Pio Misa, better known as YP, was part of one of the biggest and most infamous rap groups in Australia. Now, he’s found God and renounced his past life.
Sitting alone in a Goulburn jail cell in January, Pio Misa, better known by his rap moniker YP, watched as a news story came on TV, revealingand other members of the rap group he was a part of, OneFour. It was at that moment he knew he needed to make a drastic change in his life.
“It was mixed emotions,” Misa says. “Upset was one of them. Obviously afraid for my life. Finding this new journey I felt like my life had just started, experiencing life through Christ, so witnessing that on the news, it was just a big wake-up call that my past is still there.”. It clocked up millions of views on YouTube by highlighting the raw, and sometimes violent, nature of life in Mount Druitt, a suburb in Sydney’s west.
“There is that feeling of guilt, knowing that I’ve influenced some of the younger generation to do stuff like that.Having left the drill rap group, Misa now claims he’s stepped away from a life of violence and left his once notorious identity behind.
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