YGN KGlockz

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"I had a dream; and it died when I met my girl." - YGN KGlockz

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KGlockz in Burlington, North Carolina, taken in June 2022

**Kristian Manuel Garcia** (born October 11, 2005) is an American rapper from Burlington, North Carolina, known professionally as **YGN KGlockz.**

He is well-known for being considered the new de-facto co-leader of Young Grown Nation, unofficially taking that title from YGN Knucklz after her betrayal in September 2022. KGlockz also is the co-host of YGN Gaming, held alongside YGN Squadz. The older first cousin once-removed of YGN Sinnerz and YGN Kaigez, KGlockz is known for being especially prominent during the YGN's growth, he is an iconic and remarkable figure in the YGN, and considered a heavy hand in the growth of YGN. He holds the longest music-career of the entire YGN, having started in late 2019.

*KGlockz* *made his return on March 8, 2023, having been on hiatus* *in which he hadn't recorded/uploaded since January 7, 2022 with the single 'New Day'. He has been training to this day on recording and improving his quality for a full-time return to music as a full-time rapper.*

## Role in YGN

KGlockz is the "middle bottom leader" between Squadz and Knucklz, though with the latter's betrayal and defection from the Young Grown Nation, his role has been more questioned and explored in depth. He leads his own private loyalist clique, in which the members mimic his name as 'K[blank]z'. This is what appointed him his spot as middle-bottom leader, though in recent times, he's been considered the possible second co-leader, taking the spot once held by Knucklz and running his own small entourage, just as Squadz does with the greater part of YGN.

As such, he is still considered a remarkable ally to the YGN, and a close lifelong friend to the group itself, and the best-friend of YGN Squadz and YGN Dripmasterz, but unlike the two, has his own separate clan inside the YGN of loyalists that he leads, and is not "clingy" as a loyalist to Squadz unlike Dripmasterz and Sinnerz, both of whom are purely loyal to him and follow directly under him, while KGlockz has his own thing on the side that also benefits YGN in terms of growth and loyalty, among numbers and talent.

Despite this, he still reports to Squadz, but does not report to Drip as the latter does not outrank KGlockz, yet they do coexist (mostly) peacefully and work together many times to grow the YGN and bring it to speed as the up and coming biggest label in North Carolina.

KGlockz has two lead enforcers that back him up; his right-hand-man, KSlayez, and the latter's older brother, KTrazz. Both are also his own road crew, who are frequently by his side and have become extremely prominent since December 2022.

## History

### Childhood

Kristian Garcia was born October 11, 2005 to a Manuel Quinones-Garcia, and an undisclosed mother of which Kris would later go on to live with. He would be followed by several siblings; Delilah, Angel and Gabriel, all of whom reside with him. During his childhood, he'd become extremely close with his cousin, Enrique Negro 'Sinnerz', and the two were eachother's best-friends during childhood; around 2007-2008, the two were forced to live together due to the divorce between Kris' parents, and Enrique, who was a FCOR on his father's side, was the residence of which Kris would reside, as several of his siblings were not born yet, and Manuel was on strong terms with his cousin, Enrique's father.

Eventually, after a relocation into Graham, North Carolina, the two would end up at South Graham Elementary, Kris did exceptionally well beginning school, as he was an ambitious social-bird, unlike the at-the-time socially awkward Enrique.

### Meeting Squadz & Dripmasterz (2011)

On May 17-18, 2011, Kris would meeting Nicholas King 'Squadz' who was introduced to him by Enrique, who had met him a month prior. The two would become extremely close, with both forming a small trio "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.

After the beginning of fourth grade, Kris would soon meet Matthew Scott 'Dripmasterz', who was at the time known as 'Ferret' by the few classmates he knew. Matt was quiet, socially-awkward and had few friends, so Kris felt it would be a kind move to befriend the loner, which worked out well, and the two were soon close friends. During the brutish transition into first-grade, Kris and Enrique were often looked out for by Nick and Matt, who watched out for their younger friends. It was also around this time Kris would meet Ezzy King 'Knucklz' through Nick, who had met him in 2008, and recently reunited. She would become close with Kris aswell, and taught him, along with Nick and Enrique, how to skateboard.

Then, another occasional addition to the group, Aiden Nelson, later known as Aide4Raidz, became allied to the squad. He was not considered a full-time addition, as he would often come around to hang with them, but was not permanently installed into the YGN. Because of this, Aiden was left as the "secret 6th founder" in legend, rather than facts.

