A biography for YBN Nahmirhasn’t been written yet.
“Me and my homeboy Almighty Jay - he YBN too - we used to just be freestyling in XBOX parties.”
“I started making music when I was like 14.”
“I'm trying to spread peace, low key.”
“I'm trying to spread positive vibes.”
“I didn't think nobody knew I listened to Bone Thugs-n-Harmony.”
“Stay humble, always.”
“Relationships will get you far in this industry. It's about how you move and how you act. Just be yourself.”
“The Bay, they got their own sound, they don't try to be like nobody. They smooth out there.”
“My ultimate goal? To move my momma out of Birmingham. To move my whole family out of Birmingham, my friends, my family, me. It don't even need to be out of Birmingham, just to a better community, a gated community or something.”
“I used to play second base, leftfield and centerfield.”
“Every year I do a song for my homeboy Valley, who passed away from a heart attack.”
“It's no beef with Tay-K... Free Tay-K on my momma.”
“Shamir and Nasir were my homeboys. They were from Philly and they're Muslim. I'm not a Muslim, but I liked their names. They were like, 'your name starts with an N, so just come up with Nahmir.' So I just put 'Nah' in front of 'Amir.'”
“I want to be the light of my city.”
“I used to play 'Grand Theft Auto 4' and used to have a little community and we were some of the best players online.”
“I always had a big fan base on the Internet, but it wasn't as a rapper. It was just as, 'Nahmir.'”
“I used to be on some nerd-type stuff.”
“If you be yourself, you're good.”
“I don't see myself working with Lil Pump. He goes crazy though. We have two different sounds, but he goes hard.”
“I don't gotta act hard... People be getting face tattoos to act hard.”