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Bryson LaShun Potts (born November 1, 2002), known professionally as NLE Choppa (also NLE the Great, previously YNR Choppa), is an American rapper and YouTuber from Memphis, Tennessee. He gained recognition with his 2019 single "Shotta Flow," which was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and reached the top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100. The single was included on his debut extended play (EP) "Cottonwood" (2019). Potts signed with Warner Records for his debut studio album "Top Shotta" (2020), which peaked within the top ten of the US Billboard 200. The album included the top 40 singles "Camelot" and "Walk Em Down" featuring Roddy Ricch. His fourth and fifth mixtapes, "From Dark to Light" (2020) and "Me vs. Me" (2022), preceded his second studio album "Cottonwood 2" (2023). The album’s lead single, "Slut Me Out," remixed with Sexyy Red, peaked within the top 30 of the Billboard Hot 100, becoming his highest-charting single. Bryson LaShun Potts was born in Memphis, Tennessee, to an African American father and Jamaican mother. He was raised in Southeast Memphis in the Parkway Village area and attended Cordova High School, where he played basketball. He began freestyling with friends at 15 and started pursuing music seriously at 16. Potts released his first song, "No Love Anthem," in March 2018 under the name YNR Choppa, followed by his debut mixtape "No Love the Takeover" in July. He appeared on the cypher-style track "No Chorus Pt. 3" wit