Young Vibez

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"There is wisdom in heartbreak; learn from our mistakes, and find the soulmate with what you've learned". - Young Vibez, 2020

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## Young Vibez

### Born

February 19, 1999, Thomasville, North Carolina, United States

### Died

November 10, 2020, Graham, North Carolina, United States

### Stage Name

* Young Vibez
* DeezVibez

### Occupation

* Rapper
* Cashier for Target

### Genres

* Emo Rap
* R&B
* HyperPop

### Labels

* Young Rich Nation (co-leader)
* Republican Party

**Joshua Brian Griener** (February 19, 1999 - November 10, 2020) was an American rapper and athlete from Chapel Hill, North Carolina, known as **Young Vibez**.

Young Vibez was one of the five founders of Young Rich Nation (YRN), the predecessor of Young Grown Nation (YGN) and co-lead it alongside his close-friend and business partner, Young Squadz, from the founding in February 2020 - his death, in which Squadz retired acted as leader until retirement shortly after.

He was a well-respected athlete during his childhood, and a popular, beloved jock during his school football and basketball careers, prior to graduation, and had expressed interest in joining the NFL sometime before he was 23.

*Young Vibez and Lil Foxy were both fatally gunned down in an unprovoked, non-gang affiliated drive-by shooting on November 10, 2020 which was a consequence of a failed robbery attempt on Vibez. Although both musicians were killed prior to YGN's formation, they are both heavily tributed and mourned for their accomplished and memorable involvement in the lives of not only the future YGN, but lives everywhere.*

## History

### Childhood (1999 - 2009)

Joshua Brian Griener was born to Maya and Robert Griener on February 19, 1999, in Thomasville, North Carolina. Although his parents broke up briefly, Robert would return in summer 2002, when he'd conceive a second child, who would be named Anthony Michael Griener (and later, Juvie Kidd).

Robert ran away again, shortly before Anthony was born, and moved back to Puerto Rico. This took a toll on both brothers, who were raised by a single mother, with little male role-models, as all of her relationships afterwords, which did not lead to further siblings, were pawns for drugs, sex and did nothing to provide for the children, although their mother was reportedly caring for the boys, and did her best, despite all of the deadbeat boyfriends.

During his childhood, Josh would frequently find himself up to trouble, getting suspended frequently for fighting, and was well percieved as a troubled adolescent, and bullied many students and other children, especially his brother Anthony.

Josh would later meet Dwight Connors (Papa Brix), in the bathroom at a school in Thomasville, in 2009. Dwight was trying to stab his own throat with a pair of scissors, and Josh witnessing this hit his nerves; he would later report he'd never seen something like this before in person, and had only seen this in movies, and knew what it meant, but somehow managed to talk Dwight out of hurting himself, in return for a "sidekick", considering the situation like a movie scene. having improperly grasped the severity of the situation at the time.

Later, he'd meet Connor Graham (Tha Ghost) on the schoolbus, and would form a trio with Connor and Dwight.

### Juvenile Arrest (2011 - 2012)

Josh would frequently act up in middle school, so much to the point he'd very frequently find himself sent out of class, suspended, or given detention. His act-ups would primarily be fighting, bullying or other means towards students, indiscriminately and out of "territorial" means. At some point in 2011, Josh was expelled after vandalizing his principal's car with a baseball bat, supposedly over the principal allowing the school to begin supporting Pride Month, as Josh was raised to at the time, condemn homosexuality and perceive it as a sin.

Frustrated with the expulsion, he simply upped his aggression, so he got Dwight and his cousin, Blake (Grease) to help him seek revenge, and they tracked the principal's home through LinkedIn (reportedly) and would through bricks through his windows, and spray painted "Faggot Lover" on his car. After this, the principal would file criminal charges.

Josh reported later, that he regretted his doings in his later life, as he'd later become a strong supporter of homosexual rights, and did not shift his blame for his doings; he stated in his mind, he was bound to hate anything that he figured the majority would, and took the lengths to heart. He would recall that the vandalism and threats he'd made against the school official gave him away, and although the criminal investigation failed to discover the other two accomplices (Dwight and Blake) and only Josh was punished.

This lead to his ten-month stint in juvenile hall, and upon his return, he seemingly was "corrected", and was ready to make changes. Unfortunately, due to his expulsion and exposing his family's reputation as prejudiced and ignorant homophobes, they relocated from Thomasville to Chapel Hill.

### Chapel Hill Lifestyle/Rap Career Origins (2011 - 2019)

After Josh, Anthony and their mother moved to Chapel Hill, they began to adjust to the environment with ease, as they'd moved homes multiple times throughout the boy's childhood, albeit only in Thomasville. Josh would start to adjust well to the change, and actually found himself performing better at his new school, and his grades would rise.

He'd still meet up with his friends on many instances, though it was difficult not seeing them in the halls like he once did, and this complicated things, though