YoungKio

Mentioned by YoungKio in this Forbes article.

I started making beats in mid-2016. That’s when I got [FL Studio] and started playing around.

Given the release history of FL Studio, YoungKio would have started on FL Studio 12.

YoungKio discusses his acquisition of the software more in-depth in this GQ interview.

I made backgrounds for YouTubers. I was good at it, and my friend knew I was doing it, and he had [music production software] FruityLoops and he told me, "Yo, I know you're good with computers and you're creative and know how to use all those programs. I got [this software] but it's not really working out, so I'm going to give it to you and maybe you can do something with it." And that was the point when I started making beats and enjoying it. I started in late 2016, when I was 16. I was making, I think, two beats a week. I was just starting and getting the hang of it—looking up tutorials and figuring out how to use the program. I was in high school, and I wasn't really serious. It was just me starting and playing with it.

Visible in this Instagram post, to the left of YoungKio.

Developed by YoungKio.

To all my fellow producers, I just dropped my first drumkit called The #Saturn kit. This kit includes all the sounds I use in my beats (176 Sounds) including the sounds used in “Old Town Road” for just $39.99.

To purchase the kit visit the link in my bio or the link on the products highlight on my Instagram page.

In an Instagram post by YoungKio, the Focusrite Scarlett 2i2 2nd Gen audio interface is visible, identifiable by its distinctive non-aligned cable inserts. YoungKio's ownership of the Focusrite Scarlett HP60 headphones, part of the Scarlett 2i2 Studio Bundle, further supports their use of this interface.

YoungKio's ownership of the bundle is evinced by his ownership of the bundle-exclusive HP60 MKII (visible to the left of YoungKio in this Instagram post) and a 2nd-gen Scarlett 2i2.