YBN Nahmir

About

Nicholas Alexander Simmons (born December 18, 1999), known professionally as YBN Nahmir (Initialism for Young Boss Nigga Nahmir), is an American rapper. He was the de facto lead member of the short-lived hip hop collective YBN, and is best known for his 2017 single “Rubbin Off the Paint”, which peaked at number 46 on the Billboard Hot 100. His 2018 single, “Bounce Out with That” peaked atop the Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart. His 2019 single, “Opp Stoppa” (remixed featuring 21 Savage), peaked at number 78 on the former chart and preceded the release of his debut studio album Visionland (2021), which was met with critical and commercial failure.

Nicholas Simmons was born on December 18, 1999, in Birmingham, Alabama. He was raised in a home with his mother, his cousins and his aunt. Simmons attended Clay-Chalkville High School in Clay, Alabama, though dropped out following the success of “Rubbin Off the Paint;” he graduated in May 2018.
Simmons’ interest in music started when he was fourteen years old and was gifted an Xbox 360 for Christmas. Simmons began to play the video game Rock Band (which he would later use to record his first song.) and eventually moved to playing…