Who is Young MA? More About The Rapper’s Career, Personal Life, Health Issues and Net Worth!

Updated On March 18, 2024 | Published By: Natalie | In Career , controversy , Health

Young MA rose to fame in 2016. source: Wiki

Young MA is an American rapper born to a Jamaican rapper and a Puerto Rican father.
The rapper has always been open about her sexual orientation through her music.
Apart from rapping, she is always very involved in philanthropic work.

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Young MA biography and early life

Young MA whose real name is Katorah Kasanova Marrero is an American rapper, YouTube star, and lyricist. She was only 9 years old when she started rapping at a corner store in Brooklyn.

She was born on April 3, 1992, in East New York.

MA had a troubled childhood as her father was jailed when she was just one year old. He remained in prison until Katorah was 11 years old.

When she was only 7 years old, her mom decided to relocate her family to Chesterfield, Virginia so as to provide better school facilities for her daughter.

Katorah would write her own rhymes in her textbooks which would later come in handy when she grew up. She would later rap those rhymes in 2001 when she turned 9.

Young MA (1) — Young MA started rapping at a young age. source: Gossip

Her mom became her biggest rock and she encouraged her to purchase a karaoke machine. Her mother would mostly play reggae and hip-hop music in the house which might have influenced MA’s career choice.

MA loved rapping so much that when she was offered the character of Freda Gatz in the drama series Empire, she denied the offer saying she only wanted to focus on her music career.

MA’s family later relocated to Brooklyn when she turned 16. She lost her elder brother in 2009 in a gang violence in Pennsylvania.

Losing her brother made her go through depression and she even received multiple sessions of treatment. She also took a short break from her career.

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MA’s career and adult life

Katorah started working at a departmental store after completing high school and continued making music by self-providing money for the recording studio.

In 2014, an American author criticized her song Brooklyn whose lyrics apparently glorified violence, black racial killing, and negativity. It only made her song more famous.

MA released her debut mixed tape named MA The Mix Tape in 2015. The tape includes many of her hit songs like ‘Body Bag’, ‘Girlfriend’, ‘Henny Dance’ and ‘Intro-YOUNG M.A.

In 2016, MA released her biggest hit to date titled Oouuu which received more than 66 million views on YouTube.

With a successful career, MA now has more than 3.7 million subscribers on YouTube and 7 million followers on Instagram.

She has also been featured on TV programs like ‘Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Falcon (2016)’, ‘The Wendy Williams Show (2016)’, ‘Verified (2016)’ and MTV Woodies (2017)’.

MA’s personal life and relationship

Young is unmarried. She also confirmed that she is not a lesbian. In 2016, she was linked to Tori Brixx who is a model by profession.

They were seen getting cozy in a Snapchat video where the two shared a smooch.

But when asked about her sexuality in an interview in 2019, she said,

“No, I’m just Young M.A.”

When the interviewer asked if she would date a guy, MA replied,

“Absolutely not. That’s it. I just wouldn’t date a guy.”

MA’s health problems

In April fans started realizing that MA’s health was not in good condition and that she was checking into a hospital for health issues.

Then, she took to social media to give an update on her health, writing,

“Yo, what up, MAB. I know I’ve been low-key. Long story short, basically, you know. It’s a small setback for just a comeback,”
“Unfortunately, I made a lot of wrong decisions in my life and things start to catch up with you, or whatever the case.”

The Off the Yak rapper added,

“I just want y’all to know, besides all that, I’m doing much better. I’ve been getting well. I’ve been very much sober. I don’t want to go specifically into details, ‘cause I really want to bring y’all along on my journey.”
”So, besides dropping new music, I also have a documentary with my story. Y’all know I’m mysterious. I keep my personal problems to myself. But, now it’s time to express that to y’all.”

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