Young Maylay
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Christopher "Chris" Bellard (born June 17, 1979) also known by his stage name, Young Maylay, is an American
West Coast rapper
from Los Angeles
. He is best known as the voice of Carl "CJ" Johnson
in the 2004 video game Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
.
, California
amidst the gang violence and the gangsta rap
peak of the 1980s and 1990s. Bellard chose the rap career when he had no other options of earning income and at this period of his teenage days, he met King T.
's Thug Thisle
, with the song #1 Hottest Coast (Killa Cali) in 2000. Later he appeared in Rodney O & Joe Cooley
's Summer Heat in 2002. Since then, he has been featured on many releases across the West Coast. Maylay wrote the majority of King T's album Ruthless Chronicles. He founded his independent label in 2005 with the money from GTA San Andreas and released his debut album in the same year.
's single "What Will It Be
" with a music video. In the same year, he appeared in DJ Crazy Toones' CT Experience, it was the first collaboration of the trio DJ Crazy Toones, WC and Young Maylay. In 2007 the trio began working in Maylay's album The Real Coast Guard. The album was released in 2008 and later that year, WC signed Young Maylay to Bigg Swang/Lench Mob.
Young Maylay is working on three albums, by himself, WC and Crazy Toones. Young Maylay is featured on two tracks by Ice Cube
called Ya'll Know Who I Am and Too West Coast on the album I Am the West.
In 2010 Young Maylay was featured on two tracks on the album DJ Premier Presents Year Round Records - Get Used To Us. The track 'Temptation' is a solo performance while the track 'Ain't Nuttin' Changed (remix)' is a collaborative effort with Blaq Poet
and MC Eiht
.
In the game, Maylay starred alongside celebrities such as actors Samuel L. Jackson
, James Woods
, Peter Fonda
, Clifton Powell
, Faizon Love
, Big Boy
, David Cross
, Andy Dick
, Chris Penn
, Danny Dyer
, Frank Vincent
, Sara Tanaka
, Charlie Murphy
and William Fichtner
, rappers Ice T
, MC Eiht
, Chuck D
, The Game
, Frost and Yo-Yo
and musicians George Clinton
, Axl Rose
and Shaun Ryder
.
and BG Knocc Out with the song Wes Indeed in the Cali Luv mixtape.
The song Mic It is scheduled to be on the album.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
West Coast rapper
West Coast hip hop
West Coast hip hop is a hip hop music subgenre that encompasses any artists or music that originates in the westernmost region of the United States, as opposed to East Coast hip hop, based originally in New York alone...
from Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...
. He is best known as the voice of Carl "CJ" Johnson
Carl "CJ" Johnson
Carl "CJ" Johnson is a fictional character in the Grand Theft Auto video game series, serving as the protagonist, anti-hero/hero and player-controlled character in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. He was voiced by Young Maylay...
in the 2004 video game Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas is a 2004 open world action video game developed by British games developer Rockstar North and published by Rockstar Games. It is the third 3D game in the Grand Theft Auto video game franchise, the fifth original console release and eighth game overall...
.
Early life
Christopher Bellard was born and raised in Los AngelesLos Ángeles
Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...
, California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
amidst the gang violence and the gangsta rap
Gangsta rap
Gangsta Rap is a subgenre of hip hop music that evolved from hardcore hip hop and purports to reflect urban crime and the violent lifestyles of inner-city youths. Lyrics in gangsta rap have varied from accurate reflections to fictionalized accounts. Gangsta is a non-rhotic pronunciation of the word...
peak of the 1980s and 1990s. Bellard chose the rap career when he had no other options of earning income and at this period of his teenage days, he met King T.
Early days: 2000–05
With help from King T, Maylay made his first appearance in Killa TayKilla Tay
Killa Tay is an American rapper from Fresno, California.-Biography:Born in Washington, D.C., he moved to Fresno while in his youth. Killa Tay is best known for his tenure on AWOL Records, including his collaborations with C-Bo, as well as his debut album, Mr...
's Thug Thisle
Thug Thisle
-Track listing:#Watts featuring D. Dope and Rodney O#So Serious featuring Brotha Lynch#№1 Hottest Coast featuring Destruckto and Young Maylay#Mob Music featuring Guce and Huccabucc#Top Dollar featuring Agerman#Whoo Ride featuring C-Bo...
