates, would often jump in and tag along. Twice, police had to come and escort the crew out for disturbances, though they managed to avoid permanent bans for a decent amount of time, due to the high-expenses they had brought in during their visits.

Ultimately, the squad was banned for life from Roll-A-Bout, and none of the YGN returned, and it is reported that photographs of each member are plastered in the main office, with a forbidden entry list next to them.

In later 2017, Nick, Matt and Aiden shared the elective in credit-recovery, where they would often play 'Bad Eggs 2' on the school-computers, blast out music, primarily Migos, and often illegally stream movies on websites; Matt shared the most electives with Nick out of the YGN, due to their similar grades. (although Nick was extremely intelligent, he was slacking, and never took school seriously after middle)

Unknown at the time, Nick would reconsider his misjudgment of 2018, as with the exception of his granduncle Mike's death on January 27th, the year itself had remarkable memories according to him.

Throughout January, he maintained the last bit of interest in Graham High, his known appearances being primarily bonding with his peers, notably Matt, Billy and Ezzy. He'd also hang around Billy from time/time, and would cut ties with Johnny and Harvey sometime before 2018 began, although Johnny had hung around with Nick sometime between January - March, as they played GTA V with some friends online, including Hunter, Kylie, Angelo and Tristan, all of whom would be cut off sometime around 2019.

On January 27, Mike Gates, the paternal granduncle of Nick (grandma's little brother) died in his sleep from what is believed to have been a sudden heart-attack. This event shattered Nick, who was relatively close with Mike, and in his opinion, was the worst thing about 2018. He was deeply counseled by his YGN peers, all of whom were deeply sorry to see Nick in such pain.

Shortly after, it's believed this took a part in his lack of interest in school, as he'd deliberately attempt to get himself suspended, put in ISS or even expelled. He'd often ditched class, going to hang with his peers who took interest in the truancy at the time. Often, he'd come into class sagging, blasting music and often clowning around, sometimes even chucking paper balls or paper airplanes at students, then pretending to be oblivious.

A staged fight between him and Matt, which had occurred in the bathroom, lead to both boys being kicked out of Graham High for a semester, on Valentines Day 2018. They had claimed the fight emerged over Matt sending a Valentine's love-letter to Nick's (fictional) girlfriend, and they began to settle the score in the bathroom, with an undisclosed peer (in on it) ratting them out, in order to put the plan into play.

From the 14th - early March, Nick sat in assistant principal Thomas Kazamir's office. Mr. Kazamir was a principal that Nick had "befriended", alongside Michael Irving, and had a friendly, yet professional alliance with one/another. During this time, Nick would bring snacks, sodas and often stream movies, cartoons and YouTube in the classroom, passing the time and getting home to either game, enjoy the rest of his day, or depending on situations, hang with the homies. On a few occasions, Mr. Kazamir and Nick would have civil conversations in the office.

### Relationship with Savy

His first ever "relationship" began on February began on February 22, 2018, in which he'd began an online relationship with a girl named Savannah Ingram, which never met physical affection during the short run. Previously, Savannah had dated Dripmasterz for around 30 minutes around February 19-20th. They had broken up quickly, as Dripz was disturbed by Savy's quick sex-drive, immediately asking him to show nudes in the shower. Although initially dodgy with Savy, a few days later when playing the Doomsday Heist in GTA, with Matt, Ezzy and Jaden Talley 'FreeMosquito', Savy had began to hit on Nick, and the two soon got together.

The relationship began testing the time together between Nick and his homies, as Savy was an online gamer, having a long-distance relationship with Nick, and the two would frequently play GTA Online and Friday the 13: The Game, which had often consumed so much of Nick's time, he barely spent any time physically or online bonding with his friends, though Nick had asserted he tried, but Savy was very stubborn, picky and he got jealous at times when she'd be around his friends, as he'd picked up bad vibes from her.

Matt had often warned him that she'd cheat on him, and that she was damaging his reputation, and Nick desperately attempted to get her to get along with everyone else, and he admitted he was mostly suckered onto her out of pity, as she was bipolar, and often cut herself and threatened suicide if he left her. She'd also prevent him from going to sleep on several occasions, often blackmailing him to stay up with her with the threat of suicide as a consequence if not.

The relationship ended March 14-15th, and Nick had entered Ray Street Academy around the 19th along with his cousin, Presley (who had been there for a while prior to Nick's arrival), and Matt, the latter having been attempting to get out of school himself and staged the fight with Nick that landed them both here. However, the relationship with Savy returned March 23rd, and ended April 2nd.

### Final Days at Ray Street

After the relationship with Savy ended for the second and final time, Nick was broken, obsessing over getting back together, and was often hurt seeing her constant new relationships, especially throughout April. On the other hand, he befriended two new underlings; Jessie Burke and Dwight May. Jessie had known Nick before, having been acquainted with him through his sister, Madison, from an experience at Roll-A-Bout. Her friend, Brandi Buchanan, was not on good terms with the YGN, so it was surprised Jessie evaded that associated rivalry from Nick, and despite befriending their leader, the YGN still remained cold towards Jessie, yet slightly more tolerant towards her. Nick had also became slightly closer to Dakota Simpson, a peer from GHS, who Nick had met outside of school during a beach-trip in 2017, where he had hung around Dakota, his two brothers, and adopted sister Myra (Nick had a crush on the sister) at the Carolina Beach Boardwalk, Nick going as far as to buy the four food at a local McDonald's. Nick shared first-block with Dakota and Presley, which was finance with Mr. Hatten.

Nick left Ray Street in May 2018, having finished up the semester and was set to return to Graham High School. Surprisingly, Nick stated he strongly enjoyed his time at Ray Street, getting along well with all the staff, and most of his classmates, who (mostly) held civil conversations with him, Nick also fight in with the crowd, who were generally troubled kids, due to his own reputation for being a rebellious, occasional delinquent, without the reputation of being a full-on bully, however. His grades were decent at the academy, and it was believed he'd been set straight in a bidding return to Graham High School with Matthew in August.

### Beginning Relationship with Max (July 7, 2018)

Throughout April-June 2018, aside from school and the YGN, Nick had aggressively attempted to find a decent relationship, often finding himself meeting many new faces, none of which remain in touch today, during his crusade to find love. His friendship with YBFranky, a man he met in April, was unknowingly a keyface in this development, and Nick would hang out with him frequently in June. On June 27, 2018, Nick had met a catfish named "Kaitlyn Miles" through an Xbox user named 'Atomic Lobsters'. This person claimed he had two sisters, one being 16, the same age as Nick, who would be introduced as Kait Miles.

After a brief, mostly sexting session on Xbox, Kait would say goodnight to Nick, never to return. Realizing the chance he'd been catfished in early July, he'd continuously hang around YBFranky, then on July 1st, YBFranky had been hanging around a friend, Max DJcat. (Nick and Max had met previously around June briefly, when Nick and Franky had a live-video on their Instagram's, Max had joined and Nick joked about her username saying "now we got a cat in here".)

