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'''Young Maylay''', Born '''Chris Bellard''', is an American voice actor and West Coast rapper. He is most recognizable from his performance as [[Carl "CJ" Johnson]] in the 2004 video game ''[[Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas]]''. Young Maylay's album "''San Andreas: The Original Mix Tape''", inspired by his role in the game, was released on July 5 2005.
[[File:YoungMaylay-CarlJohnson.png|thumb|right|333px|Photograph of Young Maylay and artwork of his character, [[Carl Johnson]].]]
'''Young Maylay''' (born '''Chris Bellard''' on June 17, 1979 in Los Angeles, California) is an [[United States|American]] voice actor, rapper, and protégé of [[wp:DJ Pooh|DJ Pooh]] and [[wp:WC (rapper)|WC]].<ref>[http://www.rockstargames.com/midnightclubLA/news/?id=43 Midnight Club Los Angeles: News], official Midnight Club LA website</ref> He voiced [[Carl Johnson]], [[protagonist]] of [[Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas]]. His music "You Ain't Uh" is featured on the Midnight Club Los Angeles soundtrack,<ref>[http://www.rockstargames.com/midnightclubLA/music/tracklist.html Midnight Club Los Angeles:Music:Tracklist] official Midnight Club LA website</ref> a game developed by [[Rockstar San Diego]]. Rockstar Games featured his music "Temptation", produced by [[DJ Premier]] from [[Grand Theft Auto IV]], on the Newswire.<ref>[http://m.rockstargames.com/newswire/article/12881/gta-allstar-alumni-young-maylay-x-dj-premier-collaborate.html GTA All-Star Alumni: Young Maylay x DJ Premier Collaborate], Rockstar Newswire</ref>


== Background ==
== References ==
Chris "Young Maylay" Bellard was born on the West Coast and raised in Los Angeles.
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==[[Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas]]==
Young Maylay's popularity skyrocketed in 2004 when he was announced to voice the lead character Carl "CJ" Johnson in the award-winning franchise, [[Grand Theft Auto series|Grand Theft Auto]]. The story is told that he was on the phone talking to DJ Pooh for a regular conversation. Pooh, at the time, was writing for [[Rockstar Games]]. Rockstar officials were actually listening in to the conversation and asked that he come in and audition for CJ.
 
== Music ==
Maylay has been featured on many mixtapes across the West Coast which include Kila Tay's Thug Thisle, Rodney o and Joe Cooley's Summer Heat, DJ Warrior's Coast Control, King T's Boss Up, Gangtsa Granny's Underground Mix, JR EWNG: League Of His Own, Problem's Round 2, DJ Crazy Toones' CT Experience and Jazzy D's Unsigned Hype.
 
'''The San Andreas Mixtape''' - Young Maylay's first album and it was released July 5th, 2005. it was made for purchase over his official site and it has had numerous sales promotions for it. These included a free autographed youngmaylaynet sticker, at customers request, a signed copy of the CD, and for the first 50 orders, they recieved a personalized MP3 recording of their favourite CJ quote from San Andreas. The mixtape was based heavily on the game [[Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas]] and the character he portrayed in it.
 
'''Coast Guard''' - Young Maylay is currently recording tracks for this up-and-coming mixtape which is set to be out early 2007.
 
Young Maylay also featured in the hard hitting, controversial music video for 'What will it be' by Deeyah. This lady dubbed the Muslim Madonna Madonna together with Young Maylay present tough lyrical content addressing taboo subjects across both the western and eastern worlds.
 
== Maylaynium Muziq ==
Malaynium Muziq is Young Maylay's own independent record label based in Lancaster, California. The San Andreas Mixtape was released on this label.


== External links ==
*[http://www.youngmaylay.net/ Official site]
*[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1727632/ Young Maylay IMDB Entry]


==External links==
[[es:Young Maylay]]
*[http://www.youngmaylay.net/ Official site]
[[pt:Young Maylay]]
*[http://planetgrandtheftauto.gamespy.com/View.php?view=Articles.Detail&id=18 Interview (relating to voice acting)]
[[Category:Voice Actors|Bellard, Chris]]
*[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1727632/ Young Maylay] on the Internet Movie Database


[[Category: Grand Theft Auto Voice Actors]]
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Revision as of 15:03, 17 June 2013

Photograph of Young Maylay and artwork of his character, Carl Johnson.

Young Maylay (born Chris Bellard on June 17, 1979 in Los Angeles, California) is an American voice actor, rapper, and protégé of DJ Pooh and WC.[1] He voiced Carl Johnson, protagonist of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. His music "You Ain't Uh" is featured on the Midnight Club Los Angeles soundtrack,[2] a game developed by Rockstar San Diego. Rockstar Games featured his music "Temptation", produced by DJ Premier from Grand Theft Auto IV, on the Newswire.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Midnight Club Los Angeles: News, official Midnight Club LA website
  2. ↑ Midnight Club Los Angeles:Music:Tracklist official Midnight Club LA website
  3. ↑ GTA All-Star Alumni: Young Maylay x DJ Premier Collaborate, Rockstar Newswire

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