American rapper

YG

Keenon Dequan Ray Jackson, better known by his stage name YG, is an American rapper. He released his debut mixtape 4Fingaz in 2008, and its follow-up, The Real 4Fingaz, the following year. The latter gained recognition for its local hit song "Toot It and Boot It", which entered the Billboard Hot 100 at number 67 and received platinum certification by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). He signed a recording contract with Def Jam Recordings in October 2009, which entered joint-venture with Atlanta-based rapper Jeezy's record label, CTE World, in 2013.

Born

1990

March 9

Died

Living

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1990s

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1990 Born

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1226 Khwarazmian sultan Jalal ad-Din conquers the Georgian capital of Tbilisi.

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The world in 1990

When YG arrived

april 11 Customs officers in Middlesbrough, England, seize what they believe to be the barrel of a massive gun on a ship bound for Iraq.
april 12 Jim Gary's "Twentieth Century Dinosaurs" exhibition opens at the Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C. He is the only sculptor ever invited to present a solo exhibition there.
april 12 Widerøe Flight 839 crashes after takeoff from Værøy Airport in Norway, killing five people.
april 23 Namibia becomes the 160th member of the United Nations and the 50th member of the Commonwealth of Nations.

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Same-day contemporaries

Also born on March 9

Brent Burns 1985– Canadian ice hockey player Bryan Bickell 1986– Canadian ice hockey player Clint Dempsey 1983– American soccer player Daniel Hudson 1987– American baseball player Jackie Jensen 1927– American baseball player (died 1982) Josef Mysliveček 1737–1781 Czech composer (born 1737) Samuel Barber 1910–1981 American pianist and composer (born 1910) Suga 1993– South Korean rapper, songwriter and record producer Yuri Gagarin 1934–1968 Russian colonel, pilot, and astronaut (born 1934)

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Same-year contemporaries

Also born in 1990

Adam Thielen 1990– American football player Asha Philip 1990– British athlete Brock Osweiler 1990– American football player Choi Woo-shik 1990– South Korean actor Chris Colfer 1990– American actor and singer Geno Smith 1990– American football player Haruma Miura 1990– Japanese actor and singer (died 2020) Im Yoon-ah 1990– South Korean singer and actress Jae Crowder 1990– American basketball player

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