Cydel Young (born September 15, 1984), better known by his
stage name CyHi the Prynce, is an American
hip hop recording artist from
Stone Mountain, Georgia. He is currently signed to
Akon's
Konvict Muzik,
Kanye West's
GOOD Music, and Bu Thiam's BuVision. Young appeared on West's highly acclaimed album,
My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (2010) and has released nine
mixtapes, with the latest being
BHP II: NAACP (2015), a
conscious hip hop concept mixtape about the history of
black people in America and the sequel to Black Hystori Project, released in February 2014. He was released from his Def Jam contract in August 2015.