Yungeen Ace Releases New “Hood Anthem” Music Video as an Ode to Jacksonville

Hip Hop artist Yungeen Ace has released visuals paying tribute to his hometown with “Hood Anthem.” Directed by Montana Shot Ya, the video showcases Ace driving through the streets of Jacksonville and taking viewers on a tour of his old stomping grounds in Marvin Park. “Hood Anthem” highlights Ace’s rags to riches story, and serves as an ode to his humble roots.

“The music game isn’t easy, but coming out of Jacksonville toughened me up,” Ace said. “I may have hustled my way out and made a name for myself, but my hometown made me who I am.”

“Hood Anthem” is the seventh music video that Ace has unveiled from his mixtape, Don Dada, which is currently available via Cinematic Music Group. In recent weeks, he’s unveiled visuals for “Recovery,” “Stretch Gang,” “Don Dada,” “400 Shots,” “Heartbroken” and “I’m The One.” Ace recently made his first foray into directing music videos, having co-directed the visual for “Recovery” as he works to expand his skillset in that area.

The Jacksonville native originally released Don Dada in mid-June and the project included a feature from King Von and production from Koncept P, Benjamin Lasnier, Mook On the Beats, Basshead Beatz and TnTXD, among others. The project is Ace’s first release since last year’s massive Step Harder, which debuted at #81 on the Billboard 200 and featured the likes of Lil Durk, Boosie, Blac Youngsta, Stunna 4 Vegas, Dej Loaf and No Cap and includes standout singles like “Step Harder” and “Bad Bitch (feat. Blac Youngsta).”

ABOUT YUNGEEN ACE

Ace has built his massive following through his authentic music and raw lyricism, turning to music to make sense of his pain. In June of 2018, he released his debut full length project Life of Betrayal, which he shortly followed up with Life I’m Livin’. 2019 also saw the release of Can’t Speak On It, a joint project with JayDaYoungan, and the EP Chloe, a passionate collection of tracks written and recorded for his girlfriend, as well as a performance at Rolling Loud Miami. Over the course of two years, Ace’s catalog has pulled in well over 500 million streams.

Ace’s story is chronicled in the documentary Through the Pain, which follows Ace on his journey to stardom while dealing with grief and pain. The documentary has racked up over 1.2 million views since its release.

ABOUT CINEMATIC MUSIC GROUP

Cinematic Music Group (CMG) is a multidisciplinary record label, management and creative studio founded in Brooklyn, NY in 2007 by CEO Jonnyshipes. Originally founded as a hip-hop-focused indie label, CMG quickly grew into a multidimensional media company, working with artists of all genres and creating world-class video content. Armed with a passion for artist development, Jonnyshipes aspired to create an environment that would give his artists total creative control to express their artistic visions. CMG’s artist-first reputation proved instrumental in recruiting early signees like Sean Kingston, Nipsey Hussle, Big K.R.I.T., and Joey Bada$$. Since then, Shipes has discovered and launched the careers of artists such as Flipp Dinero, Luh Kel, Yungeen Ace, Xanman, JayDaYoungan, among others, and Cinematic became the home for veteran artists like T-Pain and Cam’ron. As Cinematic heads towards its 13th anniversary, it continues to be one of the industry’s premier independent labels, praised for its unwavering dedication to its artists, the team’s work ethic, craftsmanship, and talent, and its singular devotion to creating superior sounds.

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