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Last updated on December 22, 2024.
Nicholas Alexander Simmons, known professionally as YBN Nahmir, is an American rapper and singer. He is best known for his singles "Rubbin Off the Paint" which charted at number 46 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, "Bounce Out with That", which peaked at number one on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart, and "Opp Stoppa" which peaked at number 78 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.
What's the point of blowing up if you can't give back to the people who helped you blow up?
I'm trying to spread peace, low key.
Don't spam your music to people... let the people around you share it.
Everyone was messaging me like, 'Yo, 'Rubbin Off the Paint' goes hard.' Everybody in school knew it. The teachers know my song.
It's no beef with Tay-K... Free Tay-K on my momma.
My sound is inventive.
It's different, I don't sound like anyone.
When I was younger, I used to watch a lot of cartoons.
I used to do 'GTA' videos, I used to do everything.
I always had a big fan base on the Internet, but it wasn't as a rapper. It was just as, 'Nahmir.'
I'm trying to spread positive vibes.
I grew up in Birmingham, Ala. Nobody really blow up from Birmingham, Ala.
I influence myself, because I always try to be different and stay in my own lane.
I used to be on some nerd-type stuff.
I started making music when I was like 14.
When I first started to blow up, everybody thought I was rich. Everybody started asking for stuff. My friends started becoming fans. Even my teachers began to act like fans.
I want to be the light of my city.
I don't see myself working with Lil Pump. He goes crazy though. We have two different sounds, but he goes hard.
I kind of like rainy weather at nighttime. I used to take naps in rainy weather.
I'm trying not to get too big-headed.
I'm going to reach that No. 1 on Billboard.
It's like everybody try to sound the same exact way because they think it's going to get them some fame, but nah. You've got to be different.
Relationships will get you far in this industry. It's about how you move and how you act. Just be yourself.
My ultimate goal? To move my momma out of Birmingham. To move my whole family out of Birmingham, my friends, my family, me. It don't even need to be out of Birmingham, just to a better community, a gated community or something.
I used to play second base, leftfield and centerfield.
The Bay, they got their own sound, they don't try to be like nobody. They smooth out there.
I'm a real rapper.
I don't gotta act hard... People be getting face tattoos to act hard.
I used to play 'Grand Theft Auto 4' and used to have a little community and we were some of the best players online.
I love coupes and I feel like my boys do too.
Every year I do a song for my homeboy Valley, who passed away from a heart attack.
Shamir and Nasir were my homeboys. They were from Philly and they're Muslim. I'm not a Muslim, but I liked their names. They were like, 'your name starts with an N, so just come up with Nahmir.' So I just put 'Nah' in front of 'Amir.'
Me and my homeboy Almighty Jay - he YBN too - we used to just be freestyling in XBOX parties.
I never in my life watch 'Rick and Morty' unless I came home from school and it was on TV.
I didn't think nobody knew I listened to Bone Thugs-n-Harmony.
Stay humble, always.
I used to be on the Internet a lot, so all my friends on the Internet were from California.
Not too much, not too less, you feel me, I give them the perfect amount of me, and that's why people love me so much.
If you be yourself, you're good.
I like 'SpongeBob' for real - I used to watch it 24-7.