She is best known for her 2016 single "Ooouuu", which peaked at number 16 on the Billboard Hot 100 and received quadruple platinum certification by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).

[2] Marrero's debut studio album, Herstory in the Making (2019), peaked at number 19 on the Billboard 200 and was met with positive critical reception.

When Marrero was 7, her mother decided to relocate to Chesterfield, as it provided better school facilities and her children would remain away from the violence of East New York.

[14] The post's author, pundit Boyce Watkins, said the song promoted "violent, negative, and genocidal energy", but the controversy expanded Young M.A's name recognition and brought new listeners to her work.

[16] In 2016, Young M.A released her official debut single, "Ooouuu,"[13] which peaked at number 19 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart.

[17] In September 2016, the song had nearly 7 million plays on Spotify[18] and was widely remixed by other rappers and hip hop artists such as Remy Ma, French Montana, Nicki Minaj, Jadakiss, Uncle Murda, ASAP Ferg, Bryan Mathers and Tink, all of whom released their versions of the song.

[15] Stereogum's Tom Breihan said "Ooouuu" was "a brash, intense, hard-as-fuck piece of rider music... the song feels like it marks the arrival of a major rap talent.

[22] Remy Ma featured M.A at Hot 97's Summer Jam 2017, where she performed alongside other female rap greats.

M.A's single titled "Praktice"[26] is supposedly a reference to the idea that her previous releases have all led up to the full album.

Young M.A's debut studio album Herstory in the Making was released on September 27, 2019, and peaked at number 16 on the Billboard 200.

[29] In 2016, during an interview with Rolling Stone, Young M.A said Lee Daniels offered her the role of "Betty Bars" on the show Empire.

[30][14][31] She references being offered the role in her freestyle "Check," rapping, "Shout out to Fox trying to get me on that Empire / At first I had to turn it down, wasn't up to par / 'Cause it's Young M.A, bitch!

[36] She told Vogue that coming out was an important point in her artistic development, stating "I held in being sexually attracted to women for so long that once I got that out of me, the music became easy.

"[30] Young M.A also said in a different interview, "I was scared to express it to people who are close to me, That was me not accepting it yet, even though I knew deep down in my heart that I liked women."

Young M.A missed school for a month due to depression and mourning,[3] and later underwent therapy to deal with the tragedy.

KWEENZ foundation "helps those residing in her East New York neighborhood overcome the grief and trauma that comes with the loss of a loved one.

"[46][47] Young M.A appears regularly at the end of Vice News Tonight (on HBO) episodes critiquing many genres of music.

[48][49][50] She has also appeared on the Wendy Williams Show,[51][52] The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, Viceland's The Therapist, Snoop Dogg's GGN, MTV's Ridiculousness, Hip Hop Squares, Martha & Snoop's Potluck Dinner Party, Wild 'n Out, Safeword, Total Request Live[53] and Mr.