The account, Max DJcat was previously used by Franky sometime in May-July, as Franky referenced the girl in particular multiple times, including being an "eskimo Alaskan bitch". However, Nick and Max made their first genuine introduction, bonding almost immediately. Their friendship became closer, after YBFranky temporarily got offline, and they had alone time. From that point on, they exchanged Instagram accounts, and Max took quick admiration to Nick.

For days up until the 7th, they would game, often one on one, as Max had to hide from YBFranky, who she mentioned had been abusive and cruel to her, something Nick observed himself at the time. (Max and Franky were not together at the time, but had "dated" in the past). They often joked around when playing Minecraft, roasting Franky and Nick's humor was considered a driving force between Nick and Max, and throughout the time they knew eachother, Max would subtly flirt with Nick, often stating "you're kinda cute", "like, if I dated you, I'd never let you go", and once asking about an Instagram story where Nick posted "eyes set on somebody, course I got no chance", asking who he had eyes on, before changing the topic quickly.

Around 2 AM of July 7, 2018, Nick and Max had been playing GTA, when a dummy account (Kris was actually behind the account) who claimed to have been an enemy of Nick had been roasted by Max, she mentioned "if he fucking asks, I'd take him in a heartbeat" when Kris mockingly asked "what are you, his girlfriend?" when she defended Nick. Seeing that Max liking him back was now confirmed, Nick took the opportunity to ask her out when playing GTA, and she accepted, starting one of the biggest impacts of Nick's life, that changed nearly everything.

### Return to GHS (August 29, 2018)

The relationship between Nick and Max had started off amazingly, and began a great impact at first, and Nick was eagerly showing off Max to his friends with pride, receiving great support. All of his friends got along with Max well at first, and the relationship was clingy, and Nick had been in true love for the first time in his life, referencing his previous relationship with Savy "puppy love" and "dead end". Throughout the summer, he'd play Xbox with Max excessively, often listening to music, falling asleep on call together, and often discussing their future together, such as meeting, marriage, and one day having children.

After returning to GHS, things were a mess; Matthew did not return, having dropped out, Nick only had one class with a YGN, which was Aiden in the computer lab, and he'd become more focused on his relationship than school, and often sunk his time in class texting Max. Around the time he'd hang with Aiden, they would stream scary video compilations together, play Bad Eggs 2, a tank-game, and even watched 'Menace 2 Society' together. They became closer in this time, as Nick was uneasy about hanging around Ezzy during the relationship with Max, and it's widely believed this was a major damper on Ezzy; all accounts from her friends, including YGN, state she'd been in love with Nick for quite some time, and had crushed on him around the time he got with Max.

Nick and Aiden frequently got up to trouble in that class, continuing their tradition of throwing stuff at students, blasting loud noises, and being entirely uninterested in the schoolwork.

### First Job at Cook-Out

After a long time of skipping school throughout August-September, Nick agreed with his aunt to take him to get a job, a lesson she had been teaching him towards maturity regarding his expressed decision in dropping out; being young and dumb, he'd taken up that offer more than happily to also benefit himself, seeing it would help him with the possibility in settling down with Max one day, she lived in Alaska, and was 15 when she began dating the 16 year old Nick, an NC boy.

Nick would then meet Maria S. at an application stand outside the under-construction Cook-Out of Mebane Oaks Road, around September - early October 2018. He would begin his training at the Graham NC location, and would occasionally return to school, though mostly to just catch up with the shenanigan's.

Briefly, he had hooked Aiden up with a job at Cook-0ut, and the two worked together up until March 2019, when Nick had quit his job at Cook-Out. His last ever appearance at Graham High School was in February 2019, dropping out after a long hiatus in which he'd boycotted all schoolwork and simply slacked until that point.

### Rift with YGN, and Schemes with Max

Nick had become distant with his YGN, after things with Max lead to a decision to cut off all contact with their outside world, strictly only interacting with one another. Due to reasons Nick had never explained, he wanted to move in with Max in Alaska, which her parents had become fine with. This would first lead to a meeting between the two in Seattle; Nick, his aunt and cousin Presley had been driven to the Burlington Amtrak station by Franklin Jr, the father of Presley and Nick's uncle. Nick, Presley and their aunt rode the train into Raleigh, attending the 'Playthrough' Gaming Convention in Raleigh, on March 30th, and all of the YGN (except Saige and Ezzy) had met up at the gaming convention, which had been set to be the "big finale" in which Nick would spend his last time in NC with his homies, before bidding a final farewell to Alaska, where they would only meet on special occasions from then on.

After the conclusion of the Playthrough Convention, (Nick's grandma had been driving the recently purchased van to Seattle, so Nick began to figure this wasn't gonna be the permanent sendoff he'd anticipated, realizing that it instead was gonna be a big family trip where Max only had a brief meeting) an Uber took Nick, Presley and their aunt to a motel in Raleigh, where they were to catch a shuttle to the Raleigh-Durham International, and take a plane to Seattle-Tacoma. Humorously, a malfunctioning fire-alarm had kept them awake during some time, and they had made it to Sea-Tac unhazarded.

Nick, Presley and aunt Sheila had met Max, her grandmother Shelly, and uncle Ben in the airport, and Sheila had told both of them they'd meet back at the La Quinta Hotel around 6. Nick and Presley would get in the car with Shelly, Ben and Max, and ride around Seattle, but not before booking a ticket into the Space Needle, and hanging around Seattle Center.

Nick and Max had their first kiss on the Space Needle, which was the first-ever kiss for both of them, and they'd later go to eat at the Jack in the Box right next to La Quinta; this is where Nick met Joshua and Anthony Griener, the aforementioned having introduced himself when Nick had been attempting to buy a Dr. Pepper and Milkshake, but was a few dollars short. Nick initially decided to put the drink back and simply get the shake, but Josh, a stranger at the time, had jumped in to pay the extra bucks so Nick could get both the shake and drink, likely upon overhearing Max telling a cashier about her boyfriend (Nick) being from North Carolina, and realizing he was also from NC.

After the good deed, Nick offered to sit by Josh, who was with his girlfriend Tracy, and little brother Anthony, who was third wheeling his brother's honeymoon in Seattle by insistence from their mother, who he couldn't refuse as she supported the trip financially. It was revealed both brothers were from Chapel Hill, NC, which was close to Nick's residence in Graham at the time, and after exchanging Instagram's, the brothers and Tracy left the restaurant, and the group of Nick, Max, Presley, Ben and Shelly began to converse. Presley had began crushing on Ben, despite their 11 year age difference (though Presley was reported to have lied about her age being 25 at the time, and had gotten joints with him when by themselves.

After returning to the hotel, Nick had asked his aunt if Max could stay, which initially was met with reluctance, but Sheila gave in, though Max had to get permission to stay the night, which she did, and would agree to sleep in the floor, despite Nick's persistence there was room in the bed with Presley, as both Max and Presley were small, and could all three fit in the bed together, while Sheila had her own bed that her mother would share later. After Sheila dozed, Nick and Max kissed and held hands for some time, before Nick went to bed, later sneaking out early in the morning, and participating in sexual activity in the bathroom, and continued until they feared disturbance.

