Freddie Gibbs

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Freddie Gibbs (left, 2014)
Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Albums
Pinata (with Madlib )
  US 39 04/05/2014 (3 weeks)
Shadow of a Doubt
  US 76 12/12/2015 (1 week)
You Only Live 2wice
  US 124 04/22/2017 (1 week)
Freddie
  US 142 07/07/2018 (1 week)
Bandana (with Madlib)
  DE 82 08/02/2019 (1 week)
  CH 30th 07/07/2019 (2 weeks)
  UK 88 07/11/2019 (1 week)
  US 21st 07/13/2019 (3 weeks)
Alfredo (with The Alchemist )
  US 15th 06/13/2020 (2 weeks)

Freddie Gibbs (born June 14, 1982 in Gary , Indiana ; real name Frederick Tipton ) is an American rapper whose music is assigned to gangsta rap . He became famous through a series of mixtapes published free of charge on the Internet . His pseudonym comes from the protagonist of the blaxploitation film Black Caesar .

Life

Early years

Freddie Gibbs grew up in the town of Gary, which was hit by high unemployment and crime rates due to the extensive disappearance of the steel industry . He dealt with drugs at an early age and was guilty of unauthorized possession of firearms; with the black horses , however, he started relatively late. He lost his football scholarship from Ball State University due to poor grades, and later left the military due to marijuana use. At times he was in prison. In 2004 Gibbs began to take a serious look at rap and released two mixtapes that same year.

Career

In 2006, Interscope Records signed him on the recommendation of an A&R and Gibbs temporarily moved to Los Angeles . For a planned debut album he worked with producers Polow da Don and Just Blaze , among others . The following year Gibbs' A&R left the record label and shortly thereafter his own contract was terminated. Many of the songs recorded during this period were found on the highly acclaimed mixtapes The Miseducation of Freddie Gibbs and midwestgangstaboxframecadillacmuzik , named after albums by Lauryn Hill and OutKast , respectively . Gibbs was mentioned after their publication in the Los Angeles Times and The New Yorker, among others .

In March 2010 he was one of the ten most important rap newcomers of the year on the cover of the hip-hop magazine XXL .

Was the only in August 2010 EP Str8 Killa a first recordings of the rapper released. His debut album Baby-Face Killa and a collaboration with producer The Alchemist called Devil's Palace have been announced .

Baby Face Killa was released as a mixtape in 2012. ESGN was released as an official solo debut album in June 2013 .

Freddie Gibbs recorded two collaboration albums with producer Madlib . In 2014, Piñata was released , followed five years later by Bandana , in which, according to radio station ByteFM Gibbs and Madlib "bring out the best in their counterparts".

In May 2020, Gibbs unannounced released Alfredo, a collaboration album with DJ and producer The Alchemist .

arrest

Gibbs was arrested on June 2, 2016 in Toulouse , France , after a European arrest warrant was issued on May 31, 2016 . Gibbs is said to have raped two women in the Austrian capital Vienna on the night of July 5th to 6th, 2015 . Gibbs made the women in the backstage area of ​​the Grelle Forelle club in Vienna- Alsergrund docile with so-called knockout drops . Gibbs is said to have brought the two almost unconscious women to his hotel and to have cheated on them for three hours.

Gibbs was delivered to Austria on July 31, 2016. He was then tried at the Regional Criminal Court in Vienna . Due to a lack of clear evidence, In dubio pro reo was ruled and Gibbs was acquitted on September 30, 2016.

style

Freddie Gibbs was primarily influenced by gangsta rappers such as Tupac Shakur , Scarface and the group Bone Thugs-N-Harmony . His texts are often based on experiences in Gary, which is mostly portrayed negatively; In contrast to many other gangsta rappers, he is critical of life in socially disadvantaged areas . Since separating from Interscope Records , he has often raised his aversion to larger record labels . In his raps he often switches between different flow techniques and he also sings some hooklines himself.

Web links

Commons : Freddie Gibbs  - album with pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Chart sources: DE CH UK US
  2. ↑ a b Shaheem Reid: Newcomer Freddie Gibbs Is 'Trying To Put The Midwest On The Map' on MTV.com, January 28, 2010 (accessed September 29, 2010).
  3. ↑ a b Freddie Gibbs Talks Major Label Saga, “Str8 Killa,” Rapping DJs & Rick Ross on complex.com, July 29, 2010 (accessed September 27, 2010).
  4. ↑ Tom Breihan: Review on Pitchfork Media , September 16, 2009 (accessed September 27, 2010).
  5. ↑ XXL's 10 Freshmen for '10 ( Memento of the original from October 31, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on XXLmag.com, March 1, 2010 (accessed September 29, 2010).  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.xxlmag.com
  6. ↑ Short review of the album "Pinata" on Popshot.Over-Blog.de, April 4, 2014 (accessed April 8, 2014).
  7. ↑ Freddie Gibbs & Madlib - "Bandana" (Album of the Week) . ByteFM. Retrieved August 13, 2019.
  8. ↑ Freddie Gibbs & The Alchemist release surprise album "Alfredo". In: ByteFM. May 29, 2020, accessed May 30, 2020 .
  9. ↑ Der Standard: US rapper allegedly raped two women in Vienna
  10. ↑ Krone: US rapper is said to have raped 2 women in Vienna
  11. ↑ Upper Austria News: Rape: US rapper Freddie Gibbs arrested
  12. ↑ US rapper Gibbs acquitted "when in doubt"
  13. ↑ Ndilyo Nimindé: Juice , Issue January / February 2010, page 36th
personal data
SURNAME Gibbs, Freddie
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Tipton, Freddie (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION US-American rapper
DATE OF BIRTH January 28, 1982
PLACE OF BIRTH Gary , Indiana , USA