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Canadian-American singer-songwriter and musician renowned for his distinctive voice, poetic lyrics, and genre-defying career spanning folk, rock, grunge, and country.Born in Toronto, Young began his career in 1960s Winnipeg before co-founding Buffalo Springfield. He later joined Crosby, Stills & Nash and launched a prolific solo career, releasing iconic albums like 'Harvest' and 'Rust Never Sleeps' while becoming an outspoken environmental and social activist.

• Young survived polio at age 5, epilepsy as a teen, and a life-threatening brain aneurysm in 2005 that inspired his album 'Prairie Wind'.
• He notoriously fired band members mid-tour for sounding 'too rehearsed', valuing raw spontaneity over precision.
• Young co-founded Farm Aid in 1985 to support family farmers, raising over $70 million through annual concerts.
• In 2022, he removed his music catalog from Spotify in protest of COVID-19 misinformation on Joe Rogan's podcast, triggering similar boycotts by other artists.
• Inducted twice into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (1995 as solo artist, 1997 with Buffalo Springfield).