Later, they had left to explore the city in the morning, Nick, Max and Presley first ate breakfast at a Denny's, then went around the city, taking a few photos along the way, and Presley had a college of photos taken of the couple. Then, they would hang out by the lake, and then back in the hotel, chill in the jacuzzi, and writing 'N (heart) M' on a wall to commemorate their relationship. Sadly, they departed later that day, but returned a day later at the Round Table Pizza, having a brief "date" and then bidding off again in a heartstring pulling farewell.

### Max's Return; Dollywood and Alaska Trip

Throughout April - August 2019, Nick and the YGN would have "secret" outings, as he feared Max was on to him breaking their agreement, which he'd been considering trying to fix at the time, and Presley had lived with the household of three (Nick, grandma, aunt) throughout March - May, and although Presley was at one point friends with Max, the latter strongly disliked Presley, citing her to be "slutty", a poser, and compulsive liar, and while Presley was initially concepted for a trip to Dollywood, but ultimately was dropped due to criticism over Presley shortly before the actual trip took place, and was eventually replaced by family-friend Ted Thompson.

On August 1, 2019, Nick was driven by his grandma Susan to pick up Sheila, who then drove Nick and Susan to the Raleigh-Durham Airport with her truck, and Nick met Max in the airport alone, leading her to the truck, and both were driven first to Nick's granduncle, Richard (grandma's older brother) and then to Nick's home, where an air-bed had been set in the living-room for the two to sleep.

Up until the 5th when the trip to Dollywood would be in place, Nick had introduced Max to all of the YGN personally, even participating in their daily YGN activities with her as the tag-along, and to show her there was no hard feelings with the YGN, although they were mostly neutral with her. Nick had still planned to move into Alaska, but had intended to make the Dollywood trip the finale farewell with his family.

Nick and Max visited the Wet&Wild: Emerald Pointe water-park about two days before the Dollywood trip, and the day before, Susan drove Nick and Max to pick up Ted, and drive back home, considering it more convenient than getting him on the day of the trip. Ted slept in the bedroom with Susan, while Nick and Max shared the air-mattress, and Sheila remained in her own bedroom with normal conditions.

On August 5th, the five set out for Dollywood for 7 days. They had stayed in a log-cabin; Nick and Max called the upstairs foldable bed-couch, Ted called the downstairs one, while Susan and Sheila shared the downstairs bedroom. The Dollywood trip was Max's first time ever going to an amusement park, and her first roller-coaster was the Tennessee Tornado. Many activities were shared aside from the theme and water park; they visited the Alcatraz Museum, the Titanic Museum, Pirate's Voyage Show & Dinner, playing Bean Boozled, going to an indoor-trampoline park, and much more.

Upon returning to NC, Nick and Max hung around doing whatever until the 14th, when they flew out to Alaska. Here, Nick would stay in the bedroom of Max for the remainder of August, in a mostly uneventful stay, besides fishing and sightseeing. Once again, Nick was not allowed to move to Alaska and was forced to return home, and this lead to a conflict between him and his parents that lingered for the remainder of the relationship with Max. On August 30, 2019, Nick rode with Max and her mother to Ted Steven's International, and after a tearful hug, this would be the last the two would ever see one/another in person.

### The end of an Era

Although things with Max were never the same after August, there were a few lovable moments for a while. In September, Nick would be re-enrolled into school, except this time, online courses at the North Carolina Cyber Academy, along with being put into a Fishing Club, and the YMCA Swim Team. By November, the relationship was tainted, and Nick's move from his childhood home left another nostalgic strain on his mental-health, and he barely saw his YGN peers at that point, due to Max's crisis, in which she became even more paranoid, demanding and frantic about Nick's friendships.

Although Nick desperately attempted to reason with Max, it was in vain, and in hopes of showing his still lingering love for her, had gotten her a signed poster of Chester Bennington, Max's favorite singer, for Christmas. It worked briefly, but around January 23rd, she'd began an affair with Eli and Noah Rogers, along with their friends Michael, Josiah and Emily, and the relationship was collapsing, tragically ending on February 10, 2020.

This dealt the biggest blow Nick had ever faced, and he never recovered from this event at all. He'd became frantic, and despite the cold touches he gave his YGN around the time he was with her, all of them, especially Kris, were there for him, constantly hanging out with him and helping him recover from the emotionally devastating breakup.

### Later YGN Life

After reconnecting with everyone, Nick began the road to recovery, the breakup with Max inspiring him to become a rapper, in order to express the severely traumatizing event, he soon took his longtime username 'Young Squadz' and made it the official stage-name for his new music career. Throughout 2020, Nick had met many different faces, the primary faces in the beginning of his music career were Lil Ghosty (Kris) and I-Cloud (Casey Loud).

Josh and Anthony had formed their own clan, Young Rich Nation, with Nick leading it alongside Josh, and with admins Ashy Robin, King Tweaky, and Juvie Kidd, who was Anthony himself. This helped boost Nick in terms of music, and it gave him great training in leadership, thinking, management and taught him skills in music development.

Nick had a physical relationship with a girl named Brittany Williams, although the toxic relationship ended after Brittany had been severely abusive, deceitful and unfaithful towards Nick, who was initially hurt, but recovered quickly. Then, Nick began dating a Canadian girl Keri McRae from around October 18, 2020- early January 2021.

Matt had moved to Tennessee around August 2020, as his mother, Cathy, wanted to take part in the section-8 housing in Athens' McMinn Villa complex, and Matt felt he had no choice, but to take part. This left a gap in Nick's life, but he began to still try and make amends with everyone, and during Matt's breakup with Nicole Rachel in July-August, Nick stood by him unconditionally, showing undying love and support for his childhood friend during his breakup.

The previously mentioned relationship put a damper between Ghosty and Matt, now Drxp, as Nicole was Ghosty's girlfriend who left him to date Drxp. Squadz would do his best to fix that rift, which seemed to have worked 5 months later, although now it was just the two tolerating eachother, rather than being friends.

Josh, aka Young Vibez, was killed on November 10, 2020 in an unprovoked drive-by, believed to have been a failed robbery. This event shattered the YGN and YRN, and because of Drxp's breakdown over it, Squadz had began to wingman for Drxp, which lead to the relationship between her and Drxp forming on November 15th.

Although Drxp was arrested at the end of November, having turned himself in over false charges of domestic abuse and involvement in planning to November 10 murders, Squadz fiercely pledged loyalty to Drxp and defended him aggressively. Around that time, Presley returned to stay with Squadz' family, who were now in Squadz' uncle's apartment, awaiting the chance to move into their new home. Presley would occasionally fill in for Drxp, as she was always an occasional tag-along for the YGN, but was never a member.