Throughout childhood, Kris showed more interest in NFL (football) and NBA (basketball) than music, and would often play both sports in aspirations of being in either league, wishing to become a professional sports star. Often times, he or Ezzy would beat their clique at sports, given Kris was more athletically gifted.

Throughout childhood, Kris would bond with his peers, and grew to become like family to Matt, Nick and Aiden. However, he would meet Angelo Tracey, who was in his Kindergarten classroom, and the two became close, though not to a point they would hang out as frequently as Kris did with his other friends. They still would hang out, and Kris would meet Angelo's older brother, Eric, through this friendship, and they would be considered his "backup friends" above all else.

### Getting into Music (2018 - 2019)

While Kris was into sports, he would become inspired by artists such as XXXTentacion, Juice WRLD and multiple others, which influenced him into wanting to sing/rap himself, but throughout 2017-2019, all of his "songs" were simple covers, recorded on video and him singing along to music, he never professionally released any music.

Shortly after XXXTentacion's death on June 18, 2018, Kris announced he would be focused on now becoming a professional musician, and was now training to become one. He would start to develop his music career in later 2019, and became 'Lil Ghosty' sometime prior to November 2019, H recorded and released his first ever solo, 'Sick' on November 26, 2019, as 'Lil Ghosty.

From this point on, he continued to record and release multiple solos, which carried into 2020.

### Later History

Ghosty, who had been hanging around Matt 'Drxp', was one of the first to be there for Nick 'Squadz' during his 2020 breakup with ex Max Eakins, since February 10, 2020. This was one of the main binding events between Ghosty and Squadz, as being there for him at his worst was something that bound the three childhood friends forever, and from that point on, Ghosty would associate with Squadz' Young Rich Nation label (lead by Young Squadz and Young Vibez) while Drxp hung around both, as they met numerous new faces, both in person, online and hung out with their day-ones.

An associate of Ghosty, named I-Cloud (Casey Loud) was one of the first "recurring" acts, from February 2020, although Cloud has not had any known interaction with any YGN - YRN since June 29, 2021, when she featured on an unreleased song with Ghosty, Ezzy and Squadz. Others, such as Jalen 'Big ENT', and Kyle 'Robo' were recurring faces, before both were dropped by the conclusion of 2020, which caused Ghosty's own collective to fail, as he failed to keep loyal followers in his collective.

#### Relationship with Nicole Rachel/Feud with Dripmasterz (July 2020)

Nicole Rachel was introduced to Ghosty through Snapchat, and the two became close; having lived nearby, they agreed to meet up. Ghosty, who went to Graham High School with his cousins Enrique and Saige, would began seeing Nicole, who went to Western Alamance (where Robo moved to in later 2019). Because of the COVID lockdowns, Ghosty did not attend school publicly, among all of his peers (mins Drxp and Aiden, who had already dropped out) he was restricted of many activities, and physically hanging out with his peers was equally restricted, and he often spent time playing Warzone with them, though in 2020, around the time he was dating Nicole, Squadz had broken up with a girl named Brittany, and when not physically hanging with the boys, Ghosty would be gaming.

Gaming with Nicole was one of his closest forms of bonding, since they couldn't partake in many activities due to lockdowns, such as getting dinner, watching movies at the theater, and mostly they'd just hang out getting drunk with Drxp, Squadz, Enrique and the boys, and watch movies at home when not gaming together, and smoke weed together.

One notable moment, was that Ghosty, had been hanging with Nicole, Drxp and Squadz late at night until Juice WRLD's 'Legends Never Die' album was released, and binged all the tracks while smoking.

The relationship fell sometime later in July, around the 22nd presumably, as Nicole decided to breakup with Ghosty. This would later result in Drxp instead begin meeting up with her behind Ghosty's back, before making it official they were dating. Photos of the two kissing were sent to Ghosty, which lead to him wanting to beat down Drxp, who was too terrified to show his face around Ghosty again, and the two soon began to feud.

Throughout the feud, Ghosty would force others, such as Squadz, to either side with him, or simply "stay away from me", and released two (now deleted) disstracks towards Drxp: 'Blood on my Enemies Name', and 'My Rules your Lies'.

Drxp, who didn't make music at the time, simply responded to the disstracks by posting to his story calling Ghosty a "woman abuser" and that he should "fuck himself and die". This lead to backlash on both sides, and didn't improve even after Nicole dumped Drxp a week later. The friendship between the two was ruined, and it took 5-6 months before they began speaking and interacting with one another again, without wanting to physically harm another. The first known time they hung out, was with him and Enrique getting McDonald's in March 2021, as Drip had been in jail from December 2020 - March 2021, and was in Tennessee sometime in August, and returned in March.

