The Brooklyn native talks overcoming health issues, her new album 'Kween,' 10 years of "OOOUUU" and how rap's become too "gossipy."
By Michael Saponara
It’s only fitting Brooklyn native Young M.A is back in NYC promoting her forthcoming Kween album on Biggie’s birthday (May 21). While she lives about 800 miles south in Georgia these days, she still feels B.I.G.’s “energy and aura” whenever the 34-year-old returns home to the Big Apple borough.
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Rocking a matching yellow sweatsuit and designer shades on a rainy day following an NYC heatwave, Young M.A is initially disappointed that she’s walking into a Billboard office meeting room for our chat, rather than a vibrant studio for an on-camera interview.