### Dripz' Return (March 14, 2021)

On March 14, 2021, Drxp was set to be released from jail finally, and the day prior, Squadz and his grandma rode out to Tennessee, and would pick up Drxp in the morning, having met him outside the jailhouse and drove him into NC, where he'd stay at a hotel for the course of his return. (He stayed in the apartment in early 2020 prior to him moving to TN)

Drxp got out after making a deal with his and Squadz' "father" Frosty, who agreed to pay his bond and have him released, in exchange for him returning to NC and doing temporary security work and contracts in return, and Squadz had insisted to help Drxp make his fulltime comeback. Upon arriving at the hotel, Drxp was to buy a bicycle so he and Squadz could ride around conveniently, then Drxp get a job, pay for the hotel fees, and save up to get a car; then get his license. This would be done while Drxp's girlfriend, Saige, was still in school, and supposed to be worked on while she was at University long-term, giving him plenty of time to organize their future as Squadz' insisted.

Then, Drxp was to work on getting his GED when his schedule eased up, and find a nice, high-paying position in the meantime, so he could get a house for him and Saige to settle down into once she got her degree in nursing, and the two, along with Squadz, who'd have graduated by then, would've moved into the apartment together. They would've all three continued working to support the apartment, and make it a hub for the YGN to hang out at, or even reside in both short and long-term. Drxp had also planned to get Owen Hinton 'Bombz' to move in aswell, as Owen had been the "son figure" to Drxp and Saige, and Drxp wanted to get Owen out of his current abusive household, and into his own, new, loving family.

This idea was well-thought out, and Drxp began working for Permatech in Graham. However, he'd soon quickly betray the deal, with unknown motivations to do so, and had apparently complained and whined to his father enough to come to NC, and drive him home. Squadz and Frosty were outraged by this move, and things were sour with Squadz and Drxp for some time, but they patched up not long after.

### Kidnapping of Owen Hinton (May 2021)

Squadz never had any true participation in the Owen kidnapping. On May 7, 2021, when Drip and Paytrain were coming down to NC, Nick was out with his cousin, Dylan, along with Dylan's girlfriend, and their childhood friend, Adam, and the four watched a bonfire together, and the two men rode around with Squadz, who was new to driving, and wanted to cruise around the scenic Mebane roads at night.

On May 8th, Squadz met Drip and Paytrain, and the three hung out in various hotspots throughout the triad region, including multiple abandoned buildings. Drxp and Saige allegedly met, but she didn't stick around long, and later that night, the three boys were profiled as potential trespassers due to their suspicious black outfits, but were only questioned by police, and went on their way.

During the Owen kidnapping itself, Squadz was never involved. He bailed out prior to Dripz arriving and wanting to drive him there, as Squadz hated Dripz' mother Cathy's guts, and knew he'd be trapped in a car with her for up to atleast 20 hours, and also especially because of how dangerous and illegal it was to be around the underage boy, let alone be an accesory to kidnapping. He also was never 100% on board with the plan itself, often thinking it was a joke. He'd been helping his family move out of the apartment and into what is now their current home around the time Drip and Owen met, and at no point met either of them during the kidnapping.

It is believed that due to his fears of being blacklisted by all of his friends for being a snitch, especially as the leader who "ratted out a fellow member", he'd become vilified not only them, but many others who hung around and associated to the YGN, plus he lived a strict "no snitch" policy, along with many other things, such as the possibility of being arrested for knowing about it in general, or Saige, Paytrain and Sinnerz retaliating aggressively for betraying Drip, he never called the police to inform them of the plan.

Squadz had been informed of Dripz' arrest by Paytrain, who warned everyone Drip got arrested for abducting Owen, and this sent many into hiding, Squadz was reported to have attempted a suicidal overdose, and was supposedly hospitalized throughout the investigation, long enough for charges to have been dropped against all involved. With Owen, the considered binding factor between Squadz, Dripz, and Kaigez out of the picture, and Paytrain's ties with Drip and Kaige being cut, this lead to severe problems, and Squadz was severely depressed following the arrest of Drip.

It is supposed, but not confirmed, that Paytrain also took part in snitching against Drip, making clear to not cause problems towards Squadz or Saige, but it is entirely confirmed Owen had ratted out the crew, naming everyone in YGN and even people who knew nothing of it, just to victimize himself, likely out of fears of being grounded for "running away" and staged it up with Laven to later seem like a violent abduction, where molesting took place in order to both seem innocent, and to destroy Dripz' reputation for failing to relocate him, and "getting him in trouble".

## 'Squadz & Knucklz' Chapter

After the Owen scandal, Squadz had taken time away from Drip, wanting to not be coined a pedophile by accessory, as backlash came upon Drip for the kidnapping, along with news articles labeling Drip and his family "dangerous online predators" which also made Squadz, along with the rest of YGN, wonder "who the hell were we friends with?" This also lead to Squadz and friend Ricky 'Madd Midnight' Graham bonding in the aftermath, Ricky had suggested signs that Ezzy had crushed on Nick.

### The Relationship

Both Squadz and Ezzy had began to get close again, though a problem was out there; Ezzy had moved to Mississippi to attend dermatology courses at Southern Mississippi University, due to it being the cheapest and quickest opening for her budget. She had brought her father with her, due to some unspecified deal made between the two for budget.

Squadz began his second job, the first time he'd work in about two years, at CS Carolina, a yarn spinning plant. This was coined his favorite job of all time, and he strongly enjoyed running the spinning machines and the packaging department, having a strong bond with his co-workers, and he stated the job at CS Carolina was nearly a sitcom, due to the slapstick nature. This career was meant to help Squadz financially move out, and get an apartment for him and Ezzy in the future.

This meant the relationship would be long-distance, but nevertheless, Squadz and Ezzy began dating on June 15th, and the two had a pretty smooth start, doing better than previous relationships such as with Keri McRae an especially with Brittany Williams. They would meet physically for the only time during their relationship (and the last time she'd physically meet a YGN until 2022) on July 15, 2021, which was her 19th birthday. The trip to meet her in Mississippi consisted of Squadz, his parents and Presley, and although most of the trip went smoothly, a near-arrest for trespassing allegations nearly warranted in both Squadz and Ezzy being arrested, along with Ezzy nearly being expelled from SMU due to the detaining, but would all be cleared up; this warranted a rivalry between Squadz against Ezzy's father, who heard of the incident and considered Squadz bad news (he never know of Squadz up until this point)

A pregnancy scare was discovered soon after, and Squadz had previously been laid off from CS Carolina due to him having only been a temporary, and his services no longer being needed. Fearing the possibility of Ezzy being forced out of University to care for their possible child, and being unemployed, he frantically searched for other employment, but suffered a medical-emergency involving his esophagus becoming enflamed, and inability to eat/drink due to excess regurgitation and no possibility to swallow so much as spit. This condition *nearly killed* him, and he lost weight severely, weighing around 97 pounds around August 14th.

Due to the malnutrition, he was unable to walk properly, resulting in him remaining bedside or crawling, and miraculously, the condition eased up after medical attention proscribed him medications to help with the acid-reflux, along with numbing his throat enough to swallow. A few days later, he began to slowly drink liquid and eat food again in small quantities, and was soon stable enough to begin working again in later August. He began working for GKN Driveline-Alamance, which he coined as the worst job of his lifetime, even more excruciating and toxic than the later half of working for Cook-Out.