Also, Ghosty had little support for Drxp during the domestic-abuse/November 10 shooting allegations, and remained neutral, refusing to back up Drxp due to their feud, but also not wanting to personally turn go at the lengths of accusing him of being a murderer, and potentially spend the rest of his life in prison.

In March 2021, he changed his stage-name to 'Rute Kris', but would soon change it to YGN KGlockz in October, but has been on hiatus since January 6, 2022 and hasn't recorded or released anything, but plans to make a full-time return in March 2023, and has been training since the YRN left a hiatus started by Knucklz' betrayal in September 2022.

On February 19, 2023, KGlockz, along with Enrique (now Sinnerz) and Drxp (now Dripmasterz) began training for a comeback, as the hiatus from the September 12th betrayal and defection of Knucklz left the group shattered.

### May 15, 2022 Shooting

On May 15, 2022, KGlockz had met up with several friends from school to play Basketball in an empty field that was once 719 S Broad Street in Burlington, meeting up with a group that lived in the 727 S. Broad Apartments, arriving around 4:23-25 PM. The group, which did not possess any known YGN, began to play immediately after.

At 6:36 PM, however, a fight would break out with non-affiliates in the projects, two suspects identified as Lamar Butler Jr, and Kendell Stephen Howard, began to scuffle with two minors, one 14 and the other 17, over "graffiti on [Butler's] car." The 17 year old attempted to back away, but Howard threw the first punch, knocking the boy to the ground, while the 14 year old, and his unidentified brother, ran up to break up the fight, when Butler would tell authorities, he noticed a knife on the brother, and began discharging the firearm in the direction of the boy, managing to graze him in the abdomen with non-life threatening injuries. A stray bullet would then strike KGlockz in the neck, about two inches from the throat, from nearly 88 feet away, causing him to collapse immediately.

The fight was broken up, after Butler was restrained by multiple other bystanders, though Howard escaped, being caught 5 weeks later after multiple eyewitnesses who identified the man, revealed his location shortly after out of turning evidence on the shooting. KGlockz was immediately rushed to Alamance-Regional Medical Center, where he was treated for his injuries in the critical-care ward, and after 20 hours spent, he was released. He had been visited very frequently by family, including his fellow YGN, notably Squadz, Sinnerz, Aide4Raidz and Kaigez, all of whom expressed extreme condolences, and reached out online on the incident. YGN Dripmasterz refused to visit, despite not beefing with KGlockz or Sinnerz at the time, for unspecified reasons.

This incident humbled KGlockz towards the more grand things in life, and is another driving factor that helped him rekindle with Squadz during a non-violent estrangement, and he cited this as a serious wakeup call. A day after his release from the hospital, he was back to spending time with his homies, though it took him months to properly heal, as in June 2022, after Dripmasterz returned to the YGN, KGlockz was unable to even game properly due to severe nerve complications, nearly failing to play GTA V with Squadz, Sinnerz and Dripmasterz, though he still gave it a shot for his true loyalties in the YGN. By October 2022, he seems to have completely healed, albeit with a scar to remind himself of that day.

### Comeback (March 8, 2023)

After a long hiatus in 2022, KGlockz returned to music. The hiatus, caused by the May 2022 shooting, his relationship with Madison, and focusing on himself, coupled with the YGN Dripmasterz drama from November 2021 - June 2022, and YGN Knucklz' betrayal in September 2022 - February 2023, left KGlockz in between purposes.

His last solo, 'New Day' was recorded and released January 7, 2022, and after the hiatus ended on February 19, 2023, he would go on to begin training for a long-awaited comeback, which was met on March 8, 2023, with his verses on 'Keep it Going' and 'Out the Window', two songs featuring his fellow YGN, all of whom made comebacks aswell with those two songs.

Up until then, he accompanied Squadz and frequently hung out with him throughout the conclusion of 2022 and briefly in 2023, when Dripmasterz had ghosted everyone to be in a relationship that cut him off from everyone. KGlockz did his best to comfort his day-one, who had been through a severely traumatic breakup with Knucklz upon her betrayal, and the two managed to recover from the betrayal of their lifelong friend, who left a massive blow to not only the YGN, but the hearts of each and every member.

