Yung Shimmy

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Alexander “Yung Shimmy Fly” Meeks A game-changing artist and an impervious celebrity, Yung Shimmy Fly began his career as a near novelty. In his earlier years, people would describe him as innovative in music, a preteen who through the challenges of a rough childhood would eventually deliver a unique urban sound of hip hop through years of maturation and practice. Born Alexander O’Neal Meeks, after the great R&B singer most popular in the eighties, Alex shared the life of many of America’s poor black children raised in the chaotic inner city neighborhoods around the country. He grew up in Richmond Virginia with his mother and father, who often caught him dancing to Kriss Kross or listening to The Five Heartbeats, Temptations and other music that was many years beyond his age. Alexander loved getting attention from older people but suffered from a rare disorder that prevented him from speaking properly, leaving him uttering unusual sounds in his best effort to communicate. It was at this time, age five that he had been nicknamed “Shimmy”. Almost a year later, Shimmy watched as his parents marriage began to tumble. He would often hear arguments but did not fully understand the meaning of what was happening. The arguments grew more intense until finally Shimmy watched as his mother packed her belongings headed for New Jersey for good, leaving him confused and in a state of denial. Hoping that his mother would return Shimmy tried to make sense of the absence of a

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