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Yung Simmie is a Miami-based underground rapper and member of the of the Raider Klan crew. Raider Klan has become widely known in the underground rap scene for its use of lo-fi recording techniques and other sounds that are employed to evoke a “throwback” style (particularly that of southern and West Coast hip hop from the 1990s).

Career Beginnings
In an interview with Bloglin, Yung Simmie sheds some light on how he began rapping. After hearing many others around him rapping, he tried it himself and realized that he had talent: “It was always fun for me. I just watched the people around me do it. I started to do it. And I realized I was good at it. It was fun to do, so I stuck with it.” However, Simmie admits: “It really started because my mother told me I couldn’t play football. So, I just went to rapping.”

He goes on to describe how he began to put music on the internet and was eventually asked by Raider Klan member Renegade to join the group: “I had my own rap thing, my own group. I used to post stuff on the internet and whatever. But then Renegade (he was in the Klan before me) hit me up. I guess he saw the music I posted on his wall. He was like ‘I want you to rep Raider Klan.’” Yung Simmie says that he originally heard of Raider Klan while rapping with member Denzel Curry.

Musical Career
In February of 2012, Yung Simmie released his first official mixtape as a member of Raider Klan. Entitled G Funk Ressurection 1993-1995 Underground Tape, the mixtape largely pays tribute to the G-funk style of hip hop. The mixtape features a freestyle track, as well as appearances by fellow Raider Klan members Denzel Curry, Mike Dece, and Ruben Slikk.

Yung Simmie released another mixtape in May of 2012, featuring appearances by Denzel Curry, Dough Dough, and Ethelwulf. The mixtape also boasts production by Key Nyata, Lil’ Ugly Mane, and Spaceghostpurrp.

Style and Influences
Yung Simmie has stated that he does not consciously try to emulate any particular style or artist as a rapper. In an interview with Bloglin*, Yung Simmie is asked how he would describe his musical style and what artists have influenced him as a rapper. He responds: “I don’t really have no certain style that I go to. I just hear a beat and I do me.” In the same interview, however, he mentions Eazy E, Big L, and Lil’ Wayne as possible influences.

While Yung Simmie has expressed that he cannot be easily identified with any single style or artist, he has been rather upfront about his affinity for certain sounds. For example, his 2012 mixtape entitled G Funk Ressurection 1993-1995 Underground Tape attempts to recreate the sounds of the G-funk subgenre that emerged from the West Coast gangsta rap scene in the early 1990s.

Yung Simmie is a proud member of the Miami based Raider Klan crew, which has become widely known in the underground rap scene for its use of lo-fi recording techniques and other sounds that are employed to evoke a “throwback” style (particularly that of southern and West Coast hip hop from the 1990s). In an interview with several members of Raider Klan in April of 2012, rapper Chris Travis states that “…Ethelwulf, SGP, Denzel, Simmie – most of the south Raiders are bringing back the 90’s.”