Freddie Gibbs
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 industrial community plagued with vice and ignored by the establishment. After playing at Ball State on a football scholarship, Gibbs was kicked out of college. Over the next few years he went through court-ordered boot camp, joined and got discharged from the military, and held down a series of 9 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 the countless other impoverished cities just like it. Gangsta Gibbs is the first rapper signed to a major label from Gary.
Freddie Gibbs “Playa” out now. Pitchfork Forkast!
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Freddie Gibbs “Playa” single out now.
Vinyl copies & Mp3′s available!
Check it out on Pitchfork Forkast.
And also lso on LA Times Blog.
Freddie Gibbs has teamed up with Innovative Leisure for the release of his first ever product in stores, the Playa 12.” Featuring edits and remixes from LA’s Capski, Bay Area’s Trackademicks (Fools Gold), San Antonio’s Mexicans With Guns, and Chicago’s Maker the Playa 12” is an eclectic set of tracks which create a futuristic, fresh, & never heard before canvas for the emcee’s witty and sharp street lyricism.
Some Key Press:
“Freddie Gibbs is the one rapper I would put money on right now.” – Sasha Frere-Jones of THE NEW YORKER
“His is sleeves-rolled-up, steak and potatoes rap, speedily delivered and so lean and direct that he’s been able to make believers out of anyone hungry for a new American narrative” – THE FADER
“Guys like Freddie Gibbs are saving rap.” – PITCHFORK