Kevin Gates

Lil B @ Bill Graham Civic Auditorium 4/20

... performance will be a part of the Berner Presents Hippie Hill night. His performance will be alongside other acts such as headliner Berner, Kevin Gates, Young Dolph, Jesse Royal, Kool John, and Rich The Kid. Lil B is known worldwide through his amazing twitter presence, which is full of fun motivational messages and other various thoughts, but his music is where it’s at. His music is like his twitter feed is full of motivational messages or fun hyphy songs. Lil B has put out one studio album, 2011’s Rain In England, which has a solid presence on Spotify. The songs Birth To Life, Everything, and Love Is Strange are good songs from that album. What’s great about his music is that, especially on this album, the topics are various and diverse. Birth To Life has a serene track layered with Lil B rapping about the beauty of birth, the power of women, and the amazement he has for the experience of birth. Lil B has also been featured on various songs and has also put out a ton of mixtapes and digital album that can be found online. Some of his other notable works are the hyphy songs ...

Chance The Rapper Wins Best New Hip-hop Artist At 2017 Iheartradio Music Awards

... was gained during the meeting, it was a move in the right direction. About a week before he met with Governor Rauner, Chano linked with DJ Khaled , Migos, Justin Bieber and Lil Wayne to shoot a video for an upcoming mega-banger for Khaled’s forthcoming Grateful album. Around that same time, the Acid Rap MC appeared in an extensive interview session with Yahoo’s Katie Couric. During the interview, Chano confirmed that he’d be embarking on a 40-city tour , while also revealing the inspiration behind the gospel-tinged sound of Coloring Book. Apparently, he found the inspiration after rediscovered Kirk Franklin’s album in L. A. “I don’t remember what it was that made me start listening to Kirk [Franklin] again […] I grew up in the church, but I didn’t really know how good Kirk Franklin was until I was in L. A.,” Chano explained during the interview. He continued, “When I started listening to that, I was like okay, this is what I need to be working on. It got me into a range of music and understanding how chords work and not only how important pitch is, but how important tone is.”. Fans ...

Kevin Gates Is Getting Out Of Jail This Month

... a caption for a video showing an alternate angle of the incident. “She also acquired a civil attorney early on…what does that tell you? She also touched him FIRST (more than once) without his consent but yet he was the one sentenced to jail today for the same crime. She and her friend also had very conflicting stories and were tripped up in many lies today in the courtroom.”. 2016 was a huge year for Gates, with his debut album Islah getting released in late January and certified platinum by September. The LP spawned gigantic hits for the Baton Rouge rapper, including “2 Phones” and “Really Really,” but it felt like even more songs, such as “Hard For” and “Time for That,” could have been pushed as huge singles as well. Four months after releasing Islah, Gates was already ready to unleash more music, so he dropped  Murder for Hire 2 , which included “Off Da Meter,” a song his fans had ...

How Kevin Gates Went From Underground To Platinum And Changed The Game

... #idgt #FREEKEVINGATES ❤. By: Holli Diamond Gray. 02.03.2017 @ 12:42 AM. Not only as a artist is Kevin amazing but as a person as well. He is more than a beautiful hearted individual and I can’t speak for all fans but for me who he is I respect in every way. He’s not like most artists, what he talks about in his music is what it is. He stands on morals and principles and stands true to everything he says. So yes he is definitely changing the game. He’s real, raw and is just a beautiful soul all the way around. He is very misunderstood by most. God Blesses those who deserve things and not to mention put in work to get it. This man and his family work their asses off to give the fans what they want. Kevin not only changedid the music Gane but the world in general. My children and I have dealt with depression and the way Kevin talks about it and brings those kind of issues to light has helped not only us but many many people I know get through life and just hard times in general. It’s more than a painfully beautiful feeling ...

12 Baton Rouge Rappers You Should Know

... Rouge. Boosie’s work with Webbie helped them turn into regional stars and later vaulted both men into the national spotlight. Boosie and Webbie became mainstream acts thanks to hits like “Zoom,” “Wipe Me Down” and “Independent.”. During the height of Trill Entertainment’s run, Baton Rouge’s jig music scene flourished. But much like bounce music in New Orleans, jig was very insular. Its local popularity did not translate outside very well. Perhaps for that reason, Baton Rouge did not find its next breakthrough star until the recent rise of Kevin Gates. Kevin Gates opened eyes, showing off a different style from the Trill roster. And there’s no denying that his success, such as the outstanding performance of his debut album, Islah, showed that Baton Rouge is a talent market that’s worth exploring. ...

Rapper Kevin Gates Waives Extradition To Illinois On Weapons Charges

... Lakeland nightclub. During a first appearance hearing at 1 p.m. Friday in the Polk County Courthouse, Gates waived extradition to Cook County. He will be picked up by Illinois authorities within 30 days, said Assistant State Attorney Jake Orr. Chicago is in Cook County. To waive extradition means a defendant agrees to return to the jurisdiction where he faces charges without a court hearing to determine whether the transfer is justified. Circuit Judge Kelly Butz ordered him held without bail. Gates, whose real name is Kevin Jerome Gilyard, is wanted on a felony warrant charging him with a weapons offense, issued by the Cook County Sheriff's Office. Gates has a lengthy rap sheet that includes terms in prison and several gun charges from 2013 in Illinois, including aggravated unlawful use of a weapon, according to the Tampa Bay Times. In October, Gates told the six-member County Court jury that he feared being pulled off the stage and he "just kicked at ...

Polk Judge Denies 'stand Your Ground' Defense By Rapper Kevin Gates

... was "troubling in terms of his credibility.". At the hearing, Gates, whose real name is Kevin Jerome Gilyard, described how there was no one on stage with him that night. But Franklin said a video showed there were at least seven other men and a child on stage. "Defendant testified that he is always scared for his safety at his shows because of death threats he's received, yet he allowed a very young child to not only walk out on stage with him but allowed this child to remain on the stage for the entire performance," Franklin wrote. Franklin also wrote that Gates initially stated that he did not remember being grabbed but later said he was grabbed twice. Gates is accused of kicking Miranda Dixon, 19, on Aug. 30, 2015, at Rumors Niteclub off Memorial Boulevard while he was performing in front of a packed club. Dixon twice grabbed Gates' shorts before she was kicked. Dixon said on the stand last week that she suffered bruising to her stomach. If convicted, Gates faces up to a year in jail for the misdemeanor battery charge. The next hearing in the ...

Rapper Kevin Gates Guilty, Sentenced To 180 Days For Kicking Fan At Lakeland Concert

... of possession of hydrocodone and marijuana. Gates, wearing a kufi, a brimless hat worn by Muslims, and a black bowtie, thanked Baez as a Polk County sheriff's deputy escorted him out of the courtroom. His jail sentence was expected to begin today. After the sentence, Baez declined comment, saying that his client did not give him permission to speak to the press. Gates, 30, was charged in August 2015 with battery after Lakeland police said he kicked 18-year-old Miranda Dixon on Aug. 30, 2015, at Rumors Niteclub, located off Memorial Boulevard in Lakeland, while he was performing in front of a packed crowd. Gates told jurors that he was attempting to protect himself when he kicked into the crowd after being touched twice by Dixon, who is now 19. Because of the lights on stage, Gates said he didn't know whether he was kicking a man or woman. "I ...