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Hailing from Gary, Indiana, a place whose murder and crime rates have ranked it several times at the top of the “Most
Dangerous Cities” list,Freddie Gibbs is the true definition of a street survivor. Raised on Gary’s east side, Gibbs lived the hard
life firsthand in a run-down industrialcommunity plagued with vice and ignored by the establishment. After playing at Ball
State on a football scholarship, Gibbs was kicked out ofcollege. Over the next few years he went through court-ordered boot
camp, joined and got discharged from the military, and held down a series of9 to 5 jobs withou ...read more
Hailing from Gary, Indiana, a place whose murder and crime rates have ranked it several times at the top of the “Most
Dangerous Cities” list,Freddie Gibbs is the true definition of a street survivor. Raised on Gary’s east side, Gibbs lived the hard
life firsthand in a run-down industrialcommunity plagued with vice and ignored by the establishment. After playing at Ball
State on a football scholarship, Gibbs was kicked out ofcollege. Over the next few years he went through court-ordered boot
camp, joined and got discharged from the military, and held down a series of9 to 5 jobs without success. Feeling like the
system had failed him, Gibbs turned to hustling; pimping and selling crack out of a local house.Inspired by rappers like UGK,
The Geto Boys and 2Pac, Gibbs started rhyming about his life and the issues facing urban youth in Gary and thecountless
other impoverished cities just like it. Gangsta Gibbs is the first rapper signed to a major label from Gary. The Steel City’s most
famousmusical residents to date are the Jackson Five, whose name still adorns a marquee on a falling-apart theater in Gary’s
blighted downtown. Hisdesire to rep the Midwest and his city led Gibbs to start recording mixtapes and pushing them online as
well as the streets, where he quicklybegan garnering fans drawn to his original style, diverse flows, and deeply personal lyrics
about his experience as a young black man growing upbelow the poverty line in a forgotten American city. Freddie has worked
with respected producers like Red Spyda, Just Blaze, Buckwild, Alchemist,Polow Da Don, and Collipark among many others.
Gibbs cites Houston rap and Pac as his major influences, and it shows in his ability to alternatebetween chillingly tense street
stories of violence and laid back comedic tales about women and weed. Ultimately Gibbs shows and proves with hisrhymes,
which demonstrate the promise of a legend in the making. His skills, wit, and street credibility establish Freddie Gibbs as a
true artist. He’sready to represent for Gary, the Midwest, and anyone who relates to the struggle of inner city life. As Gibbs
tells it: “My music is definitely onsome gangsta shit. That’s what I was raised on and what I witnessed. How can I speak on
anything else?” “Become a fan now, or become onelater.” « hide |
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