I Control My Destiny (Deluxe)
I Control My Destiny (Deluxe) Album ∙ Hip-Hop/Rap ∙ 2025 Yungeen Ace Jacksonville-raised rapper Yungeen Ace has built a career around openness and vulnerability. He sings of trauma and tragedy, escaping the world that has spent so long trying to consume him, and the path towards recovery. On 2024’s I Control My Destiny , he sounds hopeful and inspired, his voice glowing even when recounting all the heartbreaks that have defined his life. On the opener, “Lately,” which features an Afrobeats-inspired beat and a chorus from vocalist RAYBEKAH, Ace sings of the work he’s done on himself, outlining the therapy that has helped heal the traumas he faces on regular occasions. Despite the strides he takes to remove the streets from his story, Yungeen Ace’s old life occasionally creeps back into the fold, like on “Dreams of War,” where he chastises an unnamed opp for not taking care of his soldiers. Even when he revisits these early days, though, there’s an empathy that infuses I Contr...
