Sunday, March 20, 2011

YoungBlaze of Chi-Town





Maurice YoungBlaze Clopton is the epiphany of hip-hop! Growing up in the hard streets of Chicago is just one of the hard life struggles that made him who he is. Both of YoungBlaze parents were musically inclined! His father played the sax and his mother sang, which meant it was only destine that he be in music.Blaze taught himself to write, produce, mix and master his own materials and decided to enroll himself into Studio Chicago Schooling MIW(Music Industry Workshop), which is a school for the arts and a brother school to Columbia College for more Guidance. He Trained under famous Engineer Chuck Kuwal who mixed on R Kelly's and Prince's records and many more famous recording artist.

Not only does YoungBlaze mix, produce, and write his own songs, he has also done work for other artist as well. He has also written R&B, he has done Ghost Production for Major Chicago's Artist, and many other big names in the industry, he's done some remix work for Ciara's 1.2. step, Gwen Stephani's Holla Back Girl, and Next Selection recording artist Cassie which also got him to feature on The Infamous TapeMasters Inc. MixTape Circuit as well. In Late 2005, YoungBlaze decided to put out merchandise on his popular website www.youngblaze.com, selling everything from T-shirts, bookbags, plush teddybears and and womens apparel, and has sold over 500 items without being an established artist. He created his own fan base, also putting out a mixtape via internet and being his own distributor and hand pressing them up himself. He sold from 1000 to 1500 mixtapes in 2 weeks. He is currently becoming a Internet as well as a music Phenomenon by reaching a status other artist cant achieve independently. 

YoungBlaze has received a great amount of recognition from YouTube, for his hit song 365 words in 1 min. He got over 100,000 views for this song on YouTube and even performed over seas in Bahrain. Check it out!!

YoungBlaze is no stranger to the music industry, he is simply buying his time and working hard to build up his fan base. He has also gotten strong recognition for his hit single, "That Girl Ain't Cute", which was written and produce by him. Check it out and let me know what you think.

As of today YoungBlaze has gotten back on the grind and has put out a hit remix to "Look At Me Now"! The video was produce and recorded by YoungBlaze and he has now gotten the video on worldstarhiphop.com. YoungBlaze is an unsigned artist that really has worked hard and have built a fan base for himself. Please support him and his music as he makes an impact on this music industry.

If you would like to know more about this artist, please click the links below!


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