No Limit Rapper Young Bleed Dead at 51 Following Brain Aneurysm
Louisiana rapper Young Bleed, best known for his work with Master P’s No Limit Records, has died at age 51. His eldest son, Ty’Gee Ramon Clifton, confirmed the news in an Instagram Reel, revealing that his father passed away on Saturday, November 1, after suffering a brain aneurysm. Clifton shared that the rapper had been hospitalized in the ICU for a week following a collapse after performing at a Cash Money vs. No Limit Verzuz event at ComplexCon in Las Vegas. “Let’s keep his legacy alive,” Clifton said in the post.
Born Glenn Reed Clifton Jr. in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Young Bleed began rapping at just nine years old and gained attention in the mid-1990s as a member of the local rap collective Concentration Camp, alongside fellow Louisiana artist C-Loc. His breakout moment came when Master P heard his verse on C-Loc’s “A Fool” and remixed it into the hit “How Ya Do Dat,” featured on the 1997 film I’m Bout It. The song’s success led to a deal with No Limit Records, cementing Young Bleed’s place in Southern rap history.
His 1998 debut album, My Balls and My Word, was a commercial hit, selling over half a million copies and topping Billboard’s Hip-Hop/R&B Albums chart. Following the success, he released My Own in 1999 through Priority Records before parting ways with the label. Young Bleed later launched his own imprint, Da’tention Home Records, releasing Vintage in 2002 under the name Young Bleed Carleone. Though he remained largely independent in his later years, Young Bleed’s lyrical storytelling and smooth Southern flow left a lasting mark on Louisiana hip-hop and the legacy of the No Limit era.
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