Although KGlockz was extremely prominent during the conclusion of 2022, he has become more of a background character in the YGN since the return of Dripmasterz, though is currently on track to represent the YGN at the 2023 Summerfest, going on tour to Wisconsin to partake in the festival, showing he still is a overarching face in the YGN, and still is said to be frequent in outings with his peers.

He is currently working on his first album, 'Hide your Emotions'. He is also in charge of his own small faction of loyalists inside the YGN, which include, but are not limited to; KTrazz, KSlayez, Gamalier. They are his primary escort, and close personal friends who KGlockz sees at school frequently.

### Personality

KGlockz can be summed up in many ways of a "loyal and kind narcissist", as he is stubborn, egotistical, moody and extremely difficult to work with, and hard to get along with. Despite his thorn side to his colleagues, he cannot be considered a "dead weight" and "useless, self-centered and arrogant burden" as he *is* talented in what he does, and when put to work, can make wonders happen, much similar to Dripmasterz. Unlike the rest of YGN (except Knucklz) he is the only one to not show support to the Republican Party and/or Donald Trump, but does share their view on fighting censorship, cancel-culture and other oppressive flaws in society and putting a stop to the corrupt justice department, though his is out of "racial-inequality" whilst the YGN do it for their unique hatred for the justice department.

He can also be considered immature, and known to make crude, offensive and distasteful "jokes" or bringing up sensitive topics for the sake of "humor", even on topics that shouldn't be touched and at the same time doing so consistently; being able to offend the YGN is a difficult task, showing the abilities of some of KGlockz' doings, and at times he's been bashed for his doings severely, though learns absolutely nothing each time. He's also problematic of not going through with promises to hang-out, be it physically or gaming, and often sinking time into NBA 2K games, which the YGN grew tired of playing with him altogether due to the insistence and repetitiveness of him and playing it.

With this being said, he is unquestionably loyal, and has a kind heart at times, showing a side of reliability and good nature at times. This is often shown during him sticking by his peers during breakups, gaming with them and his humor often lighting up the mood, and he is known to throw decent parties which often bring the mood up highly; he is especially known for his all-out Superbowl parties that the YGN have attended every year since 2016, though in his youth, it was mostly his mother hosting the parties in assistance to his demands and invitations. He's a well-respected jock and rapper, known fiercely by the students of Graham High School (and even some in the ABSS District) for his sportsmanship during football and basketball practice and games. (though outside the locker room, he's alleged to be a gossip hound and puts down his other players and especially opponents and exaggerates his skill)

## Trivia

* KGlockz is extremely similar to the late Young Vibez in *many* ways; he is stubborn, considered popular, a sports enthusiast and player, who favors basketball, a talented musician, gamer and is moody, and has forms of being cocky and egotistical, though with good reason as he is strongly talented in his hobbies, which makes the ego atleast valid. He also shares the Puerto-Rican/Caucasian biracial, even with the same roots in African American genetics, and living with their mother whilst being estranged to their fathers. (Though Vibez was kind, charitable and easy to work with for the most part, though only really showed his moody and stubborn side to his YRN colleagues, whilst KGlockz usually is rude and obnoxious to mostly everyone, though too has a kind side)
	+ Despite this, they only had one known interaction with another, and were not friends, nor rivals.
	+ Ironically, their close friendship to YGN Squadz lead to them both being the co-leaders of a rap-collective; Young Vibez and Young Squadz lead the Young Rich Nation, while YGN KGlockz and YGN Squadz lead the Young Grown Nation. (though KGlockz' co-leadership over YGN has never been established)
		- Also, KGlockz and Vibez were both involved in shootings, eerily both involving the throat, under different circumstances; KGlockz was the victim of a stray bullet from a violent encounter that had nothing to do with him and he was a bystander, and survived, whilst Vibez was shot in the throat after a robbery attempt on him went sour, and died. Also, KGlockz was on foot, while Vibez was in a car.
	+ KGlockz is well-known in town for hosting the "best" Superbowl and March Madness parties, which often include an average range of 40 attendees, and often he holds tournaments on NBA 2K in which he (more often than not) beats his YGN colleagues and other opponents, though it should be asserted he does not hold good sportsmanship and is almost guaranteed to be a sour loser.
		- The first ever Superbowl party the YGN took part in, was also the largest; the 2013 Broncos v. Seahawks, which was attended by all of what is the modern YGN, plus many others, which racked up attendence of up to 162 attendees. KGlockz voted for Broncos, and continues to assert the game was rigged/thrown by corrupt players after Broncos had lost.