Yaya Bey

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New York-bred R&B vocalist Yaya Bey conjures a comprehensive self-portrait on her new studio album, Ten Fold, out May 10th via Big Dada. Over rapturous production from Corey Fonville of jazz group Butcher Brown, Karriem Riggins, Jay Daniel, Exaktly and Boston Chery, Yaya delivers a free-spoken masterpiece that documents a year punctuated by grief and loss, life-altering milestones and everything in between.

Ten Fold builds on the buzz Yaya generated with her powerful 2022 album Remember Your North Star, and its subsequent 2023 EP Exodus the North Star. Speaking on the approach to this album in comparison, Yaya says, “I usually try to have this whole thematic thing when I go into albums. But this album I just made as life was happening.”

Working within that kind of open-ended creative rhythm allowed Yaya to enrich the album with moments that convey all of the endeavors, emotions and experiences that inform her work. She’s lived life as a poet, a street medic at protests and founded a mutual aid organization called Sanaa, an art curator (PG African American Museum), and a mixed media artist herself with a residency at Brooklyn’s Mocada Museum and creating the cover art for past projects (“keisha,” “september 13th,” The Things I Can’t Take With Me EP and more). The album ties a thread between these varying facets of Yaya’s identity to present a wholehearted portrait of who she is and carves out spaces for her to speak on the world as she sees it.

Top tracks

01
wake up b*tch
Yaya Bey
do it afraid
01:52
Writer: Yaya Bey - Hadaiyah Bey / Composers: Hadaiyah Bey
02
end of the world
Yaya Bey
do it afraid
04:31
Writer: Yaya Bey - Hadaiyah Bey - Corey Fonville - Nigel Hall - Morgan Burrs / Composers: Hadaiyah Bey - Corey Fonville - Nigel Hall - Morgan Burrs
03
real yearners unite
Yaya Bey
do it afraid
02:57
Writer: Yaya Bey - Hadaiyah Bey / Composers: Hadaiyah Bey
05
raisins
Yaya Bey
do it afraid
02:41
Writer: Yaya Bey - Hadaiyah Bey - Devonne Harris / Composers: Hadaiyah Bey - Devonne Harris
04
cindy rella
Yaya Bey
do it afraid
02:51
Writer: Yaya Bey - Hadaiyah Bey - Corey Fonville - Andrew Randazzo - Devonne Harris / Composers: Hadaiyah Bey - Corey Fonville - Andrew Randazzo - Devonne Harris
06
spin cycle
Yaya Bey
do it afraid
03:31
Writer: Yaya Bey - Hadaiyah Bey / Composers: Hadaiyah Bey
09
breakthrough
Yaya Bey
do it afraid
02:17
Writer: Yaya Bey - Hadaiyah Bey / Composers: Hadaiyah Bey
07
dream girl
Yaya Bey
do it afraid
02:01
Writer: Yaya Bey - Hadaiyah Bey / Composers: Hadaiyah Bey
04
you up?
Yaya Bey
The Things I Can't Take With Me
01:14
Writer: Hadaiyah Bey / Composers: Hadaiyah Bey
10
a surrender
Yaya Bey
do it afraid
02:28
Writer: Yaya Bey - Hadaiyah Bey / Composers: Hadaiyah Bey
13
no for real, wtf?
