Yea Big

Who is Yea Big?

Yea Big is Illinois-based musician, Stefen Robinson. Stefen's work is a blend of sample-based experimental hip-hop, D.I.Y. punk, and roots music. Stefen grew up in Kankakee, Illinois, lived for several years in Chicago, and currently resides in Normal, Illinois where he teaches at a high school. Yea Big has recorded and released several full-lengths and EP's, both solo and with his main collaborator, Kid Static. Along with Kid Static, Yea Big has toured with bands as diverse as The Mae Shi, Rapider Than Horsepower, Bark Bark Bark and Gentleman Auction House, and released a digital-only side project, Secretary, with Brad Breeck of The Mae Shi and Andrea Cochran.

In June of 2012 Yea Big signed with the record label, Illegal Art, and on October 16, 2012, released his second solo full-length, The Wind That Blows The Dandelion's Seeds.

Stefen's work is heavily influenced by questions regarding private and intellectual property, fair use, democratic education, social change, capitalism, pacifism, and the principles of Social Anarchism.

Yea Big or Stefen Robinson has appeared on several remixes, compilations and albums by other bands not listed in the below discography.