American rapper

Yo Gotti

Mario Mims, known professionally as Yo Gotti, is an American rapper, singer, record executive, and record producer. Rooted in Memphis rap, he released five independent albums—Youngsta's on a Come Up (1996), From da Dope Game 2 da Rap Game (2000), Self-Explanatory (2001), Life (2003), and Back 2 da Basics (2006)—before signing with J Records in 2009. Two of his singles that year, "5 Star" and "Women Lie, Men Lie", received gold certifications by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and entered the Billboard Hot 100. Both songs were omitted from his sixth album and major label debut, Live from the Kitchen (2012), which, despite mixed critical reception, peaked at number 12 on the Billboard 200.

Born

1981

May 19

Died

Living

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1980s

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639 Ashina Jiesheshuai and his tribesmen assaulted Emperor Taizong at Jiucheng Palace.
715 Pope Gregory II is elected.
934 The Byzantine Empire reconquers Melitene under the leadership of John Kourkouas.
1051 Henry I of France marries the Rus' princess, Anne of Kiev.

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The world in 1981

When Yo arrived

april 10 Imprisoned IRA hunger striker Bobby Sands is elected to Westminster as the MP for Fermanagh and South Tyrone, Northern Ireland. He died twenty-six days later.
april 11 A massive riot in Brixton, south London, results in almost 300 police injuries and 65 serious civilian injuries.
april 12 The first launch of a Space Shuttle (Columbia) takes place: The STS-1 mission.
april 14 STS-1: The first operational Space Shuttle, Columbia, completes its first test flight.

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Andrew Johns 1974– Australian rugby league player, coach, and sportscaster Evgeny Kuznetsov 1992– Russian ice hockey player H. Bonciu 1893– Romanian author, poet, and journalist (died 1950) Heather Watson 1992– British tennis player Malcolm X 1925–1965 American minister and activist (born 1925) Michele Placido 1946– Italian actor and director Mustafa Kemal Atatürk (official birthday) 1881– Turkish field marshal and statesman, 1st President of Turkey (died 1938) Nicholas Winton 1909–2015 English lieutenant and humanitarian (born 1909) Pol Pot 1925–1998 Cambodian general and politician, 29th Prime Minister of Cambodia (born 1925)

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Beyoncé 1981– American singer-songwriter Amanda Beard 1981– American swimmer Amy Lee 1981– American singer, songwriter and pianist André Lotterer 1981– German race car driver Anthony Ervin 1981– American swimmer Audrey Tang 1981– Taiwanese Minister of Digital Affairs and programmer Cameron Winklevoss 1981– American rower and businessman, co-founded ConnectU Chin-hui Tsao 1981– Taiwanese baseball player Daisuke Sekimoto 1981– Japanese wrestler

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