Yaya Bey
do it afraid
03:14
Writer: Yaya Bey - Hadaiyah Bey / Composers: Hadaiyah Bey
11
in a circle
Yaya Bey
do it afraid
02:25
Writer: Yaya Bey - Hadaiyah Bey / Composers: Hadaiyah Bey
12
aye noche
Yaya Bey
do it afraid
02:27
Writer: Yaya Bey - RAHRAH GABOR - Hadaiyah Bey - Exaktly / Composers: Hadaiyah Bey - Exaktly - RAHRAH GABOR
18
choice
Yaya Bey
do it afraid
01:53
Writer: Yaya Bey - Hadaiyah Bey - Emmanuel Karriem Riggins / Composers: Hadaiyah Bey - Emmanuel Karriem Riggins
14
blicky
Yaya Bey
do it afraid
03:05
Writer: Yaya Bey - Hadaiyah Bey - Alexander Sowinski - Chester Hansen - Leland Whitty - Juan Carlos Medrano Megallenes / Composers: Hadaiyah Bey - Alexander Sowinski - Chester Hansen - Leland Whitty - Juan Carlos Medrano Megallenes
08
merlot and grigio
Yaya Bey
do it afraid
03:26
Writer: Yaya Bey - Father Philis - Hadaiyah Bey - Philip King / Composers: Hadaiyah Bey - Philip King
16
bella noches pt. 1
Yaya Bey
do it afraid
02:06
Writer: Yaya Bey - Hadaiyah Bey - Corey Fonville - Nigel Hall / Composers: Hadaiyah Bey - Corey Fonville - Nigel Hall
15
ask the questions
Yaya Bey
do it afraid
01:52
Writer: Yaya Bey - Hadaiyah Bey / Composers: Hadaiyah Bey
17
a tiny thing that’s mine
Yaya Bey
do it afraid
00:44
Writer: Yaya Bey - Hadaiyah Bey / Composers: Hadaiyah Bey
07
meet me in brooklyn
Yaya Bey
Remember Your North Star
01:29
Writer: Hadaiyah Bey
04
keisha
Yaya Bey
Remember Your North Star
02:55
Writer: Hadaiyah Bey
03
big daddy ya
Yaya Bey
Remember Your North Star
02:09
Writer: Hadaiyah Bey
02
the evidence
Yaya Bey
Ten Fold
02:40
Writer: Hadaiyah Bey
11
reprise
Yaya Bey
Remember Your North Star
04:25
Writer: Hadaiyah Bey
06
chasing the bus
Yaya Bey
Ten Fold
03:08
Writer: Hadaiyah Bey
01
pour up
Yaya Bey
pour up
02:05
Writer: Hadaiyah Bey / Composers: Christopher Harris - Dre Wilson
06
alright
Yaya Bey
Remember Your North Star
03:08
Writer: Hadaiyah Bey / Composers: Aja Grant
06
A Survivor's Guilt
Yaya Bey
TRANSA
02:36
Composers: Hidaiyah Bey
02
on the pisces moon
Yaya Bey
Exodus the North Star
02:46
Writer: Hadaiyah Bey
16
mama loves her son
Yaya Bey
Remember Your North Star
01:32
Writer: Hadaiyah Bey / Composers: Aja Grant
05
nobody knows
Yaya Bey
Remember Your North Star
03:11
Writer: Hadaiyah Bey
04
crying through my teeth
Yaya Bey
sir princess bad bitch
02:20
Writer: Hadaiyah Bey
04
sir princess bad bitch
Yaya Bey
Ten Fold
02:38
Writer: Hadaiyah Bey
11
me and all my niggas
Yaya Bey
Ten Fold
01:54
Writer: Hadaiyah Bey
02
career day
Yaya Bey
career day (Exaktly remix)
02:19
Writer: Hadaiyah Bey
13
don't fucking call me
Yaya Bey
Remember Your North Star
02:47
Writer: Hadaiyah Bey
18
blessings
Yaya Bey
Remember Your North Star
02:42
Writer: Hadaiyah Bey
12
rolling stoner
Yaya Bey
Remember Your North Star
01:48
Writer: Hadaiyah Bey / Composers: Janay Booker
01
exodus the north star
Yaya Bey
exodus the north star
03:25
Writer: Hadaiyah Bey
05
east coast mami
Yaya Bey
Ten Fold
02:31
Writer: Hadaiyah Bey
01
the evidence (Exaktly remix)
Yaya Bey
the evidence (Exaktly remix)
02:59
Writer: Hadaiyah Bey
08
slow dancing in the kitchen
Yaya Bey
Ten Fold
02:19
Writer: Hadaiyah Bey
07
all around los angeles
Yaya Bey
Ten Fold
02:37
Writer: Hadaiyah Bey
12
