| There are plenty of new Yo Gotti mixtapes that | | | | The community of Northern Memphis though, was |
| people like to have in their collection of underground | | | | hungry for a new sound as well. This is how Yo Gotti |
| rap music. The latest mixtape that came out in 2010 | | | | got promoted to the next level. In fact, he put out |
| has created quite a stir both on the internet and in the | | | | mixed tapes whenever he was not busy working on |
| streets across the United States. He has done a | | | | his next album. Some of his legendary material included |
| series of tapes called "CM" which is an acronym for | | | | the tapes entitled "I Told U So" and "Pyrex King." Each |
| the subject matter on the tapes. The first CM tape | | | | of these projects was available at designated |
| came out back in the early 2000's and is considered a | | | | distributors on the internet, and within a matter of a |
| collector's item by many fans. Although he put a lot of | | | | couple years, they went on to be downloaded |
| time, effort, and hard work into the creation of his | | | | thousands of times. Far before the internet was used |
| project, he did not expect people to like it as much as | | | | to promote him as an artist, he promoted himself |
| they did. | | | | independently. |
| Eventually, most of his CM mixtapes were re-released | | | | He sold hard copies of his mixtapes and albums to |
| as albums instead of just tapes. Even though they | | | | anyone that wanted one. People that he frequently |
| retained the deejay shout outs, they still sounded | | | | saw and talked to promoted their friend and Yo Gotti |
| better than the majority of music that was coming out | | | | because they wanted to see him succeed. These |
| at the time. He has continued the series and done | | | | days, he still goes back to the neighborhood from |
| work with hip hop moguls like DJ Drama, DJ Smallz, | | | | which he grew up to encourage the youth that they |
| and more. When he first released these, there were | | | | can do anything if they put their mind to it. He had to |
| other artists in his home state of Tennessee already | | | | overcome a lot of personally challenging situations to |
| experiencing success and fame. The group Triple 6 | | | | increase his fan base. It seems as though whenever |
| Mafia, also known as Three 6 Mafia, was making a lot | | | | more new Yo Gotti mixtapes come out, they further |
| of music for the streets at the time and their sound | | | | increase his popularity. For this artist, all of the success |
| was well received due to the rawness in their lyrics | | | | he has experienced is very well deserved; he earned |
| and production from DJ Paul. | | | | it. |