Young Beckham: With the success of the single “Birthday Chick”, I was able to make the connection through my record company and secure a spot on the tour. Tolson: How did you become a part of the Black College Tour? 7/14 symbolizes my birthday so these mixtapes have meaning to me.Ī. Young Beckham: The Def Jam is looking at some time next year for the album to drop, but I currently have a mixtape out called Young Beckham 7/14:16 and I release one every year with the same title and the new year. Tolson: When can we expect more singles or better yet an album?Ī. I am still a baby in this world and I am ready to experience all it has to offer. I still haven’t experienced my first snowfall and I am looking forward to that. With this new situation, I am able to go places I have never been before. I never had a reason to travel anywhere else. Young: Beckham: As a young man in this business, I have experienced my first plane ride living in Florida was all I knew. Tolson: What are some of your first’s with this experience?Ī. I am getting a lot more recognition and I am still trying to catch up to the success of the single. With this new song “Birthday Chick” being featured on the compilation album “Now that’s what I call Music: 59. Young Beckham: I released a single early on in my career called “Top of the Line” it took off in the southern markets and that’s when I knew I had to keep grinding to get national recognition. Tolson: When did you have your first taste of success or when were you recognized first?Ī. It was at 14 when she realized I was serious about my music and purchased my first beat maker called a Magic Music Maker and I began making my own beats as wells and laying tracks of music. For my birthday my brought me my first tape recorder and then I started writing and recording songs. Young Beckham: My journey began when I was 12 years old living in Jacksonville, FL. Tolson: Let’s get started tell me how your music journey began?Ī. Young Beckham: I am good, just a hectic schedule but it is all worth it to me. Tolson: Good evening how are you today?Ī. I decided to discuss his humble beginnings and what brought him to this point. Young Beckham aka Young Trapp was born in Jacksonville, Florida where is music career begun in his home. Despite his busy schedule he made time to sit with me to discuss his newest, hottest single “Birthday Chick.”
This past Wednesday during a meet and greet for Def Jam Recordings at TCB 5400 Lounge, located at 5400 Nevin Road here in the Queen City of Charlotte, NC, I had the pleasure of meeting Def Jam’s new recording artist Young Beckham or as he is known in Jacksonville, FL, Young Trap.