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Javier Rios (born July 2, 2002), known professionally as Yvng Perceptalso known as YP or simply Percept ), is an American rapper, singer, and songwriter. In 2020, Rios released 1 independent mixtape, and 12 singles that steadily gained a following to his work. In late 2020, Rios was apart of a tour that 42 dug was on. He later then distributed two additional singles early 2021. In May 2020, Rios released the single "Toxic", which talks about life issues he also released another single “My ends“ that peaked on the 1 million plays on chart. The song was the lead single for his upcoming studio album One Step Closer (2021). His follow up singles included "Swerve" and "Toxic".

Early life
Javier Rios was born on July 2, 2002, in Kearns, Utah. Rios grew up in a small township that had crime all around. With multiple arrests at a young age the artist still kept making plenty of unreleased music for fans. Eventually this would lead to his first tour as well as connections with industry artists such as “Yung Bleu“.

After he was released from the Salt lake county Jail, he immediately went to the studio and began writing for his next mixtape.

2018–2021: One Step closer and Toxic
Rios first began producing music with a microphone that his parents had gifted him for Christmas. Rios would then release his first E.P. Mixtape “World”. Then became the popularity from school and fanbase which led to his rap beef with fellow Kearns rappers. Although violence occurred between the Kearns rappers, their feuding attracted a lot of attention especially for fans.

Personal life
Rios is the second born of 5 siblings.