Kevin Gates

Kevin Gilyard Born February 5 1986 Better Known By His Stage Name Kevin Gates Is An American Rapper From Baton Rouge Louisiana.Early LifeEdit Born Kevin Jerome Gilyard Gates Was Born In New Orleans And Raised In Baton Rouge Louisiana. Gates Grew Up With Depression Problems And Often Listened To Rappers Such As Snoop Dogg Bone Thugs-N-Harmony Notorious B.I.G. And Dr. Dre As A Type Of Therapy. In 2004 Gates Began Working Professionally At A Studio. ArtistryEdit InfluencesEdit
In An Interview With XXL Gates Has Stated He Is A Fan Of Southern Beats Citing Master P And Cash Money Records As A Big Influence. Gates Also Cites Nas The Notorious B.I.G. Jay Z Big L And Eminem As Influences To His Lyricism. 2 CareerEdit Kevin First Began Rhyming In 2007 When He Began Making Music With Fellow Louisiana Natives Webbie And Lil Boosie. Gates First Received Attention With His 2008 Single "Get In The Way" Featuring Lil Boosie. Soon After He And Boosie Would Be Incarcerated In Separate Cases. Clarification Needed Gates Would Then Be Released In 2011 And Immediately Returned To Recording Music. He Would Soon Earn The Attention Of Lil Wayne And Would Start Being Managed By Young Money Entertainment's Management Wing. 3 In Early 2013 Gates Released A Mixtape The Luca Brasi Story Which Was Called "easily The Best Rap-Related Thing" In February 2013 By Spin Magazine Who Also Said He Has "been A Rapper To Watch For A Few Years Now". 4 The Luca Brasi Story Has Been Downloaded From Popular Mixtape Sharing Site DatPiff Over 133 000 Times. 5 On February 15 2013 It Was Announced That Kevin Gates Is In A Partnership With Atlantic Records. 6 Gates Was Also Featured On Pusha T's 2013 Mixtape Wrath Of Caine On The Song "Trust You" 7 And Was Featured On Frequent Collaborator Gudda Gudda's Mixtape Guddaville 3 On The Song "Hustle All Day" Also Featuring Flow. On July 16 2013 Gates Released A Street Album Entitled Stranger Than Fiction And It Featured Guest Appearances By Wiz Khalifa And Juicy J Along With Being Supported By The Single "4 30". 8 Stranger Than Fiction Debuted At Number 37 On The Billboard 200 Selling 8 400 Copies In Its First Week. 9 Rolling Stone Ranked His Song "Wylin" At Number 40 On Their List Of The 100 Best Songs Of 2013. 10 His Second Street Album By Any Means Was Released On March 17 2014. It Debuted At Number 17 On The Billboard 200 Selling 17 000 Copies In The United States. 11 Gates Was Named Part Of The 2014 XXL Freshmen Class. 12 DiscographyEdit MixtapesEdit
Pick Of Da Litter 2007 All Or Nuthing 2008 All In 2009 Behind Enemy Lines 2010 The Leak 2010 I Don't Know What To Call It Vol. 1 2011 Make 'em Believe 2012 In The Mean Time 2012 The Luca Brasi Story 2013 Stranger Than Fiction 2013 By Any Means 2014 Luca Brasi 2 2014 EPEdit
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