American rapper Young M.A (the M.A means “Me Always”) was born Katorah Hortense
Marrero on April 3, 1992 in New York City. Encouraged into music as a child by
her mother, she began working on rhymes while still a girl growing up in
Virginia. She developed a hardcore style tackling topics male gangsta rappers
regularly address, and moved back to Brooklyn to start her music career. She
garnered attention as a member of RedLyfe, and signed with Duck Down for her
debut single, “Body Bag”. Her breakthrough came with the 2016 single “Ooouuu”, a
quadruple platinum seller that landed her...