No Limit Rapper Young Bleed Dies at 51
Louisiana rapper Young Bleed, known for his success under Master P’s No Limit Records, has passed away at the age of 51. His eldest son, Ty’Gee Ramon Clifton, announced on Instagram that the artist died on Saturday, November 1, after being hospitalized for a brain aneurysm. The hospitalization followed his appearance at a Verzuz event featuring No Limit and Cash Money performers.
Early Life and Career Beginnings
Born Glenn Reed Clifton Jr. in Baton Rouge, Young Bleed discovered rap at nine years old. As a teenager, he distributed his own tapes across local neighborhoods. In the mid-1990s, he joined Concentration Camp, a local hip-hop collective founded by Louisiana rapper C-Loc.
Breakthrough with No Limit Records
His notable verse on C-Loc’s track "A Fool" drew attention from Master P, founder of No Limit Records. Master P later remixed the song for the 1997 film I’m Bout It under the new title “How Ya Do Dat,” featuring Young Bleed, turning it into a Southern rap hit.
Commercial Success
Young Bleed’s major-label debut, My Balls and My Word (1998), sold over half a million copies and topped Billboard’s Hip-Hop/R&B chart. In 1999, he released a follow-up album, My Own, through Priority Records, No Limit’s distributor.
Independent Projects
After leaving Priority Records, he rebranded as Young Bleed Carleone’s and founded his own label, Da’tention Home Records. The label’s first release was Vintage in 2002, marking his independent return to music.
“How Ya Do Dat” remains one of the defining Southern hip-hop songs of the late 1990s and a testament to Young Bleed’s influence on the Baton Rouge rap scene.
Author’s Summary: Young Bleed, a Baton Rouge rapper who rose to fame with No Limit Records, died at 51 after a storied career bridging Southern rap’s golden era and independent artistry.