User:Berthel Young

Born Berthel Young Jr pronounced “Bertell” in the small town of Melville, Louisiana with a population of 1,045 people and raised in Houston, Texas with a population over 2 million people. Bertell is a far cry from the typical small town guy.

Bertell says “As a young child we moved around quite a bit, my physical life was unstable sometimes. That’s when I started looking within, I created harmony within. I started writing poetry and songs, and it took my interest in music to another level. I had to teach myself to play the piano early on in life and then the guitar later in life, so I could cut music to the ideas I heard in my head.” It was not until much later in college that Bertell, decided to share what he’d found within himself, with others. “I was a athlete, so I already felt comfortable in front of my peers. There was a piano in the cafeteria, so one day I sat down and sang a song to entertain everyone.” Bertell saw their genuinely excited reaction. “A few of my team mates came up to me and said that if you don’t make it as a professional basketball player, you should pursue music.” Bertell explains, “From then on things started to occur that drifted me down that path.” By the spring of 2008, Grammy award winning and Georgia Music Hall of famed producer Bryan-Michael Cox, assisted Bertell in relocating to Atlanta, Georgia while working on various projects with artists such as Mary J. Blige, Usher, Mariah Carey, Jagged Edge, Monica, and Joe to name a few. During this time Bertell elevated his knowledge of how the music business operated. One year later, Bertell signed his first deal with Capitol Records in 2009. By 2010, Bertell had already made it to number 36 on the urban Billboard charts with his single “Beat it up” which had a remix featuring Chicago native Twista. That year he also collaborated with his label mate Bobby V. writing the song "Are you the right one" produced by Bryan Cox on Bobby V's album "Fly on the wall” album.

Since then, Bertell has moved on from the recording deal with Bryan Cox and Capitol Records to become an independent artist. In 2011, he wrote the song “Headboard” featuring Bow wow, T- Pain and Bobby V. Then later writing on Nelly’s “M.O” album “My Chick Better” ft Fabolous, and writing Trey Songz “Can’t Get Back” with Kevin Ross from the “Trigga” album. In the process of going independent, Bertell recognized the climate of the music industry and began on a mission to reinventing himself. After completing a total body transformation by losing 60 pounds and feeling renewed, Bertell released the song "Selfish love" 2012 and in 2013 he released his hit single "She get it from her mama" which features T-pain with a remix out that features Yung Joc ."She get it from her mama" has accumulated over 11 million hits (and counting) on Vevo and reached the billboard charts at number 58. "Sun Up Sun Down" will be released soon through "Carter House Music" with lead singles "Sex Intuition" produced by Bryan-Michael Cox and "Act Right” produced by Brandon Hodge.