Open Space: Yung Gleesh | Mass Appeal

Yung Gleesh is officially serving notice: "2018 my year-know that. I'm coming back motherfuckers! I let you goofy, bitch-ass n***a do whatever you wanted. I sat back and let you do it. Don't think you did it. I let you do it. Now I'm back motherfuckers." You have been warned.
During a recent visit to MASS APPEAL HQ, the D.C. rapper who made his name with a slew of mixtapes-including 'Your Favorite Rapper's Favorite Rapper' and three editions of 'Cleansides Finest'-spoke on his early days as co-founder of the go go band TOB. "Go go don't really like rap," Gleesh explained, keeping it 100 as always. "They ain't accept that shit."
His last day with TOB happened to be the same day Obama was inaugurated. "I was already tired of it," he admits in his Open Space interview. But he admits that the rhythms of go go shaped his flow as an MC. "That's where my rap comes from-the stuttered, short, non-lyrical, all about the beat," says Gleesh.
Elsewhere in the same interview Gleesh speaks on how Gucci Mane tried to sign him. "That's my idol," he says of Guwop, who first heard about the D.C. rapper from ATL kingmaker Coach K.
"He let me perform before him," Gleesh recalls. "He was like, 'I love this n***a. I'm tryin' to sign that n***a!' Shit like that." Gleesh soon found himself in an Atlanta studio with other Gucci-approved artists like Young Thug, Peewee Longway, Dolph, Migos and Scooter. Not long after Gucci was incarcerated, whereupon, "We all went our own separate ways and turnt the fuck up."
Check out the latest Open Space to hear about all of the above, plus Gleesh's exploits with Fredo and A$AP Yams.
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Gleesh a underground legend y’all kids only know him for walk gleesh walk

[@comtruise7631]

because that's his only enjoyable song

[@2xHooligan]

Com Truise that’s something people who don’t know yung gleesh would say

[@tommyi]

Com Truise on god

[@souuufffsidezack6777]

Hazim they know nothing about that water nor skrong ‼️

[@Prezzihoe]

Hazim hell yea but we know what’s going on

[@MegaRain45]

this is your favorite rappers favorite rapper

[@Mlbdreamkid]

MegaRain45 very tru

[@aaronmadrigal4626]

One of the hardest tapes by the man too

[@aaronmadrigal4626]

Cleansides finest 3 is the best though

[@souuufffsidezack6777]

MegaRain45 that’s a fucking fact‼️

[@williamjones5567]

Listen to lazyness,i kills it,purpin,trappin benny.....

[@purodeathcore]

Little do y'all kids know Gleesh is a whole legend in the underground

[@turbogotti4130]

Master Knowledge him and Chief Keef

[@bamtracing2624]

My favorite rapper not off lyricism but off da Culture, gleesh always stay true to da DMV culture

[@clouds5927]

Bamt Racing 💯

[@sawwucegawd1ForGucciManeFans]

Guwop really put on a whole generation

[@svncere]

CLEANSIDES FINEST

[@britox.6216]

Am I the only one watching gleesh talk perfect english for the first time ever ?!

[@Pro-habits]

DMV shit. Walk Gleesh Walk

[@geizelrodriguez909]

Pro Habits iiii

[@losoobonds6931]

He stamped out there? What’s his background ?

[@changyboi]

Cleansides Finest 3 is top 5 hardest trap tapes

[@ced68]

RIP YAMS AND FREDO

[@JMikaelian95]

This dude all up in kali uchis. SALUTE

[@NydoGamer]

dmv swag god

[@nasirhs411]

I'm saying because because it's nothing but a fact, he let Playboi Cart Live!!!!!

[@revengeintokyo]

2k18 Gleesh year🔥

[@tommyi]

shoutsout dmv yall underground scene fye

[@FatlaughsEnt]

Longway needs more media and interview

[@Thirty6Kealo]

GLEESH DROP MORE MUSIC!!!!

[@relllotto4883]

Hands down one my favorite rappers but he needs to be more consistent

[@alfiebacchus1387]

Yea Gleesh DMV NO SEPARATION ☮☯️🌱📿👣♾🗝

[@fukumean31]

This nigga Gleesh funny as shit at the end of this interview😂😂😂😂

[@WilliamChatmanIV]

TOB got classics!

[@hulksmashhulu848]

He Back Fr

[@Al_Dee]

I been on stage wit dis guy still can't believe it

[@thevictimofawhale1684]

His verse on Telephone Calls was the best verse of all time dont @ me

[@BIGDREAMER444]

thevictimofawhale nigga they took his song lol

[@bullgator2069]

i took her out dancing... dirty dancin

[@followdanger890]

Saints Falice god dammit thirty bands in

[@Reemdonn]

Gleesh look sooo much older compared to when he dropped water

[@aaronmadrigal4626]

RakesTV well that song is almost 4 years old what do you expect

[@bbyglo300]

Aaron Madrigal lmfao right

[@Milkmi1]

I fw gleesh heavy💯

[@aaaaaaaaaaaahwahwahwah]

2018! Where you at gleesh? God damn, can a nigga get a single

[@Twitch0n3]

LEGENDARY, RIP YAMS RIP FREDO

[@Pro-habits]

Walk Gleesh Walk
Walk Gleesh Walk
Walk Gleesh Walk
Walk Gleesh Walk
For XXL 18

[@FatRecluseTV]

Pro Habits fuck xxl.

