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Noah Olivier Smith, known professionally as Yeat (occasionally stylized as YËAT /ˈjiːt/ *YEET*), is an American rapper, singer, music producer, audio engineer, and songwriter. Artist like MaajinKenji are often compared to Yeat although they never collaborated.

 Birth name
 Born
 Origin
 Genres
* Trap
* Rage
 Occupations
* Singer
 Years active
 Labels
* Interscope
* Field Trip
* Listen To The Kids
* Twizzy Rich

## Career[edit]

### 2015–2021: Career beginnings

Yeat began his career in 2015, originally making music under the name Lil Yeat, but these releases have since been deleted from the Internet. On June 30, 2018, Yeat made his first public appearance under his current moniker, premiering a track called "Brink" on Elevator, a YouTube channel. Yeat has stated that he created the name Yeat while high and trying to come up with one word that sounds familiar to people. His stage name has also been described as a combination of "yeet" and "heat." Yeat has mentioned how his use of LSD was able to help him pursue his music career. He released his first mixtape, *Deep Blue Strips* on September 20, 2018. On February 21, 2019, he premiered the music video for his track "Stay Up" on Elevator. In 2019, he released the mixtapes *Wake Up Call, Different Creature* (a collaborative project with producer Clibbo), and *Im So Me*. In his rise in the underground scene, Yeat became associated with the now-defunct collective Slayworld, working with members of the collective like Weiland (who helped him create his signature vocal presets), Autumn!, Summrs, Kankan, Goonie, and Izaya Tiji.

### 2020-2021: Continued success, *We Us*, *Hold On*, & *Alivë*

In 2020, Yeat released the extended plays *We Us* & *Hold Ön*. He also notably collaborated with Weiland on the notable song "Money Fetish".

In early 2021, shortly before his rise to prominence outside of the underground, Yeat released a notable remix of Playboi Carti's "MEH" with Autumn! and his fourth mixtape *Alivë*.

### 2021–present: Viral success, *Up 2 Më,* *2 Alivë, and Lyfë*

Yeat achieved viral success online through platforms such as TikTok in 2021. Writing for *Pitchfork*, Mano Sundaresan commented "Cutting his teeth in the influential online rap collective Slayworld over the last few years, Yeat was always a little stranger than his peers, and consequently cast as a minor figure. But in 2021, his surrealist bent became his superpower." Yeat's music began to gain traction online following his *4L* mixtape, which was released June 11, 2021. The *4L* project notably included "Sorry Bout That" and "Money Twërk".

In August, he released the EP *Trëndi* which had increased success with "Mad Bout That" and "Fukit". Also in August, a snippet of his song "Gët Busy" went viral online, attracting considerable media and fan attention upon its release. The song was particularly cited by media outlets for its line: "this song already was turnt but here's a bell", which was immediately followed by the ringing of church bells (which are often incorporated into his songs). Fellow rappers Drake and Lil Yachty also referenced the line.

On 10 September 2021, Yeat released his debut album *Up 2 Më* through a one-album deal with Interscope Records. The album contained a guest appearance from frequent collaborator SeptembersRich. The album received generally positive reception from music reviewers. After this Interscope deal ended, Yeat had fulfilled a promise he made to Zack Bia, signing to the latter's Field Trip Recordings and Conor Ambrose's Listen To The Kids in a joint venture with Geffen Records and Interscope Records.

On January 22, 2022, *Up 2 Më* made its debut on the *Billboard* 200, reaching number 183. Also in January, Yeat announced a release date for his next album *2 Alivë* for mid-February. His song "U Could Tëll" was featured in the *Euphoria* episode "You Who Cannot See, Think of Those Who Can", which premiered in February.

He released the single "Still Countin" on February 11, alongside a music video directed by Cole Bennett. On February 18, Yeat released his second album *2 Alivë* through Geffen Records, Interscope Records, Field Trip Recordings, Listen To The Kids and Twizzy Rich. The album featured guest appearances from SeptembersRich, Ken Carson, Young Thug, and Gunna. It debuted at number 6 on the *Billboard* 200 with around 36,000 units sold, making for his highest charting project. On April 1, the deluxe version of *2 Alivë* titled *2 Alivë (Geëk Pack)* was released with guest appearances from Lil Uzi Vert and Lancey Foux. On April 29, he released a single with Internet Money Records titled "No Handoutz".

Yeat was also commissioned to create a song for a Lyrical Lemonade-produced trailer cut of *Minions: The Rise of Gru*. "Rich Minion" released on June 28. The song was soon associated with "GentleMinions", an Internet meme involving people dressed in formal attire to watch the film.

On 2 September 2022, Yeat released "Talk", a single from his extended play/mixtape (different sources have called it either or) *Lyfë*, which was released a week later on 9 September 2022. It featured one guest apperance from Lil Uzi Vert *Lyfë* served as a prelude to Yeat's upcoming third album *AftërLyfe*, with both projects being predominately produced by Working on Dying producer BNYX.

Yeat released his third studio album *Afterlyfe* on 24 February 2023. The album featured a guest appearance from NBA YoungBoy on the second track "Shmunk" and additional "features" from Yeat's alter egos Kranky Kranky and Lul Geeky, as well as additional/background vocals from SeptembersRich on the sixteenth track "Heavyweight". Like *Lyfe*, much of the production on *AftërLyfe* was handled by BNYX. The album also featured much more experimental and intricate vocal production and engineering from Yeat. Jason Goldberg, NBA YoungBoy's main engineer, contributed to the engineering of "Shmunk".

## Discography

### Albums

* *Up 2 Më* (2021; vocals, producer, programmer, recording engineer, mixing engineer, mastering engineer, songwriter, arranger)
* *2 Alivë* (2021; vocals, recording engineer, mixing engineer, mastering engineer, songwriter, arranger)
* *2 Alivë (Gëek Pack)* (2021; vocals, producer, programmer, recording engineer, mixing engineer, mastering engineer, songwriter, arranger)
* *AftërLyfe* (2023; vocals, producer, programmer, recording engineer, mixing engineer, mastering engineer, songwriter, arranger)

### Mixtapes

* *Wake Up Call* (2019; vocals, recording engineer, mixing engineer, mastering engineer, songwriter)
* *Different Creature* (2019; vocals, recording engineer, mixing engineer, mastering engineer, songwriter)
* *I'm so Me* (2019; vocals, recording engineer, mixing engineer, mastering engineer, songwriter)
* *Alivë* (2021; vocals, producer, programmer, recording engineer, mixing engineer, mastering engineer, songwriter, arranger)
* *4L* (2021; vocals, producer, programmer, recording engineer, mixing engineer, mastering engineer, songwriter, arranger)
* *Lyfë* (2022; vocals, recording engineer, mixing engineer, mastering engineer, songwriter, arranger)

### Extended Plays

* *Deep Blue Strips* (2018; vocals, producer, programmer, recording engineer, mixing engineer, mastering engineer, songwriter)
* *We Us* (2020; vocals, recording engineer, mixing engineer, mastering engineer, songwriter)
* *Hold Ön* (2020; vocals, recording engineer, mixing engineer, mastering engineer, songwriter)
* *Trëndi* (2021; vocals, producer, programmer, recording engineer, mixing engineer, mastering engineer, songwriter, arranger)

## Personal Life

Yeat has two younger brothers, Luca and Ethan. He is of Romanian (through his mother) and British-American and Mexican (through his father) descent.