While working at GKN, he began to suffer from severe anxiety attacks regarding his location, one of which causing to faint upon having a panic-attack, and spending the later part of his shift in the infirmary. He'd been close to falling into a welding machine, which could've been fatal, and this lander him on a more observed station. He stated before, that the problems aside from his anxiety, was with employee Dani Riley bullying him; the much older employee had unproperly explained and showed Squadz how to stack the car parts in the box without being hazardous, and lashing out at him multiple times, nearly leading to a fight.

He fought through the anxiety and toxic work environment, amid his health problems, all in the sake of helping support his girlfriend, even buying her textbooks and other school supplies despite her insisting not to, as Squadz understood his girlfriend's financial troubles, and he later wanted to support a future with what he thought might be a kid underway, and fought hard through GKN just to ensure a future for his girlfriend and potential child. He'd often be injured at work too, suffering severe burns from the equipment, but never filed any legal action against the unsafe work environment, though after realizing the pregnancy scared turned up negative (though it's often retracted that Knucklz simply aborted/lost the child), Squadz had little reason to continue the toxic career, although he had good terms with several co-workers, he hated his superior, Dani.

Squadz aggressively quit GKN in later September, leaving horrifying reviews of the place online, and even going as far as hoping the plant bankrupts, due to his severely negative experience at the workforce. He then quickly began working at Burger King in Mebane, North Carolina, which was critically understaffed, but he noted that it was far less toxic than GKN, and that it was considered in the "quiet part" of his relationship, with nearly no problems in his relationship transpiring here, and having a decent friendship with his employees. (though was off/on about general manager, Daniel)

By October, UBN (Unlimited Blackout Nation) was now renamed YGN, with Ezzy becoming Knucklz, Saige becoming Kaigez, Enrique becoming Sinnerz, Aiden becoming Aide4Raidz and Kris becoming KGlockz.

### Dripmasterz' Return

After a long anticipation, Drip and Paytrain had seemingly squashed beef, and Drip had finally decided to drive back to North Carolina, intending with Paytrain, as they now had a confirmed residence, and Drip had got back together with Saige, now set to live with Squadz and his family in NC, which would be the residence for Drip and Paytrain in a new deal; he, Paytrain and Dripmasterz were gonna work towards getting an apartment, where Kaige, Knucklz and Haley (Paytrain's girl) were to move in, as Knucklz had expressed interest in returning to NC, and transferring her remaining semester into her home state.

Unfortunately, Paytrain bailed last minute as he usually did, leaving it up to Drip to return to NC. Here, he reunited with his YGN brothers the longest since before August 2020, as the King residence (Squadz' home) was crowded as a hot-spot once again, similar to the legacy it had at the original home. The home was divided; one bedroom had been held by Squadz, where he was intending for Knucklz to reside in with him. Across from his room, was his grandma's bedroom, and the room to the right (the first right is the living room) was the guest bedroom, which was Dripz' bedroom now. The guest bedroom was then temporarily inhabited by both Sinnerz and KGlockz, with the two cousins sharing an air-mattress, while Drip remained on his own mattress, occasionally shared with by Kaige who didn't reside here long-term like the remainder of the list, but did stay the night frequently. Then, Aide4Raidz slept on a love-seat in the living room, with KSlayez sleeping on the couch, and KTrazz sleeping on the recliner. Then, another air-mattress was propped up in the living room, where Sneekz and Gincapz slept.

Although Dripz was the only one named here that resided in the residence officially, the others had stayed here almost every other night, sometimes even the entire crowd living here, with the two living rooms crowded with movie-nights, gaming, and the house being infested with marijuana, alcohol, and food such as pizza, wings and other foods littered across the home. Bonfires were also held, and the house was severely overcrowded, though everyone was kicked out when Squadz and Dripz were at work; Drip began working for Honda Power Equipment, and referenced Squadz a few days later, with Squadz finishing up his week at Burger King before deciding to apply to HPE.

Periodically, the two, plus the YGN and other peers would hang out at abandoned buildings, eat dinner, find other stuff to do, and hang with even more friends, notably Clint Lane. Squadz began training for HPE on November 8, 2021, after an interview on the 2nd, and only a day later, on November 9th, Dripmasterz would betray Squadz' deal and run back to Tennessee; Squadz initially planned to keep his job at Burger King and work part-time hours after his job at Honda, which was a strict 8hr first-shift position, and Dripz was to do the same, having done an interview later on the 8th, as the two jobs were to help ensure they'd have the apartment and some additional funds.

Dripz returned to Tennessee, and this only lead to him and Squadz' friendship being tainted at the time, and the YGN itself had remained hostile towards Dripz during the pause, though Sinnerz had occasionally spoken to Dripz from time/time.

### Drama with Julia Soileau/Problems with Knucklz

Because of Dripmasterz' betrayal, and the unnecessary possibility of having two jobs, Squadz quit Burger King, and maintained a full-time position at Honda, starting on November 14th ultimately after the training phase concluded. November had been decent with the exception of Dripz' betrayal and YGN fearing instability with a high-powering admin beefing with the crew (Dripz stayed in YGN but remained cold towards most of his peers), the real problems came in December; Knucklz began hanging out with even more of her college buddies, and her neighbor Julia (who was 13 at the time, but was friends with numerous older people who knew Knucklz aswell) began to take Knucklz' time away from Squadz.

This spelled for disaster, and Squadz clashed against the group, with Knucklz taking sides with them over her childhood friend + boyfriend, Squadz. They had a passive-aggressive demeanor until the end of December, as Squadz and her began to find common grounds. Squadz had continued to gather funds to support their relationship, until March 2022 when Knucklz would start to downfall with the relationship once again. She decided to put the relationship on a "break" and claimed she just needed time, and to figure out herself, however it would later be discovered she did so solely to attempt to sleep with her friend Cami Spencer 'Atlas', although she insisted nothing sexual happened, she admitted to making out with her.

Then, Julia began to take advantage of the mentally-collapsing Knucklz, and did her best to turn her against Squadz and the YGN, which would soon lead to a heated clash between the two; Squadz exposed Julia of being fake towards Knucklz, having taken advantage over her and "babying" her and pretending to be a good friend helping a mentally-ill person, only to impress her own friends, whilst excessively gossiping about her behind her back, and even wishing death on her personally. This resulted in her and her clique of friends exchanging heated direct-messages towards Tha Ghost, a close friend to the YGN, which then, on orders from Squadz, the YGN returned fire, exposing and harassing Julia, her family and friends, even going as far as some YGN affiliates sending the school Julia went to of her bullying and hate-speech, as Julia wished death on Connor, his wife and 11 month old baby.

Julia had been outnumbered by the YGN, yet Squadz was more focused on recovering his relationship with Knucklz, who was admitted into a psych ward for her deteriorating mental-state. The war with Julia ended, though Squadz' song, 'Boneyard' is a disstrack towards Julia and Knucklz, with Squadz pointing out Knucklz being obsessed with her own body, and Julia being shady.

