Yung Jeezy birth name jay jenkins born september 28 1977 Young Jeezy used to be part of the rap band Boyz In Da Hood, to which he was signed for a one album deal. The group was signed to Sean 'Diddy' Combs' Bad Boy Records label. He was CEO of Corporate Thug Entertainment, before becoming a rap star. He used to sell drugs, which led his nickname to become 'The Snowman' (with 'snow' being a slang term for cocaine). He is frequently seen wearing a diamond-encrusted snowman to repesent is nick name Yung Jeezy says the message he is trying to get out and the reason he does music for the kids that doesnt have ant sense of direction. one of my favorite songs that yung jeezy has out is Dreaming which feature Keyshia Cole its just talking about how he cant believe that he is famous just knowing where he came from he would never would have thought he could accomplish something like that, Not only does Yung Jeezy rap but he also have his own clothing line out called 'Snowman' which came from .