, with the song #1 Hottest Coast (Killa Cali) in 2000. Later he appeared in Rodney O & Joe Cooley
Rodney O & Joe Cooley
Rodney O & Joe Cooley are noted west coast hip hop pioneers from Los Angeles, California, best known for tracks such as "Everlasting Bass" and "This is for the Homies." DJ Cooley was highly influential in Miami Bass music; Latin emcees Jonny Z and SPM did their own version of it, which they called...
's Summer Heat in 2002. Since then, he has been featured on many releases across the West Coast. Maylay wrote the majority of King T's album Ruthless Chronicles. He founded his independent label in 2005 with the money from GTA San Andreas and released his debut album in the same year.
Pre-Lench Mob: 2006–08
In 2006, Maylay was featured in DeeyahDeeyah
Deeyah , born August 7, 1977 in Oslo, Norway, is a Norwegian singer,music producer, composer, film maker and human rights activist of Punjabi/Pashtun descent. She adopted the name Deeyah in 2002...
's single "What Will It Be
What Will It Be
"What Will It Be" is an award winning limited edition digital single by Deeyah, featuring guest performance rap by LA rapper and Grand Theft Auto San Andreas voice talent Young Maylay...
" with a music video. In the same year, he appeared in DJ Crazy Toones' CT Experience, it was the first collaboration of the trio DJ Crazy Toones, WC and Young Maylay. In 2007 the trio began working in Maylay's album The Real Coast Guard. The album was released in 2008 and later that year, WC signed Young Maylay to Bigg Swang/Lench Mob.
Lench Mob days: 2008–present
Lench Mob Records were set in 2006 to put out Ice Cube's and WC's records, but later other artists were signed, like Young Maylay, who is considered a veteran by Ice Cube. DJ Crazy Toones created two blogs for Maylay, the first is called Who's Young Maylay? Mix Blog and the second is called Young Maylay, WC & Bad Lucc Mix Blog.Young Maylay is working on three albums, by himself, WC and Crazy Toones. Young Maylay is featured on two tracks by Ice Cube
Ice Cube
O'Shea Jackson , better known by his stage name Ice Cube, is an American rapper and actor. He began his career as a member of the hip-hop group C.I.A. and later joined the rap group N.W.A. After leaving N.W.A in December 1989, he built a successful solo career in music, and also as a writer,...
called Ya'll Know Who I Am and Too West Coast on the album I Am the West.
In 2010 Young Maylay was featured on two tracks on the album DJ Premier Presents Year Round Records - Get Used To Us. The track 'Temptation' is a solo performance while the track 'Ain't Nuttin' Changed (remix)' is a collaborative effort with Blaq Poet
Blaq Poet
Wilbur Bass , better known as Blaq Poet is an American rapper from Queensbridge, New York, USA.Blaq Poet was first heard in the track "Beat You Down" from the Bridge Wars during 1987, a diss song towards KRS-One and Boogie Down Productions. At that time Poet was at least 17 years old, as stated in...
and MC Eiht
MC Eiht
Aaron Tyler , better known by his stage name MC Eiht, is an American rapper. His stage name was partly inspired by the numeral in KRS-One's name. He chose Eiht for its links to "hood culture", including 8Ball and .38 caliber firearms...
.
GTA San Andreas
Maylay was working in New York when he received a phone call from DJ Pooh, who was in a meeting with Rockstar staff. They started a regular conversation about music which, unknown to Maylay, occurred on speaker phone. Rockstar staff heard the conversation, and after conversation between the two ended, they encouraged Pooh to bring Maylay in to audition. A few weeks after the audition, Rockstar reviewed the tapes and decided on Maylay for the role of main character of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, C.J.In the game, Maylay starred alongside celebrities such as actors Samuel L. Jackson
Samuel L. Jackson
Samuel Leroy Jackson is an American film and television actor and film producer. After becoming involved with the Civil Rights Movement, he moved on to acting in theater at Morehouse College, and then films. He had several small roles such as in the film Goodfellas before meeting his mentor,...
, James Woods
James Woods
James Howard Woods is an American film, stage and television actor. Woods is known for starring in critically acclaimed films such as Once Upon a Time in America, Salvador, Nixon, Ghosts of Mississippi, Casino, and in the television legal drama Shark. He has won three Emmy Awards, and has gained...
