Andy Mineo
Andy Mineo
Andrew Mineo, C-Lite
Andrew Aaron “Andy” Mineo was born on April 17, 1988 in Syracuse, New York. Before moving to New York City, he worked as a producer and was a part of the hip-hop group “Fat Camp”. After moving to New York City, he dedicated his life to Jesus Christ and closed down his production studio in his hometown, restarting his career. He released his first mixtape Sin Is Wack in 2009 under his former stage name C-Lite. Under the name C-Lite he collaborated with his soon to be label mates Lecrae and Tedashii on various songs like “Background” and “Reverse”. In 2011 he released a single, “In My City”, which gained him a lot of popularity.
He signed to Reach Records in 2011 and changed his stage name “C-Lite” to his legal name Andy Mineo. Under this name he released another mixtape, Formerly Known. His first full-length studio album, Heroes for Sale, was released on April 16, 2013. On January 28, 2014, he released his EP Never Land. His most recent album entitled Uncomfortable was released on September 18, 2015.
On April 27, 2018 he released the first of two installments in his EP series The Arrow – EP, and then on September 21, 2018 he released the second installment I The Sword – EP. His fourth studio album Work In Progress released on August 23, 2019.