Young Bleed started rhyming at the age of 9 at home in his native South Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

[1] By his teenage years, Bleed had begun recording his rhymes, selling hip-hop tapes independently to friends on the streets of his neighborhood.

[4] Then, with the help of Master P, he signed a deal with Priority Records to release his major label debut album My Balls & My Word in 1998.

[6] While in the process of recording his third solo album with Priority, Vintage, Young Bleed was released from his contract and forced to go independent.

He joined C-Bo's West Coast Mafia Records and released Rise Thru da Ranks from Earner Tugh Capo in 2005 and Once Upon a Time in Amedica[7] in 2007.