[@RaEra88]

Nah

[@amber4sw]

GLEECHIE!

[@Prezzihoe]

Gleesh back hell yea

[@prod6mill.512]

He understands duality

[@TAY_MIKEE]

Gleeshy long time no see

[@keithrenaud6199]

So he screened every rapper in the industry to determine which one is real? Sounds exhausting.

[@chrisdeforce1]

I fw Gleesh!

[@littlepokemonworldtv9186]

The G.O.A.T # BASED

[@elijahjflowers]

finding Wasabi in 2024 was game changing for me.

[@Prodyoshiofficial]

GLEEEESH!

[@Jay-gd4gi]

Wat happened between him and kalis uchis

[@Prezzihoe]

ひJay they’re still together

[@TheRealChrisBeard]

skepta’s plug 3000 ok how bout now 🤣

[@Nik-fz3fi]

Legend

[@beanzgleesh8765]

Yung gleesh Crankkk too hard

[@xopelle1004]

GLEESHY GLEESH

[@artbyshk]

living legend

[@jf3715]

All facts

[@clin37]

Cleansides finest

[@islbeats9764]

Hopefully

[@ifeellikedying4040]

Walk gleesh walk

[@Bloodmagikonmyblock]

I’m bussin doe

[@troytheboy202]

gleeeshhhh!

[@504killakaigne504]

BIG GLEECHIE

[@pinkisland]

King.

[@drewsnacks3293]

GLEEEEEECHIE

[@fearofsaturn]

s/o yams s/o gucci r.i.p fredo

[@prestondaniels3890]

GLEESHY

[@johnatonwayne8277]

I Grew Up Off This Nigga Bro 🤦🏾‍♂️Crazy

[@Izzylearning]

GLEESH, Long Live fredo 🙏🏾

[@kushtgu4424]

Which rappers he fall out with that Fredo was beefin with? To GleeshStans

[@damutae612]

My nigga💯😎

[@FatRecluseTV]

Love you gleesh!!

[@what4687]

Should still sign to 1017 😤

[@lg35lime20]

Dam bra, yu ckan tell big gleesh really fuvked up bout fredo and yams gg. Stay blessed gleech. You a real one bro. 🛐⬆🕆💯

[@justinbraxton3629]

Goodness gleeshy god dam it's geetchie!

[@kpatrick0488]

Gucci Gleesh.. Glo Gang Gleesh... A$AP Glee$h

[@amaldc-brc]

Black kray on open space plz

[@ilovecody7514]

WALK GLEESH WALK!!!!

[@BurgzCTX]

GET GEETCHIE !!

[@massappeal]

GLEESH!
Drop a 🔥🔥🔥 if you’re fucking with the interview.

[@Young09Ro]

Killlllll I ain't know this nigga was in TOB

[@Qball9311]

Damn yall was mad late with this one smh. Gleesh been that nigga

[@begratefulx8386]

jeez

[@Messi-Only]

8:10 Fact this why gleechie a hero

[@Mlbdreamkid]

Pew pew

[@cjani84]

Plug she my dawg

[@ababoss308]

Pew pew rip yams

[@m200channel]

gleechie

[@thequestarian]

DC Shit ALL FUCKING DAY...set the trend...in ALL GENERATIONS OF HIPHOP....The DMV is stupid underrated...like...as fuck...music City... drug city.. gangster city...party/lit city...and most of all a money making and hustling city...DC niggas get respect everywhere....all day nigga...Soufside shit to the Cleanside...to Uptown to PG nigga...DAT WAY

[@DeathLoveRobots]

I fucking love Gleesh bro. He just don't give af lol

[@lukenogueira8855]

dc ayy

[@spenzot.v.9011]

Tf you been at gleeshh dat niggga Lls

[@briggs1086]

Would’ve been famous if he ain’t tweak 🤦🏾‍♂️

[@MrToriii]

Briggs tweak how ?

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DMV

[@purodeathcore]

Boof God

[@SpiritGvn]

GLEETCHIE!!!!! They stay biting dmv style.. we see yawl

[@lasoul680]

Gleesh carti and every new rapper father..don't @ me

[@brandonbrooksGMG]

Kee La check how long carti been out

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Gleesh and chief keef gave birth to carti bru

[@KELSO2TIMES]

Sosa said what 3:54

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First

[@MegaRain45]

first

[@ishaaq1017]

GLEESHY