Despite the fact Knucklz cheated on Squadz, severely abused him mentally throughout March, which had lead to him quitting his job at Honda, Squadz continued to stay with her, and threatened his YGN severe harm if they hurt her. They rekindled and put the ordeal in the past by April, Squadz and the YGN had exposed Julia and Atlas, effectively toppling the new clique Knucklz hung around, and pushing her close towards her childhood friends once again, seemingly heartbroken with herself that she let her new friends ruin so much with her day-ones.

### Knucklz' Betrayal/Breakup (September 9-10, 2022)

After Dripmasterz and Squadz squashed their beef in June, Knucklz had by then wanted out of Mississippi 100%, citing that now virtually everyone at the school would torment her for the drama with Atlas and Nicole Fint (the latter an associate of both Atlas and Julia), and that she had nobody there now, she missed her home, her father became increasingly abusive towards her, and she didn't wanna stay in the dorm, due to bullying from her dormmate, and wanted to be with Squadz forever, and go back home.

Soon, it was considered that things were going back to how they were before, and that YGN would hit its prime once again; Dripz and Kaigez got back together on July 15, 2022, with Dripz having recently patched up with Squadz again, and returned to NC around May, then Paytrain once again squashed beef, and now Knucklz was set to return to NC for good, the crew would all be back together, stronger than ever. By this point, Squadz had made plans to propose to her, upon reuniting with her once again.

However, things soured, as Paytrain and his new girlfriend, Karma, would betray the YGN once again, it was intended for the two to drive Squadz and Dripz to Mississippi to pick up Knucklz and relocate her. Another being that around June 25, 2022, she'd lost internet access due to insufficient funds to renew her mobile data, and had strictly coordinated her communications with Squadz via college Chromebook. This set things back, until Sinnerz agreed to take part, having recently gotten a learner's permit and was now willing to drive with his two childhood friends to Mississippi in September. Frosty had coordinated the trip, even offering $4500 dollars to the three each for their efforts in bringing her home.

The two would then pick up Squadz at around 12:23 AM, as they had work to do earlier that day, on Friday, September 9, 2022. Then, they made their way to Mississippi, at one point stopping at a McDonald's in Charlotte to get food; Nick ordered chicken nuggets, barbecue sauce and a mocha frappe, however, due to only one person working that night, they had been in the drive thru for atleast an hour before getting their food. They made it to Mississippi about 10 hours later, and reached Knucklz' home around 3:30 PM, waiting outside the trailer park for her to walk home. She arrived around 4:27 PM, and Sinnerz, who was driving at the time, had ran after her, trying to get her attention, as Squadz had asserted Knucklz' father might see and recognize him, leading to trouble, and Dripmasterz was seated in the front-passenger seat, being a bit less convenient to approach her.

Sinnerz approached his childhood friend, and explained they finally made it to pick her up, but Knucklz would tell him she'd changed her mind, repeating the phrase "I Can't." to assert her refusal, but stated she'd at the least walk with Squadz for a bit, and atleast kiss and talk. While in the car with Dripz, Squadz had palmed his day-one's hand to simultaneously pray that "this is it", the end to the long crusade of drama, and Knucklz would come home and things would be back to normal, both "brothers" agreed that this had to be it. Also, Dripz had switched to the driver's seat, as Squadz explained once Sinnerz left the history with Knucklz' abusive father, and that if he approached, they would need a quick getaway, once Sinnerz got in.

Sinnerz would then beckon Squadz to exit the car and approach Knucklz, who had entered and exited her home to put stuff up, but before Squadz could, a local mechanic, who mistook the car for being "broken down" had offered free bottles of water to Squadz, Dripz and Sinnerz, effectively and unintentionally preventing a seriously drastic turnout, as Dripz had gotten Squadz' attention by pointing out what appeared to be the father approaching the car, furiously, and Sinnerz walking towards the car quickly. Squadz demanded to "gun it" as soon as Sinnerz got in, and Knucklz father, upon seeing Sinnerz enter the vehicle, began to jog towards the car, now speeding off quickly. The father was reported to have told Drip "get out the car boy", though Squadz heard "you motherfucker, come near my daughter again, and I'll fucking kill you." All three reported to hear the "fucking kill you" portion.

Had the man not passed out the waters, and Squadz gotten out, it could've resulted in a serious brawl, with Squadz and Sinnerz assaulting the father in a self-defense stance, with Dripz potentially rushing in to assist. Though, had Knucklz simply ran to get into the car, not bailing, the turnout would've been far more desirable for all parties involved. Both Squadz, Sinnerz and Dripmasterz returned to North Carolina empty handed, as they sunk up a massive amount of their budget into the trip, receiving none of the $4500 promised, due to the fact the plan failed, and all parties involved were effected negatively.

The following day, after Squadz, who had went two days without sleep, finally achieved rest, they met up, and hung around town for the day, hoping to at the least calm down Squadz, who felt the relationship might be over, though both Sinnerz and Dripmasterz reassured him that Knucklz loved him, and would never leave him, and both had promised to get Knucklz again, this time without her father interfering, and both boys calmed their leader by buying him a milkshake from Hardee's on the 10th, after they'd hung out at an abandoned factory, getting on the roof and taking multiple photos together. Sadly, the next day after being returned home, Squadz recieved the news that Knucklz blamed Squadz for the troubles caused back at home, her father had called the police reporting them as "stalkers" and "trespassing", and Knucklz was also in on it, helping direct the police of the situation, and broken up with Squadz, blaming him for everything, despite the fact she was the ultimate blame for everything.

## Post-Knucklz Troubles (September 10, 2022 - February 19, 2023)

After the breakup with Knucklz, the real troubles in YGN began to emerge, with an explode of confusion, panic and other chaos. Squadz, blaming himself for the breakup, would overdose on his prescribed Clonidine, Mirtrazapine, mixed with Melatonin, Benadryl, Nyquil mixed with bleach, in order to intentionally kill himself. This would cause him to collapse into a seizure, whilst holding the framed picture of Squadz and Knucklz' cats, Ashes and Eem, drawn by her, whilst wearing the beanie she'd given to him, as a means to "die with her presence" as he'd always wanted her to die by his side, and due to it being impossible now, he did the closest he could, before collapsing into a seizure, on the 14th, with blood gargling from his mouth.

Although Squadz survived, initial word came out that he was "feared dead" and in critical-condition following the suicide attempt, a repeat of what he'd done during the Owen scandal. The YGN were frantic, and Aide4Raidz, after somehow obtaining Knucklz' Gmail (she'd deleted social-media after the Julia Soileau drama) he proceeded to give her a severe tongue lashing, blaming her for potentially killing her boyfriend, and promising to kill her if he sees her in North Carolina again. Dripmasterz and Sinnerz were severely traumatized, with Dripz snapping, having been betrayed by his childhood friend, losing a large amount of money because of her, and heartbroken over the possible death of the man he considered a brother [Squadz] he would cheat on Kaige with a girl from work named Jessica Russell, who had met him to "comfort him" over the drama, blaming it on the fact Kaigez was too busy in school to comfort him.