iloveyoufrankiebeverly
Yaya Bey
Ten Fold
03:02
Writer: Hadaiyah Bey
09
so fantastic
Yaya Bey
Ten Fold
01:10
Writer: Hadaiyah Bey
14
carl thomas sliding down the wall
Yaya Bey
Ten Fold
02:20
Writer: Hadaiyah Bey
10
eric adams in the club
Yaya Bey
Ten Fold
02:17
Writer: Hadaiyah Bey
15
street fighter blues
Yaya Bey
Remember Your North Star
02:55
Writer: Hadaiyah Bey
03
chrysanthemums
Yaya Bey
Ten Fold
02:27
Writer: Hadaiyah Bey
01
fxck it then
Yaya Bey
fxck it then
02:15
Writer: Hadaiyah Bey / Composers: Hadaiyah Bey
15
yvette's cooking show
Yaya Bey
Ten Fold
03:29
Writer: Hadaiyah Bey
01
september 13th
Yaya Bey
september 13th
02:09
Writer: Hadaiyah Bey / Composers: Hadaiyah Bey
16
let go
Yaya Bey
Ten Fold
01:58
Writer: Hadaiyah Bey
08
it was just a dance
Yaya Bey
Remember Your North Star
00:17
Writer: Hadaiyah Bey

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  • Discography
Albums
2025 drink sum wtr
20-06-2025
do it afraid
01
wake up b*tch
Yaya Bey
do it afraid
01:52
Writer: Yaya Bey - Hadaiyah Bey / Composers: Hadaiyah Bey
02
end of the world
Yaya Bey
do it afraid
04:31
Writer: Yaya Bey - Hadaiyah Bey - Corey Fonville - Nigel Hall - Morgan Burrs / Composers: Hadaiyah Bey - Corey Fonville - Nigel Hall - Morgan Burrs
03
real yearners unite
Yaya Bey
do it afraid
02:57
Writer: Yaya Bey - Hadaiyah Bey / Composers: Hadaiyah Bey
04
cindy rella
Yaya Bey
do it afraid
02:51
Writer: Yaya Bey - Hadaiyah Bey - Corey Fonville - Andrew Randazzo - Devonne Harris / Composers: Hadaiyah Bey - Corey Fonville - Andrew Randazzo - Devonne Harris
05
raisins
Yaya Bey
do it afraid
02:41
Writer: Yaya Bey - Hadaiyah Bey - Devonne Harris / Composers: Hadaiyah Bey - Devonne Harris
06
spin cycle
Yaya Bey
do it afraid
03:31
Writer: Yaya Bey - Hadaiyah Bey / Composers: Hadaiyah Bey
07
dream girl
Yaya Bey
do it afraid
02:01
Writer: Yaya Bey - Hadaiyah Bey / Composers: Hadaiyah Bey
Access the complete album info (18 songs)
Big Dada
10-05-2024
Ten Fold
01
crying through my teeth
Yaya Bey
Ten Fold
02:20
Writer: Hadaiyah Bey
02
the evidence
Yaya Bey
Ten Fold
02:40
Writer: Hadaiyah Bey
03
chrysanthemums
Yaya Bey
Ten Fold
02:27
Writer: Hadaiyah Bey
04
sir princess bad bitch
Yaya Bey
Ten Fold
02:38
Writer: Hadaiyah Bey
05
east coast mami
Yaya Bey
Ten Fold
02:31
Writer: Hadaiyah Bey
06
chasing the bus
Yaya Bey
Ten Fold
03:08
Writer: Hadaiyah Bey
07
all around los angeles
Yaya Bey
Ten Fold
02:37
Writer: Hadaiyah Bey
Access the complete album info (16 songs)
Big Dada
17-06-2022
Remember Your North Star
01
intro
Yaya Bey
Remember Your North Star
01:16
Writer: Hadaiyah Bey
02
libation
Yaya Bey
Remember Your North Star
00:29
Writer: Hadaiyah Bey
03
big daddy ya
Yaya Bey
Remember Your North Star
02:09
Writer: Hadaiyah Bey
04
keisha
Yaya Bey
Remember Your North Star
02:55
Writer: Hadaiyah Bey
05
nobody knows
Yaya Bey
Remember Your North Star
03:11
Writer: Hadaiyah Bey
06
alright
Yaya Bey
Remember Your North Star
03:08
Writer: Hadaiyah Bey / Composers: Aja Grant
07
meet me in brooklyn
Yaya Bey
Remember Your North Star
01:29
Writer: Hadaiyah Bey
Access the complete album info (18 songs)
(P) 2020 Elevated
05-06-2020
Madison Tapes
01
side A / juu rant
Yaya Bey
Madison Tapes
01:54
