The video received interest from SB.TV, founder Jamal Edwards, which led to Yungen's F64 Freestyle video on the channel in 2011. In 2011, the video was re-uploaded on Yungen's original Youtube channel named Yungen TV. However, due to its popularity, the video was taken down by the organization. In 2010, Yungen released his first video on YouTube named 'Hometown'. Yungen is also an avid supporter of Liverpool F.C. Artists such Wretch 32 and Giggs also inspired Yungen to pursue a music career as he could relate to and connect with these artists. In 2008, at the age of 16, the death of his friend caused Brooks to change his behaviours and become more mature and responsible, thus, he decided to pursue music as a career. Combining his father's background as Hip hop DJ, meant there was a diverse range of music genres inside his house. Growing up, Brooks listened to a diverse range of genres, enabling him to draw on a variety of influences in his songs. From the age of 13 Brooks was inspired by an older cousin to try MC’ing, but his shyness prevented him from seeing it as a potential career. In an interview with the Evening Standard, Yungen stated that, 'Growing up on an estate was everything to me.' Brooks’ friends on the estate nicknamed him ‘Yungen’, which later gave him the inspiration for his stage name.

Although his lyrics expose the darker side of his childhood, he often expresses gratitude in regards to his upbringing. Clive James Brooks was born on 1 February 1992 and was raised in Herne Hill Estate.

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