, Peter Fonda
Peter Fonda
Peter Henry Fonda is an American actor. He is the son of Henry Fonda, brother of Jane Fonda, and father of Bridget and Justin Fonda...
, Clifton Powell
Clifton Powell
-Movie career:Powell is known for playing the role of Pinky in the 2000 comedy film, Next Friday and its 2002 sequel, Friday After Next. Powell stars also in the Indie thriller Chain Letter.In 2009 he played "Bowman" in the film Just Another Day...
, Faizon Love
Faizon Love
Faizon Andre Love is an American actor and comedian. He is best known for roles in the films Friday, Elf, Made, and Couples Retreat.-Life and career:...
, Big Boy
Big Boy (radio host)
Big Boy is a radio host currently heard on Los Angeles Rhythmic contemporary station KPWR in the mornings from 5 to 10, as well as numerous radio stations across the United States...
, David Cross
David Cross
David Cross is an American actor, writer and stand-up comedian perhaps best known for his work on HBO's sketch comedy series Mr...
, Andy Dick
Andy Dick
Andrew R. "Andy" Dick is an American comedian, actor, musician and television/film producer. His first regular television role was on the short-lived but highly influential Ben Stiller Show. In the mid-1990s, he had a long-running stint on NBC's NewsRadio...
, Chris Penn
Chris Penn
Christopher Shannon "Chris" Penn was an American film and television actor known for his roles in such films as The Wild Life, Reservoir Dogs, Footloose, Rush Hour, True Romance, All the Right Moves and Pale Rider.-Early life:Penn was born in Los Angeles, California, the youngest son of Leo Penn,...
, Danny Dyer
Danny Dyer
Danny Dyer is an English actor, media personality, and chairman of Greenwich Borough, a non-League football team.-Biography:Daniel John Dyer was born in Custom House, an area of East London, to Antony and Christine Dyer...
, Frank Vincent
Frank Vincent
Frank Vincent is an American actor, musician, author and entrepreneur. He is a favorite performer of director Martin Scorsese, having played important roles in three of Scorsese's most acclaimed films: Raging Bull , Goodfellas and Casino . He often plays a gangster and works both in features and...
, Sara Tanaka
Sara Tanaka
Sara Tanaka is an American film actress. She is best known for her roles in Rushmore, Old School, and Race The Sun....
, Charlie Murphy
Charlie Murphy
Charles Quinton "Charlie" Murphy is an American actor, comedian, and writer notable as being a cast member and writer on the Comedy Central sketch-comedy series Chappelle's Show...
and William Fichtner
William Fichtner
William Edward Fichtner is an American actor. He is best known for his roles as Sheriff Tom Underlay on Invasion, as Alexander Mahone on Prison Break, as William Sharp in Armageddon, and as Ken Rosenberg in the video games Grand Theft Auto: Vice City and Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.- Early life...
, rappers Ice T
Ice T
Tracy Marrow , better known by his stage name Ice-T, is an American musician and actor.He was born in Newark, New Jersey and moved to the Crenshaw district of Los Angeles when he was in the 7th grade. After graduating from high school he served in the United States Army for four years...
, MC Eiht
MC Eiht
Aaron Tyler , better known by his stage name MC Eiht, is an American rapper. His stage name was partly inspired by the numeral in KRS-One's name. He chose Eiht for its links to "hood culture", including 8Ball and .38 caliber firearms...
, Chuck D
Chuck D
Carlton Douglas Ridenhour , better known by his stage name, Chuck D, is an American rapper, author, and producer. He helped create politically and socially conscious rap music in the mid-1980s as the leader of the rap group Public Enemy.- Early life :Ridenhour was born in Queens, New York...
, The Game
The Game (rapper)
Jayceon Terrell Taylor , better known by his stage name Game, formerly The Game, is an American rapper and actor. As a member of G-Unit, he rose to fame in 2005 with the success of his debut album, The Documentary, which earned him two Grammy Award nominations...