Composers: Hadaiyah Bey - Bushiido Brown
02
that's pressure (feat. Juu Mcfuckit)
Yaya Bey
Madison Tapes
02:24
Composers: Juu Mcfuckit - Hadaiyah Bey
03
who's your plug (interlude)
Yaya Bey
Madison Tapes
00:51
Composers: Hadaiyah Bey
04
paterson plank (unmixed)
Yaya Bey
Madison Tapes
03:12
Composers: Hadaiyah Bey
05
april showers (feat. Lokeyvibes)
Yaya Bey
Madison Tapes
02:51
Composers: Hadaiyah Bey
06
people come and go... let them go (interlude)
Yaya Bey
Madison Tapes
00:21
Composers: Hadaiyah Bey
07
sorry i unfollowed you
Yaya Bey
Madison Tapes
03:17
Composers: Hadaiyah Bey
Access the complete album info (19 songs)
EPs
2025 drink sum wtr
21-05-2025
raisins
01
raisins
Yaya Bey
raisins
02:41
Writer: Yaya Bey / Composers: Hadaiyah Bey - Devonne Harris
02
dream girl
Yaya Bey
raisins
02:01
Writer: Yaya Bey / Composers: Hadaiyah Bey
03
wake up b*tch
Yaya Bey
raisins
01:52
Writer: Yaya Bey / Composers: Hadaiyah Bey
04
merlot and grigio
Yaya Bey
raisins
03:26
Writer: Yaya Bey - Father Philis / Composers: Hadaiyah Bey - Philip King
℗ 2024 Big Dada
03-04-2024
me and all my niggas
01
me and all my niggas
Yaya Bey
me and all my niggas
01:54
Writer: Hadaiyah Bey
02
chasing the bus
Yaya Bey
me and all my niggas
03:08
Writer: Hadaiyah Bey
03
sir princess bad bitch
Yaya Bey
me and all my niggas
02:38
Writer: Hadaiyah Bey
04
the evidence
Yaya Bey
me and all my niggas
02:40
Writer: Hadaiyah Bey
05
crying through my teeth
Yaya Bey
me and all my niggas
02:20
Writer: Hadaiyah Bey
℗ 2024 Big Dada
07-03-2024
sir princess bad bitch
01
sir princess bad bitch
Yaya Bey
sir princess bad bitch
02:38
Writer: Hadaiyah Bey
02
chasing the bus
Yaya Bey
sir princess bad bitch
03:08
Writer: Hadaiyah Bey
03
the evidence
Yaya Bey
sir princess bad bitch
02:40
Writer: Hadaiyah Bey
04
crying through my teeth
Yaya Bey
sir princess bad bitch
02:20
Writer: Hadaiyah Bey
Big Dada
24-03-2023
Exodus the North Star
01
exodus the north star
Yaya Bey
Exodus the North Star
03:25
Writer: Hadaiyah Bey
02
on the pisces moon
Yaya Bey
Exodus the North Star
02:46
Writer: Hadaiyah Bey
03
when saturn returns
Yaya Bey
Exodus the North Star
02:47
Writer: Hadaiyah Bey / Composers: Christopher Harris
04
munerah
Yaya Bey
Exodus the North Star
02:42
Writer: Hadaiyah Bey / Composers: Aundre J Wilson - Janay Booker
05
12 houses down
Yaya Bey
Exodus the North Star
01:42
Writer: Hadaiyah Bey / Composers: Jay Daniel
06
ascendent (mother fxcker)
Yaya Bey
Exodus the North Star
02:38
Writer: Hadaiyah Bey / Composers: Zachary Thomas
Big Dada
01-06-2022
pour up
01
pour up
Yaya Bey
pour up
02:05
Writer: Hadaiyah Bey / Composers: Christopher Harris - Dre Wilson
02
keisha
Yaya Bey
pour up
02:55
Writer: Hadaiyah Bey
03
alright
Yaya Bey
pour up
03:08
Writer: Hadaiyah Bey / Composers: Aja Grant
04
reprise
Yaya Bey
pour up
04:25
Writer: Hadaiyah Bey
Big Dada
09-04-2021
The Things I Can't Take With Me
01
the root of a thing
Yaya Bey
The Things I Can't Take With Me
02:51
Writer: Hadaiyah Bey / Composers: Hadaiyah Bey
02
september 13th
Yaya Bey
The Things I Can't Take With Me
02:09
Writer: Hadaiyah Bey / Composers: Hadaiyah Bey
03
we'll skate soon
Yaya Bey
The Things I Can't Take With Me
03:16
Writer: Hadaiyah Bey / Composers: Hadaiyah Bey
04
you up?
