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Yung Miami (born February 11, 1994), whose real name is Caresha Romeka Brownlee, is an American rapper, singer, and songwriter.
She is best known as a member of the hip-hop duo City Girls, alongside her friend and rapper Jatavia Shakara Johnson (JT). The duo rose to fame with the 2018 single “Twerk”.
Young-Miami has been praised for her strong work ethic and contributions to City Girls. In 2019, she was nominated for a BET Award for Best Rap Performance for her performance on the City Girls album Period.
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Name: | Caresa Romeca Brownlee |
stage name: | Miami |
Date of Birth: | February 11, 1994 (30 years old) |
place of birth: | Miami, Florida, United States |
Country of Citizenship: | American |
high: | 1.6 m |
parents: | Kenya Young |
Brothers and sisters: | Chrissy Pressly |
Husband • Spouse: | unmarried |
Boyfriend and partner: | Kodak Black (former), Southside (2018), Ball Greezy (2017-2018), Jai Wiggins (2010-2015), Sean Combs |
Children: | Jai Malik Wiggins Jr., Summer Miami Luellen |
Profession: | Rapper • Songwriter |
net worth: | $2 million to $4 million |
Early life and education
Caresha Romeka Brownlee, also known as Yung Miami, was born on February 11, 1994 in Miami, Florida, USA. She grew up in Opa-Locka. At the age of 17, she was performing in strip clubs, nightclubs and block parties.
Yung Miami stated that she loved trap music since she was a child, and told Rolling Stone magazine: “My little boyfriend used to take me to school every day, so I listened to a lot of trap music when I was a child.” She has an older brother named Chrisey Pressley and an older sister.
She has an elder brother and an elder sister. Yung Miami is the daughter of Keenya Young (mother), but the identity of her father is unknown. She attended Carol City High School, a public high school in Florida.
Personal life
Yung Miami is not married yet. However, she has a son, Jai Malik Wiggins Jr., with her ex-boyfriend Jai Wiggins. The two separated after Jai Wiggins beat her and committed domestic violence on multiple occasions.
In December 2018, she began dating Joshua Howard Luellen, also known as Southside, one of Atlanta’s top record producers. However, the couple broke up, but later Southside bought Yung Miami a new Mercedes Benz and the two got back together. She and Southside have a son together, whom they named Summer Miami Luellen.
She announced her pregnancy on Instagram on June 11, 2019. On August 6, 2019, she was shot while leaving a recording studio in Miami. Prior to the shooting, her ex-husband, rapper Kodak Black, recorded a song in prison in which he mentioned that Yung Miami was pregnant with another rapper’s child.
Although neither Yung Miami nor her unborn child were injured, their vehicle was damaged by the gunfire. In October 2019, she gave birth to a daughter named Summer Miami Luellen. On June 15, 2020, Yung Miami posted a collage of photos of his 6-year-old son on Instagram in tribute to Jai Wiggins, who passed away in early June.
She has dated Southside (record producer) (2018), Ball Greezy (2017-2018), and Jai Wiggins (2010-2015). Yung Miami is currently in a relationship with record producer Sean Combs, also known as Diddy.
Profession
Yung Miami met her first musical partner, JT, through a mutual friend. The two recorded their debut studio single, “Fuck Dat Nigga”, a diss track directed at their ex-boyfriends for not giving them money when they asked for it.
Yung Miami promoted the song on social media and paid DJs to play it in clubs. Featuring a famous sample of Florida rapper Khia’s “My Neck, My Back (Lick It),” the song quickly garnered hundreds of thousands of plays. The song’s official music video debuted in January 2018, featuring rapper Trina. Later that year, the song was included on Quality Control’s compilation album Control the Streets, Volume 1.
Shortly after Fuck Dat Nigga was released from prison, JT was arrested and charged with aggravated identity theft and sentenced to 24 months in federal prison. The judge eventually agreed to postpone her surrender date. JT began serving her sentence in July 2018 and is expected to be released on March 1, 2020. While JT was in prison, Yung Miami continued to promote the band’s music, saying, “While she was in jail, I would go to strip clubs and pay DJs $20 to play this song.”
After signing with Quality Control Music, the duo was named this week’s most popular new artists based on their active performances on the Billboard charts Hot 100, Social 50 and Billboard 200.
City Girls’ debut mixtape, Period, was released in May 2018 and peaked at number 16 on Heatseekers Albums that same month. The album also peaked at number 26 on Rolling Stone’s list of the 30 best hip-hop albums of 2018.
In July 2018, the duo received mainstream recognition when they had an uncredited role in Drake’s “In My Feelings”, with Yung Miami appearing in the music video. In August 2018, they released the documentary Point Blank Period.
net worth
Rapper Yung Miami has an estimated net worth of between $2 million and $4 million. She has accumulated her wealth through a successful music career as well as various endorsements and other business ventures.
Yung Miami is one of the most successful young rappers in the industry, and her net worth is only expected to grow in the coming years.
Social Media
- Instagram account: @Yungmiami305
- Twitter account: @Yungmiami305
Discography
- Beautiful love
- Work
- What we are doing
- The ex has a reason.