User talk:Mr 916

Young Cali
Kevin Michael Lee ( born April 7, 1986 in Shreveport, LA) is an american rapper, songwriter, and record producer. He goes by the rap name Young Cali. It is his nickname given to him by his friends. He liked it so much he tattooed it on his left forearm as his first tattoo. He also goes by Mr. 916 and Killa Cal.

He is a military brat, having his mother in the air force. He moved around a lot before making West Sacramento, CA his permanent home. He currnetly resides in San Diego, CA since he is enlisted in the US Navy.

Cali started rapping at age 14 and never looked back. He would perform at local talent shows with his friends in the short lived group, LCo (stands for Lovers Corporated). He branched out into songwriter status, writing hits for local acts, both singers and rapers. He also started producing beats for those songs, using FruityLoops, which he had to teach himself how to use.

When he moved to Maryland in 2004, he picked up right where he left off in California, performing in the hallways of his school, his bus stop, around the corner of his house, anywhere people would listen. This caused his name to be known around his neighborhood, and he got to perform in front of Ghost, the CEO and President of local record label, Ground Zero Records. He got right to work, rapping on mixtapes and ghostwriting for label mates. Tension grew when his debut solo project, The Major Factor, was thrown out and never released. He also had beef with label mate, Thresha, for not giving Cali credit for writing songs for him, one accusation Thresha denies thoroughly.

After CAli left GZR, he joined an up and coming record label, East Coast Prodigy, or ECP, as a producer/rapper. He ironically took the self proclaimed role as the the west coaster on the east coast label. He also came involved in a heated battle between himself and members of GZR. He also got to release a mixtape entitled The Revelation. This did not sell. He became only more focused and determined to do better. He stopped rapping around town, and went into hiatus. He was promoted to senior executive president of ECP and began working on the other acts of the label, producing tracks, and ultimately executive producing the mixtapes. This also gave him time to work on his new material. In August of 2005, he released a double disc mixtape entitled CALI-graphy, stating his lyrics are like ancient scriptures. This mixtape spawned street hits like, Young Cali's Back, Can I be Your Man, and Yeah You Know My Name. It also had a song to stop the ECP and GZR beef called For What. The beef has since dissolved.

He is currently working on creating his own record labels with his closest friends and is still producing and writing songs for himself as well as others.