York Ill
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York Ill, born Kendale Gibson, is from Farmers Blvd. Queens, NYC by way of Albany, GA. York Ill is no rookie to the Hip-Hop game. His direct inspiration to begin Hip-Hop comes from fellow Farmers Blvd. native LL COOL J. He's also quick to give direct flowers to Neighborhood MC Consequence during Kanye West/ Ye 's early run around 2007. York Ill says, they bumped into each other and was giving good industry advice and an opportunity to collab by the Northside Queen Veteran at local Chinese Restaurant located on Farmers/Linden Blvd. Nas also has major influence on York Ill as well, York Ill emphasizes greatly on fellow Queens Native ability to walk "both sides of the line." The complexity showed York in early stages that he had more than what it took to become a superstar. He began his career early professionally under the name Kay-G. He can be heard 1st via single titled Where's it At? with independent group Bern City Soldiers (all related) out of Queens, New York City in Feburary 2008. His next official work was with the Sony Distributed, Indie Tone Award winning indie group Blaq Pyrates 2019 with debut single 'Problems' off Khujo Goodie's compilation Album 'Feed The Lions' Vol. 1. (over 65,000+ streams) York Ill has almost 20 years in the game! He's most known for his energy and ability to shed light in all darkness. He's done shows all over the United States as independent artist! As solo artist, he will ooze industry with the Light of the Universe! Travel Light!
First discovered Oct 26, 2026, 7:15 PM