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Yungeen Ace had a difficult childhood he is 1 of 12 brothers, even so he experienced a very solitary upbringing and turned to music and street life in his teenage years. He acquired he name after the character ace from the 2002 popular film Paid In Full.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Thomas|first=Fred|title=Artist Biography|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/yungeen-ace-mn0003768809/biography|url-status=live|access-date=13 December 2021|website=ALLMUSIC, NETAKTION LLC}}</ref> His career began in March of 2018, when he wrote and recorded solo tracks, releasing his debut single, “No Witness.” There were several other singles, but those bright beginning were darkened by Yungeen Ace and several friends in Jacksonville when they left dinner in June, 5th of 2018 during a sudden drive-by shooting.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Scanlan|first=Dan|date=12 June 2018|title=Survivor of deadly June 5 shooting denied bail|work=The Florida Times Union|url=https://www.jacksonville.com/story/news/crime/2018/06/12/survivor-of-deadly-june-5-jacksonville-shooting-is-denied-bail/11928603007/|access-date=13 December 2021}}</ref> That left the rapper suffering from multiple gun shot wounds and the lost of his blood brother Trevon Bullard as well as two of his closest friend  Royale Smith, Jr. and Jercoby Groover. Immediately after the shooting, legal troubles put the rapper under house arrest. He continued to make new songs including the standout track "Wanted" featured a cameo from YoungBoy Never Broke Again as well as  earlier singles like the JayDaYoungan collaboration "Jungle." He teamed up with Boosie Badazz, Lil Durk, and others in 2019 for the 16-track Step Harder.  All in the wake of his debut mixtape Life of Betrayal, which would be followed by a string of other mixtapes such as Life I'm Livin  in 2018, Can't Speak on It in 2019, Step Harder in 2020 and Don Dada in 2020. Later on he released his biggest hit in 2021 with a street-driven flip of Vanessa Carlton's "A Thousand Miles, Followed by his first album, Life of Betrayal 2x later that year.