Yaya Bey
The Things I Can't Take With Me
01:14
Writer: Hadaiyah Bey / Composers: Hadaiyah Bey
05
fxck it then
Yaya Bey
The Things I Can't Take With Me
02:15
Writer: Hadaiyah Bey / Composers: Hadaiyah Bey
06
industry love / a protection spell
Yaya Bey
The Things I Can't Take With Me
03:44
Writer: Hadaiyah Bey / Composers: Hadaiyah Bey
(P) 2019 Elevated
29-01-2019
This Too...
01
Lullaby (The Start)
Yaya Bey
This Too...
01:27
Composers: Hadaiyah Bey
02
Fairy Tales
Yaya Bey
This Too...
01:44
Composers: Hadaiyah Bey
03
The Long Way
Yaya Bey
This Too...
02:10
Composers: Hadaiyah Bey
04
MINE
Yaya Bey
This Too...
02:43
Composers: Hadaiyah Bey
05
BULLET
Yaya Bey
This Too...
02:00
Composers: Hadaiyah Bey
06
Best Thang
Yaya Bey
This Too...
02:11
Composers: Hadaiyah Bey
07
All God's Children
Yaya Bey
This Too...
03:51
Composers: Hadaiyah Bey
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(P) 2016 Elevated
14-10-2016
The Many Alter-Egos of Trill'eta Brown
01
A - Train (intro)
Yaya Bey
The Many Alter-Egos of Trill'eta Brown
01:24
Composers: Hadaiyah Bey
02
Celie Jr.
Yaya Bey
The Many Alter-Egos of Trill'eta Brown
03:59
Composers: Hadaiyah Bey
03
Get $ Trixie
Yaya Bey
The Many Alter-Egos of Trill'eta Brown
03:20
Composers: Hadaiyah Bey
04
Buck McDaniels
Yaya Bey
The Many Alter-Egos of Trill'eta Brown
03:28
Composers: Hadaiyah Bey
05
LITTLE GIRL (INTERLUDE)
Yaya Bey
The Many Alter-Egos of Trill'eta Brown
02:21
Composers: Hadaiyah Bey
06
For Ratchet Rhonda (Sherman Willis)
Yaya Bey
The Many Alter-Egos of Trill'eta Brown
02:39
Composers: Hadaiyah Bey - Granddaddy I.U.
07
An ode to Trill'eta Brown (magical)
Yaya Bey
The Many Alter-Egos of Trill'eta Brown
03:39
Composers: Hadaiyah Bey
Access the complete album info (10 songs)
Singles
2025 drink sum wtr
23-04-2025
dream girl / wake up b*tch
01
dream girl
Yaya Bey
dream girl / wake up b*tch
02:01
Writer: Yaya Bey / Composers: Hadaiyah Bey
02
wake up b*tch
Yaya Bey
dream girl / wake up b*tch
01:52
Writer: Yaya Bey / Composers: Hadaiyah Bey
03
merlot and grigio
Yaya Bey
dream girl / wake up b*tch
03:26
Writer: Yaya Bey - Father Philis / Composers: Hadaiyah Bey - Philip King
2025 drink sum wtr
26-03-2025
merlot and grigio
01
merlot and grigio
Yaya Bey
merlot and grigio
03:26
Writer: Yaya Bey - Father Philis / Composers: Philip King - Hadaiyah Bey
℗ 2024 Big Dada
03-10-2024
the evidence (Exaktly remix)
01
the evidence (Exaktly remix)
Yaya Bey
the evidence (Exaktly remix)
02:59
Writer: Hadaiyah Bey
02
the evidence
Yaya Bey
the evidence (Exaktly remix)
02:40
Writer: Hadaiyah Bey