Kevin Gates

Date of Birth:

05-Feb-1986

Nationality:

United States

Profession:

Rapper

Kevin Jerome Gilyard, better known by his stage name Kevin Gates, is an American rapper, musician and businessman. He is best known for his hit hit studio album 'Islah', which was released in 2016, and is known for his mixtapes, such as 'Stranger than Fiction', and 'By Me Means'. After releasing many hilarious songs and mixtapes throughout his career, he can be considered one of the most successful American singers of his time. Gates, who began his career in 2005 after signing for Dead Game Record, a local label, rose to prominence in the late 2000s, with rappers Webster Gradney, better known as Webbie, and Torrence Hatch, better known as Boosie Badazz. All three released their first mixtape, 'Pack of Da Litter' in 2007. In 2008, they released 'All or Nuthin'. Gates is best known for his autobiographical themes in his songs. He became very popular after the release of 'Eslah,' his studio album. He cited well-known artists such as Eminem and Jay-Z as his influence. Along with his success in the music industry, Gates also has a negative side, and has been out and about in prison several times. She brought up the controversy after denigrating a woman in 2015 while on stage. He is currently serving a 30-month prison sentence.

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QUOTES BY Kevin Gates

I put my flaws on front street. So the world accepted my flaws, so I don't have any flaws.

I don't really like talking. I like to execute. I'm not a talking person. I'm an action person.

When you're in prison, you want to know that you were thought about.

Let me tell you something about Tunechi - about that boy. That boy comes to the studio every day and grind as if he doesn't have a dollar in his pocket.

Prison was the best thing that ever happened to me.

I have a cult-like following because I exemplify what it is to be a human being.

I don't sleep much. I don't sleep much - I work, I work, I work.

I always had music growing up, but music was also like a journal. It was like my personal diary or personal journal. A lot of the things I couldn't express to an individual, I would express them in my music.

I'm not afraid to make mistakes.

In 7th grade, I believe, I wrote my first rap song. It was about everything I was seeing, everything that was going on around me.

What I see, what I went through, what a friend of mine may have went through, whatever - I rap about it.