YDG stands for Youth, Death, and Glory, and Miguel Garcia built the project in San Diego on a fusion of hard-hitting dubstep, trap, and experimental bass rather than settling into just one lane.
"Hold Up," his trap breakout, earned Pete Tong's Essential New Tune tag — the first time a bass artist had gotten that specific honor in more than two decades — and he's since pulled support from Illenium, John Summit, Disclosure, and Zeds Dead, moving as easily into a pop-leaning Ookay collaboration as into Borgore-backed dubstep.