Yung Gravy

About

Matthew Raymond Hauri (born March 19, 1996), known professionally as Yung Gravy, is an American rapper.

Matthew Raymond Hauri was born on March 19, 1996 in Rochester, Minnesota. His father, Peter Johannes Hauri (1933–2013), was a Swiss-born psychologist who specialized in treating insomnia; his mother is psychiatrist Cynthia Cleveland Hauri.
Hauri graduated from Mayo High School in 2014. He attended the University of Wisconsin–Madison and earned a marketing degree in December 2017.

While attending college, Hauri developed branding strategies for start-up companies, and started multiple companies of his own.
Inspired by the rise of rappers such as Lil Yachty and Lil Peep, he started his music career on SoundCloud. In 2017, he quit his other jobs and dedicated himself to making music, spending months self-recording songs.
He first gained recognition for his 2017 songs “Mr. Clean” and “1 Thot 2 Thot Red Thot Blue Thot”, both of which gained traction on SoundCloud and received platinum certifications by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). He is often associated with the SoundCloud rap era as well as Canadian rapper…