Noah Smith (born February 26, 2000), known professionally as Yeat (stylized as YËAT /ˈjiːt/ YEET), is an American rapper, singer, songwriter and music producer. He gained recognition in mid-2021 after the release of his mixtape 4L and debut studio album Up 2 Më, with tracks from the latter, including "Gët Busy", "Turban", and "Monëy So Big", gaining popularity on TikTok. In 2022, he released his second studio album, 2 Alivë, and the EP Lyfë.
Noah Smith was born on February 26, 2000, in Irvine, California. In an interview with Our Generation Music, he stated his mother is Romanian and his father is half Mexican through his paternal grandmother, with him not knowing much about his paternal grandfather. His father was a member of a band and owned many instruments. Yeat grew up and was raised in Lake Oswego, Oregon and attended Lakeridge High School. After graduating, Yeat moved to New York City to pursue his music career before eventually moving to Los Angeles, where he currently lives.
Yeat began his career in 2015, originally making music under the name Lil Yeat, but these releases have since been deleted from the Internet. On June 30, 2018, Yeat made his first public appearance under his current moniker, premiering a track called "Brink" on Elevator, a YouTube channel. Yeat has stated that he created the name Yeat while high and trying to come up with one word that sounds familiar to people. His stage name has also been described as a combination of "yeet" and "heat." Yeat has mentioned how his use of LSD was able to help him pursue his music career. He released his first mixtape, Deep Blue Strips on September 20, 2018. On February 21, 2019, he premiered the music video for his track "Stay Up" on Elevator.

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