Then, Sinnerz would frantically attempt to calm the YGN down, while KGlockz was unhinged, Kaige was numb and attempting to process the situation. Sinnerz wanted to kill Knucklz' father for the troubles he caused, and out of vengeance for Squadz, and KGlockz was desperately checking in on Squadz' condition, among the many to leave him many get well wishes. Kaigez soon found out about Dripz' affair shortly after Squadz pulled through two weeks later, and then they broke up. Frosty died on September 27th from his cancer complications, which left a massive blow to the YGN, though Dripz seemingly ignored the demise of his lifelong father figure.

With Knucklz' betrayal leaving a hole in the YGN, Dripz and Kaigez' rivarly and Squadz' recovery, many efforts would be made to restore the YGN, which slowly but surely eased up. Unfortunately, in later October, a new rift would form with Dripmasterz, who began dating a new girl, this one being completely unreasonable, and forbidding his contact with YGN, and leaving another huge blow in the YGN, which now primarily runs with Squadz, KGlockz, Aide4Raidz and occasionally Kaigez and Sinnerz.

Squadz has since been focusing on the long-anticipated return of Drip, and the possibility of him and Kaigez getting back together, and KGlockz is slated to become the new co-leader of YGN, and Squadz himself expresses the possibility of himself, along with Young Grown Nation, achieving to hit a milestone in 2023.

### Return to Music/End of YGN Rifts)

The YGN was on a hiatus beginning September 9-11, 2022, after Knucklz' sudden betrayal and departure. With this, the chain of command was severely shuttered, and the problems emerged, and all of the YGN soon stopped music, Squadz (October 31, 2022), Dripmasterz (November 16, 2022), and others such as Sinnerz (November 4, 2022). KGlockz hadn't made but one song in 2022 unlike the others. (January 7, 2022)

The hiatus was finally ended, when it was settled that the YGN would continue without Knucklz, and the chain of command will be restructured in time, on February 19, 2023, which would've been Young Vibez' 24th birthday. This also established when a decision by him, the current sole leader, to transition from Voloco (phone app) to FL Studio (professional, desktop program) to further advance their music potential was made, and Squadz received the final piece of equipment he needed to lift the hiatus on music he had.

Squadz, KGlockz, Dripmasterz and Sinnerz began training on February 19, 2023 and writing new music and rehearsing, in order to make their official debuts into the music world, and 'Keep it Going' was released on March 8th, marking the return of the YGN. Currently, they are working on new music to this day.

## Personality

Squadz is defined primarily by one binding principal; loyalty. While some of the YGN maintain morally-impure ambitions and qualities, Squadz is the glue binding YGN together, as he enjoys the pack-mentality and family-like bond shared with the YGN, seeing that when he advances, his underlings advance too, never leaving his friends behind, and often promoting them and wishing them positive vibes on certain topics (ex. new relationships, happy birthday, etc)

Outside of YGN, he maintains a firm, business like demeanor, often being fiercely sarcastic, laidback and quiet, with a comical and humorous string to his personality, but never openly hostile unless provoked. He maintains high good Samaritan qualities, often helping out strangers, holding the door for them, and at times even paying for something mild for strangers, especially children, and takes great disgust in animal abuse, the harming of children, and other sickening sides in public, although ironically poses an extremely controversial and dark music-theme, he is actively harmless in real-life, but quick to defend himself or others if harassed or provoked.

He's also considered quiet, and in the past shared a deep hatred towards people due to being hurt excessively in the past, along with being lied to, this has since softened up, and he's become more open in the real world, though doesn't talk as much unless when accompanied by his peers. He's also considered the moral-compass and voice of reason to his peers, yet masked often by his comical and laidback demeanor, often being jokative but has a tendency to be serious, and he's especially vocal of his problems online, even at times coming off aggressive when describing his outlook on certain topics that have him peeved.

Also, he's far more forgiving than most of his other YGN, as he's given both Dripmasterz and Knucklz many, many chances after being betrayed by them both many times, and even has welcomed them back and attempted to keep them safe. Squadz is often coined as paranoid due to severe PTSD, sleeping with firearms on the nightstand, all doors and windows locked, and ensures the dogs are patrolling the house, and never travelling outside his entourage when in public, all of whom willing to throw hands with whomever attacks Squadz. However, he can be quick to anger, as criticism, bringing up any topic he dislikes or non-playful mocking/insulting him is quick to bring out his temper, and often times, fellow YGN have to stand in if he finds himself too involved in a fight.

On social-media, he's often "ranty", frequently venting out his frustrations, if not almost always posting memes, reels or other content he finds interesting, but can and will reshare posts of his peers, promote them along with music, and occasionally make announcement, such as acknowledging birthdays, engaging in the audience, or posting reminiscent memories. He will frequently be found arguing with people in comment sections, as he's known to roast and "fight" online quickly.

Like the entire YGN, he holds a strong anti-woke demeanor, despising most liberals, progressives, cancel-culture, anti-free speech, and protestors, and has been known to hold a friendly view of Donald Trump, similarly to his fellow YGN (except Knucklz and KGlockz). He however, does not identify as a Republican, and is far from prejudiced, unlike Dripmasterz and the antonym Julia Soileau, who holds a polar opposite outlook than the YGN. Squadz has a severe hatred towards president Joe Biden and liberal-mouthpiece rapper Billie Eilish, who Squadz considers severely obnoxious, and Squadz has been known to refuse accepting anyone who is gender-fluid. (but is fully supportive of the LGBT otherwise)

