City Girls is a rap duo from Miami, Florida, consisting of Yung Miami (born Caresha Romeka Brownlee on February 11, 1994), and JT (born Jatavia Shakara Johnson on December 3, 1992). The two have been best friends since middle school. The group's name derives from the pair being from Opa-locka and Liberty City, two of the roughest neighborhoods in Miami, Florida. They garnered attention after guest spotting on Drake's chart-topping hit "In My Feelings". They capitalized their musical prowess with their hit single "Act Up".
After signing to Quality Control Music, JT and Yung Miami were ranked as the most popular developing artists of the week, according to the measuring activity across Billboard charts Hot 100, the Social 50, and Billboard 200.
In May 2018, they released their debut studio album Period, which reached No. 16 on Heatseekers Albums the same month. Period also went on to be ranked the 26th best Hip Hop in 2018 by Rolling Stone. In November 2018, they released their second album Girl Code, which features Cardi B, Lil Baby and Jacquees. City Girls contributed guest vocals to Drake's song "In My Feelings", with Yung Miami appearing in the music video. In August 2018, they released Point Blank Period, a documentary. "Act Up" which hit number 15 on the Billboard charts as of April 2019.
In November 2018, their album Girl Code entered the Billboard 200 at number 63. Their single "Twerk" featuring Cardi B reached number 29 on the Billboard Hot 100. Their follow-up single, "Act Up", hit number 26 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in June 2019. In September 2019, Yung Miami confirmed to Ebro Darden on Apple Music's Beats 1 that the duo plan on recording a new album, which is expected to be released in the spring of 2020.
City Girls is a rap duo from Miami, Florida, consisting of Yung Miami (born Caresha Romeka Brownlee on February 11, 1994), and JT (born Jatavia Shakara Johnson on December 3, 1992). The two have been best friends since middle school. The group's name derives from the pair being from Opa-locka and Liberty City, two of the roughest neighborhoods in Miami, Florida. They garnered attention after guest spotting on Drake's chart-topping hit "In My Feelings". They capitalized their musical prowess with their hit single "Act Up".
After signing to Quality Control Music, JT and Yung Miami were ranked as the most popular developing artists of the week, according to the measuring activity across Billboard charts Hot 100, the Social 50, and Billboard 200.
In May 2018, they released their debut studio album Period, which reached No. 16 on Heatseekers Albums the same month. Period also went on to be ranked the 26th best Hip Hop in 2018 by Rolling Stone. In November 2018, they released their second album Girl Code, which features Cardi B, Lil Baby and Jacquees. City Girls contributed guest vocals to Drake's song "In My Feelings", with Yung Miami appearing in the music video. In August 2018, they released Point Blank Period, a documentary. "Act Up" which hit number 15 on the Billboard charts as of April 2019.
In November 2018, their album Girl Code entered the Billboard 200 at number 63. Their single "Twerk" featuring Cardi B reached number 29 on the Billboard Hot 100. Their follow-up single, "Act Up", hit number 26 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in June 2019. In September 2019, Yung Miami confirmed to Ebro Darden on Apple Music's Beats 1 that the duo plan on recording a new album, which is expected to be released in the spring of 2020.