YBN Nahmir (Nicholas Simmons) is an American rapper and songwriter
YBN Nahmir
@Lyricists & Songwriters, Family and Family
Dec 18, 1999
Biography
Personal Details
- Birthday: December 18, 1999
- Nationality: American
- Famous: Black Singers, Lyricists & Songwriters, Singers, Rappers
- Group of people: Black Men
- City/State: Alabama
- Known as: Nicholas Simmons
- Universities:
- Clay-Chalkville High School
YBN Nahmir born at
Birmingham, Alabama
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Birth Place
He currently lives in Los Angeles, California. There is no information about his relationship status and he is believed to be single.
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Personal Life
His ultimate goal in life is to get his family out of Birmingham and provide them a better life. He wants to take them to a better community.
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Personal Life
YBN Nahmir was born Nicholas Simmons on December 18, 1999, in Birmingham, Alabama. He was raised by his mother.
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Childhood & Early Life
His cousins and aunt were also a part of the family. His brothers and cousins were often involved in criminal activities and that had an influence on him too.
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Childhood & Early Life
A Christmas gift (Xbox 360) diverted his interest towards music. He was only 14 at the time but his passion for music started growing from there.
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Childhood & Early Life
He played a lot of video games, such as ‘Rock Band’ and ‘Grand Theft Auto V.’ He used to record his video games to gain subscribers on his ‘YouTube’ channel. When he was not busy gaming, Simmons used to hang out on ‘Xbox Live’ parties.
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Childhood & Early Life
Slowly, he gained popularity for performing freestyles during ‘Xbox Live’ sessions. Eventually, he started recording and uploading his own songs and covers on his channel.
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Childhood & Early Life
YBN Nahmir uploaded his first song on YouTube on March 21, 2015, with YBN Almighty Jay. He was only 15 at that time.
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Career
The song, ‘Hood Mentality,’ proved to be dud and received no significant views. He continued uploading other songs for the next two years but nothing positive really came his way.
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Career
On January 2, 2017, he released his first mixtape, ‘Believe in the Glo,’ on ‘SoundCloud.’ In the same month, he released his second mixtape on 'SoundCloud.’ ‘Why’ became his first popular song after receiving more than 50 thousand spins on ‘SoundCloud.’ On September 18, 2017, his released his song, ‘Rubbin’ Off the Paint,’on ‘WorldStarHipHop’s YouTube channel.
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His years of hard work finally bore fruit when his song went viral and exploded on the internet. Simmons became immensely popular and his single became a huge success. The single debuted at 79 and eventually reached 46 on the ‘Billboard Hot 100.’
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Simmons hired an in-house producer after his former producer sold the instrumental of ‘Rubbin’ Off the Paint’ to a third-party. He released six more tracks in 2017, but none of those reached the popularity of ‘Rubbin’ Off the Paint.’
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Career
Nahmir was named as one of the members of XXL's ‘2018 Freshman Class’ on June 12, 2018,
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Awards & Achievements