Timothy Jevon McGuire, aka Young Timothy (YT) was born in Tarboro, North Carolina, on January 8, 1981, the second of Timothy Sr. and Sylvia McGuire’s three children. The home where he grew up was always filled with religious songs, to which he loved to sing along. As a preacher’s kid, Young Timothy attended church regularly. It was in the church where he began performing in front of a crowd as a member of his local church choir. During his quiet time or around his friends an appreciation for Hip-Hop music began brewing deep within. Soon the young artist would begin to write down his own lyrics and record them on his karaoke machine at home. While in college he met and joined a rap group founded by producer 9th Wonder, but the fame was short lived due to creative differences. Although Timothy was surrounded by positive role models, he began to follow a different path and take risks which would lead to many disappointments, hardships as...