No Limit rapper Young Bleed dead at 51 after brain aneurysm

Rapper Young Bleed has died at the age of 51.

The hip-hop star’s eldest son, Ty’Gee Ramon Clifton, announced the shocking news in an Instagram post on Monday.

“Rip to the biggest legend I kno…. Young bleed!” the late No Limit rapper’s son wrote. “Love u Dad so much and will definitely miss u… but imma carry the torch from here I got u.”

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“I’m glad he went out in style!” Clifton added alongside a series of broken heart and fire emojis. “One time fa the one time.”

Clifton included a video alongside the caption, revealing that Young Bleed “gained his wings” on Saturday, Nov. 1.

The late “How Ya Do Dat” artist’s son said he wanted to address the “false narratives” surrounding his dad’s death, including discrepancies regarding the rapper’s age.

Although Young Bleed didn’t have any “real health issues,” Clifton shared that the hip-hop legend’s blood pressure “spiked” during an afterparty following a CashMoney vs. NoLimit Verzuz concert at ComplexCon in Las Vegas on Oct. 25.

Clifton, who described the incident as “more of a natural thing that happened,” revealed that the “If I Could Change” rapper collapsed and suffered a brain aneurysm from internal bleeding.

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After being placed on a ventilator and spending a week in the ICU, the “My Balls and My Word” artist died.

Young Bleed’s son went on to confirm that a GoFundMe page set up to cover his dad’s medical expenses was legitimate, and that any money raised would now go towards the late rapper’s funeral and burial.

“Let’s keep his legacy alive,” Clifton concluded his Instagram video.

Born Glenn Clifton Jr. in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, in June 1974, Young Bleed first gained popularity after forming the rap group Concentration Camp alongside C-Loc, Max Minelli, J-Von and Chris Hamilton in 1995.

However, it wasn’t until two years later that the hip-hop star found fame with his and C-Loc’s hit track “How Ya Do Dat.”

Master P, who founded No Limit Records in 1991, remixed “How Ya Do Dat” and released the song on the soundtrack for his 1997 film “I’m Bout It.”

The track peaked at No. 1 on Billboard’s R&B/Hip Hop album charts in 1998, per People, at which point Master P (real name Percy Robert Miller) helped Young Bleed sign a deal with Priority Records.

He went on to release eight more studio albums during his more than 30-year career, including “My Own,” “Carleone’s Vintage” and “Once Upon a Time in Amedica.”

The rapper’s final album, “Signs N’ Wonders,” was released in November 2020.

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Young Bleed opened up about his unique rapping style and what influenced him as a hip-hop artist during a lengthy interview in December 2019.

“So when I look back at it, we all learn from each other, bits and pieces, but I always had my own style – that’s what made me seem so odd to myself, because I wanted to sound like the guys on the radio,” he explained six years before his death.

“I had to learn my lane, my place in time, and start to get comfortable in that zone,” Young Bleed added at the time. “It’s more like a people thing – my family, from the community, the school and anybody that inspired me to keep goin’ on.”