## Trivia

* Squadz has a strong "phobia" of sleeping alone in a bedroom, and will almost always insist on sleeping on a couch, with a firearm present, moderate lights on, and sleeps with the TV on. However, if not sleeping alone, such as with a girlfriend or a peer, he'll choose a bed appropriately.
* It is well known that Squadz suffers from severe PTSD, which hinders his sleep, and often retriggers during nightmares that include faces from before that have scarred his mental-state, such as the abusive relationship of Max DJcat, former friends such as Laven and Owen, the deaths of his close-friends such as Vibez, Foxy, Bullet, Midnight and Nightmare, along with other traumatic experiences.
	+ All of his previous relationships, especially the recently included abuse from YGN Knucklz, left so much trauma that Squadz suffers from insomnia, sleep paralysis and often screams or cries during his sleep. It built up his reluctance to trust virtually anyone he comes across.
* He's got a serious fear of heights, this being his main phobia.
* Squadz is: the tallest, the oldest, the most intelligent, and most skilled fighter out of the YGN, buffing up his alpha role.
	+ Ironically, he's not the strongest, which is held by Sinnerz.
* Squadz once used to babysit Sinnerz and KGlockz when he was 16 and they were 12-13, for no financial gain. He happily took the offer to watch over the two, often at his home, and hang out with them, telling them to help themselves to any food or drinks they found in the kitchen, but to not even think of touching his RC Cola, which is a personal favorite of Squadz that only he's been known to drink.
* He enjoys a large array of daredevil hobbies, especially involving water, such as: White Water Rafting, Jet Ski's, Parasailing, tying a raft to a boat and playing "last man standing", and also loves both amusement and water parks, along with laser tag, sailing and using firearms. However, he does *not* enjoy rock-climbing, skydiving or bungee jumping due to his crippling phobia of heights.
* It's known that Squadz has the highest standards when it comes to dating, as he refuses to date any Democrats, complete Rednecks, "stupid people", anything interracial, has a disinterest in larger women, and almost always prefers emo's or people new to dating, and especially tomboys. He's been known to be picky of the smallest things, and insists to one day get married, settle down and have children, and insists a clingy relationship, as he's considered such himself and loves affection.
	+ The two most fulfilling of this criteria were Max DJcat and YGN Knucklz, though Knucklz held a more tomboyish nature, while Max was more accustomed to the clinginess and making it long-term, being less problematic in the beginning.
* Squadz is also highly picky with restaurants, refusing to eat at buffet's, cafeterias, "grill" restaurants, diner's, low-budget or severely expensive restaurants. Ultimately, should one attempt to go out to eat with him, be it date or hanging out, his best picks are franchises, such as Domino's, Bojangle's, Cook-Out, or for formal eating, Red Lobster, Long Horn, Texas Roadhouse, or certain wing restaurants, or places offering exotic game.
	+ He's also very finicky, mostly only eating appetizers such as fries, mozzarella sticks, or fried chicken, steak, seafood, and especially exotic game, and especially pizza.
* His home in Burlington (current residence since May 20, 2022) is a hot-spot for parties and temporary residence, as it's extremely frequent with YGN, close affiliates and family, and often times YGN such as Dripz, Sinnerz, and Raidz will crash here the most, often to escape the responsibilities at home, or to host parties, which exclusively hold bonfires, along with Fireball Whisky, Smirnoff and smoking marijuana, and sometimes even firing guns at empty cans/bottles.
	+ The house is always cleaned up prior to guests leaving, as refusal to clean the mess made can bar them from returning. Also, the residence is coined an enclave for the YGN, with the squad meeting up in the bar-area to discuss plans, and sometimes music is recorded in the guest bedroom.
* The current last place Squadz has worked, was Burlington Finishing, from July 28 - August 15, 2022, which he had been laid off from after an accident with a tugger.
	+ He had worked in the Finishing Department, to which he stated while he loved all of his coworkers and had no problems with employees, he was vastly unsatisfied with the work done here, and was extremely bored and left too much time to think, which caused anxiety issues.
* Squadz has expressed interest in joining the National Guard, with the biggest eye on being involved in the logistics, mechanic work, or even being military-police. He however, has yet to join, refusing to join until Joe Biden is out of office.
	+ Dripmasterz, Aide4Raidz and KGlockz have also expressed interest in the military.
* His favorite YouTuber was 'TheAngryGrandpaShow', and expressed severe traumatization upon the death of the YouTuber in question, having been a fan since 2013.
* He is ten days older than Dripmasterz exactly.
* Squadz has only two siblings, both half: Madison Williams, born 2003, and Faith Dixon, born 2017-18.
	+ Through Madison, he is the uncle to two kids: Bentley, born 2018, and Penelope, born 2021. Squadz has yet to meet any of them, due to ongoing feuds between him and Madison.
	+ He's also second-cousin to Presley's baby, Kinley, born October 31, 2022.
* Squadz asserts that Honda Power Equipment seemed to have been a binding job that had the highest impact on his family + peers; his grandma worked here from around 1998-2000ish (assembly), his uncle Frank from around late 2003 (die-cast), then Squadz' cousin Logang (Presley) worked here alongside him from January - February 2022 (assembly), whilst two of his friends YGN Dripmasterz (assembly), worked here from October 26 - November 9, 2022, and Madd Nightmare (die-cast) from January - March 2022.
	+ Also, Squadz himself had made a decent amount of friends here, although it is unclear if he currently has contact with any of them.
	+ Out of all of them, Nightmare is the *only* one who worked alongside Squadz (not counting the coworkers befriended here) as Nightmare was temporarily, but not officially, stationed in the same packaging department as Squadz after the die-cast department was closed, until Nightmare could be permanently reassigned. This is more understandable in reasons that, Squadz' grandma worked here before he was born, he was a baby when his uncle had worked here, and Dripmasterz, while working here around the same time as Squadz, had left while the latter was still in training, and Presley worked in a completely different building onsite during the time both worked here, but carpooled with Squadz and occasionally Nightmare.
	+ Also, Squadz had attempted to refer others; KGlockz had shown interest in working here once he turned 18, but eventually walked away from the opportunity after both Squadz and Dripmasterz stopped working here.
* He and his cousin, Logang, have an ongoing rift, which ultimately began in February 2022, as she had been staying at his place for a while, shortly after Dripz ran off, and was in need of home after a recent arrest. She previously stayed there from June to sometime in July of 2021, and she also worked with him, along with friend Dennis Graham, at Honda Power Equipment, but the rift began supposedly after she slacked out of work excessively, lying and attempting to deceive her and Squadz' grandmother into letting her stay there rent-free, and was kicked out of the house consequently.
	+ She and Squadz didn't have bad blood at the time, and Squadz was even neutral towards her until after her pregnancy, as he'd find out she was bringing an innocent child that would share bloodline, into a toxic environment, as Presley is a habitual job-hopper, and considered homeless, staying with strangers frequently, and when the baby was born, he was hurt that she'd been pushing the responsibility onto her father, Franklin Jr.
	+ He later came out and said this was false, and he had no bad blood with her, but instead just doesn't interact with her much due to her constant rambunctious and unpredictable nature, and being spontaneous + hard to meet physically, though they remain friends on social media. Also, their contradicting personalities leave them little for social bonding.
* Squadz is highly fascinated in exotic-game, and is known to eat a variety of exotics, such as venison, elk, kangaroo, ostrich, duck, bison and especially gator-bites. He's been well-known for hosting barbecues where he'll cook these foods, and often share them with his peers. He also intends to begin hunting some on the list, such as deer, ducks and squirrel's to cook for the YGN.
	+ He also especially loves grilled food with charcoal, and using barbecue, ranch and teriyaki sauce. Smoked food also appeal to him, and he's been known to put Cajun seasoning on nearly everything.
* In fifth grade, Squadz had snuck in a guinea pig he'd recently gotten named Mojo, allowing his ecstatic classmates to pet, hold and interact with Mojo. He faced no repercussions for doing so, likely due to the (mostly) harmless "prank" and his good standing with the faculty, though the real reason he faced no disciplinary action is truly unclear.
	+ This happened again in early 2013 with a different guinea pig, named Tasha, although it was Squadz' grandma who brought the newly purchased rodent into the classroom to introduce to Squadz and his classmates, once again no disciplinary action was made.
* Squadz is widely characterized by his trademark "geah" saying, initially considered a speech impediment, he has actually been witnessed pronouncing "yeah" with absolutely no restraints.
	+ He confirmed he took this saying from his favorite video game character growing up, Ryder from Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, voiced by MC Eiht, who actually says "geah" himself.
	+ Squadz also uses "geah" in his music frequently, either as an adlib or the sentence ending quote, though it sounds more like "Shyuh!" or "Shyaaa!".