Blake Sandoval (April 6th, 1997), otherwise known as Yung Pinch, is an American rap and hip hop recording artist based in Huntington beach. ^{[10] [15]}

Born and raised in the city of Huntington Beach, California, the Surf City native began playing music at an early age. He is of Spanish, German, and Russian ethnic background. ^[10]

His parents and other family members were themselves musicians.

An instrument that he recalls enjoying the most which later cultivated his love for music are the Drums, and playing the Drumset. ^[18]

Skateboarding, Surfing, and constantly going to the beach are some of his favorite activities growing up as a kid. ^[18]

His parents were heavy drug users before Yung Pinch was born, so they were never very good at looking after him.

He lived with his grandparents since the time that he was born.

When he was 5 years old, he tried to live with his mother, but it did not work out and lived with his grandparents again.

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Although his grandfather passed away and his parents were not around, Yung Pinch was a responsible teenager.

He did well in school, completed assignments, while also looking

after his grandmother as she worked 12 hours shifts as a nurse.

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By the time he was 11 years old, his grandfather died.

The experience taught him how to be the man of the house and grow up.

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When he was in 8th grade he took up the art of rap freestyling.

Around this time in his development as a rapper he began listening to East Coast Hip hop. He experimented with the bom-bap sound with similar rhyme scheme bars found in the style of the 90s. ^[18]

By the time he was in High School, he began recording with Brandan "Matics" Maddox who introduced to the world of producing.

The collaboration allowed Yung Pinch to cultivate his knowledge of song writing with the use of skillfully crafted production.

He began to express himself different and followed a different sound and rhyme scheme ability.

Ultimately, they began to upload songs onto SoundCloud. ^{[18] [18]}

Yung Pinch moved to Los Angeles to continue his collaboration with Matics, who introduced him to his present manager, Sam.

During his new time in Los Angeles, he recorded the two songs, "My Time", "Bring Me Down" and "I care" which resulted in more than 3 million views.

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After dropping several singles, he dropped his first mixtape called 714Ever ** on SoundCloud which has garnered more than 2 million listens. The mix tape was dropped in late 2016. ^[11]

Since the time he released his mixtape, he has earned over a million views from several of his music videos on YouTube which were released some time in mid 2016. Many of the music videos were of songs off the mixtape. ^[16]

Since the released of his 714Ever mixtape and multiplying views on youtube, he has performed for several well-known artists in the Hip hop music scene.

Artists that Yung Pinch has opened up for and has done shows with ^[10]:

Yung Pinch continues to tour, and has mostly traveled around the West Coast with selected appearances in New York City.

1. 714Ever (2016)

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2. 4EVERFRIDAY SZN ONE (2017)

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3. 4EVERFRIDAY SZN TWO (2018)

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Yung Pinch doesn't actually spend too much time on the internet and considers it a very dark place.

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He lives with his grandmother in Huntington Beach.

He is a very committed person and believes in responsibility.

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Because of the fact that his parents suffered at the hands of drug addiction, he has never done any drugs.

He only smokes quality Cannabis and often raps about doing Lean, but has admitted he does not publicly promote it. ^[18]

His parents have had a hard time being sober throughout their son's life.

His mother is still out in the streets as a drug addict.

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He received his Hip hop moniker, "Yung Pinch", as he was the youngest person in his crew and held the blunts with a tiny pinch of his fingers. ^[10]

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