, Frost and Yo-Yo
Yo-Yo (rapper)
Yo-Yo is a Grammy-nominated American hardcore rapper and actress. Much of her music has advocated female empowerment, denouncing the frequent sexism found in hip-hop music. She is the protege of gangsta rapper Ice Cube...
and musicians George Clinton
George Clinton (musician)
George Clinton is an American singer, songwriter, bandleader, and music producer and the principal architect of P-Funk. He was the mastermind of the bands Parliament and Funkadelic during the 1970s and early 1980s, and launched a solo career in 1981. He has been cited as one of the foremost...
, Axl Rose
Axl Rose
W. Axl Rose is an American singer-songwriter and musician. He is the lead vocalist and only remaining original member of the hard rock band Guns N' Roses, with whom he enjoyed great success and recognition in the late 1980s and early 1990s, before disappearing from the public eye for several years...
and Shaun Ryder
Shaun Ryder
Shaun William Ryder, aka X, is an English musician, occasional newspaper columnist, actor, author, singer-songwriter and television personality, best known as lead singer for Happy Mondays and Black Grape – and more recently as the runner-up of the 2010 version of the British TV Show I'm a...
.
OBG Rider Clicc
OBG Rider Clicc is Young Maylay's rap trio (with Young Dre The Truth and Killa Polk) the group first appeared in Young Dre album called Revolution In Progress The Movement with the single Let's Get The Game Bacc Right. and later appeared with Compton Cavie, DrestaDresta
Andre DeSean Wicker , better known by his stage name Dresta, is an American rapper known for collaborating with Eazy-E on the 1993 single "Real Muthaphuckkin G's". He is also the older brother of rapper B.G. Knocc Out, who also collaborated in the song.- Early life :Andre DeSean Wicker was born and...
and BG Knocc Out with the song Wes Indeed in the Cali Luv mixtape.
Maylaynium Muziq
Malaynium Muziq is Young Maylay's own independent record label based in Studio City, California. His mixtapes were released on this label.Discography
| Year | Title |
|---|---|
| 2005 | San Andreas: The Original Mixtape San Andreas: The Original Mixtape San Andreas: The Original Mixtape is the debut album by American West Coast rapper Young Maylay, released July 5, 2005.-Featured artists:The album features all hip hop artists who were affiliated with Young Maylay at the time... |
| 2008 | The Real Coast Guard |
New Album
In an interview, when asked about a new album, Maylay said:The song Mic It is scheduled to be on the album.
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | The Introduction | Carl "CJ" Johnson Carl "CJ" Johnson Carl "CJ" Johnson is a fictional character in the Grand Theft Auto video game series, serving as the protagonist, anti-hero/hero and player-controlled character in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. He was voiced by Young Maylay... |
DVD released as the introduction to the Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas synopsis. Voice only. |
| 2004 | Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas is a 2004 open world action video game developed by British games developer Rockstar North and published by Rockstar Games. It is the third 3D game in the Grand Theft Auto video game franchise, the fifth original console release and eighth game overall... |
Carl "CJ" Johnson | The main character. Voice only. |
| 2006 | The CT Experience: DVD Files | Himself | DVD released by DJ Crazy Toones for music videos from his album CT Experience. It includes 3 videos with Young Maylay. |
Videography
| Year | Song | Artist | Album |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | What Will It Be | Deeyah featuring Young Maylay | What Will It Be Single |
| 2006 | Roll On 'Em | DJ Crazy Toones featuring Xzibit, Young Maylay, MC Ren and WC | CT Experience |
| 2006 | The Rat Pack | DJ Crazy Toones featuring King T, Young Maylay, WC and Roscoe | CT Experience |
| 2006 | We See You Niggas | DJ Crazy Toones featuring WC, Jayo Felony and Young Maylay | CT Experience |
| 2006 | Let's Get The Game Bacc Right | OBG Rider Clicc | Revolution In Progress The Movement |
| 2009 | Ain't Nuttin' Changed (Queensbridge To California Remix) | Blaq Poet featuring Young Maylay and MC Eiht | The Blaqprint |
| 2010 | Mic It | Young Maylay | |
| 2010 | Too West Coast | Ice Cube featuring WC and Young Maylay | I Am The West |
| 2010 | Y'all Know How I Am | Ice Cube featuring Doughboy, OMG, WC and Young Maylay | I Am The West |
| 2011 | You Know Me | WC featuring Ice Cube and Young Maylay | Revenge Of The Barracuda |