Kicking back in his 10,000-square-foot Tuscan-style mansion in Westlake Village, California, just north of Malibu, Yo Gotti, the 42-year-old founder and CEO of the Memphis-based Collective Music Group (CMG), is trying to relax. “Certain things validate the hard work,” Gotti says, overlooking his infinity pool with its pristine views of L.A. sunsets. “This is one of them.”
Gotti has been doing the work for decades, having emerged from the Memphis rap scene in the late 1990s and breaking through with his 2016 album, , which reached No. 4 on the 200 album chart and featured the single
