Background and career
Noah Olivier Smith (born February 26, 2000), known professionally as Yeat ( YEET; occasionally stylized in all caps as YEAT), is an American rapper, singer-songwriter, and record producer. He is known for his experimental sound—most notably the rage sound—unique vocabulary, and unconventional fashion sense, featuring a mix of designer brands and balaclavas. Yeat rose to prominence in 2021 after the release of his mixtape 4L and debut studio album, Up 2 Me, with the latter's tracks "Money So Big" and "Get Busy" gaining considerable popularity on TikTok. In 2022, he released his second studio album, 2 Alive, and the EP Lyfe. Both debuted within the Billboard 200's top ten. In 2023, he released his third studio album, Afterlyfe, which debuted at number four on the chart, becoming his first album to reach the top five, and guest appeared on Drake's song "IDGAF"; the track debuted at number two on the Billboard Hot 100 and peaked atop the Global 200. In 2024, Yeat released his fourth and fifth studio albums: 2093 (in February) and Lyfestyle (in October).
2093 debuted at number two on the Billboard 200, while Lyfestyle debuted atop the chart, his first project to do so. In 2025, Yeat released his second EP, Dangerous Summer, which topped at number 9 on the Billboard 200. In 2026, he released ADL, which charted at number 5, his seventh top-ten placement on the Billboard 200.
Noah Olivier Smith was born on February 26, 2000, in Irvine, California. His mother, Laura (née Olivier) Smith, is Romanian, and his father, Joshua Smith, is an American of Mexican and British descent. Yeat's paternal grandmother is Mexican and from Tijuana; his paternal grandfather was Anglo-American. Yeat has two younger brothers. His father is also a musician who uses the name Beast Clouds. Yeat spent his early childhood in Fullerton, California, before he and his family moved to Portland, Oregon, where he attended Lakeridge High School in the nearby town of Lake Oswego. After high school, Yeat briefly moved to New York City before returning to the Greater Los Angeles area in pursuit of a music career.
2015–2021: Career beginnings Yeat began his career in 2015, originally making music under the name Lil Yeat, but these releases have since been deleted from the Internet. On June 30, 2018, Yeat made his first public appearance under his current moniker, premiering a track called "Brink" on Elevator, a YouTube channel. Yeat has said that he created the name Yeat while high and trying to come up with a word that sounded familiar. His stage name has also been described as a combination of "yeet" and "heat". Yeat has said that using LSD helped him pursue his career. He released his first mixtape, Deep Blue Strips on September 20, 2018. On February 21, 2019, the video for his track "Stay Up" premiered on Elevator.
How Yeat makes money
He is known for his experimental sound—most notably the rage sound—unique vocabulary, and unconventional fashion sense, featuring a mix of designer brands and balaclavas.
