Kevin Gates

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Kevin Gates

Kevin Gates ( real name Kevin Jerome Gilyard ; born February 5, 1986 in New Orleans , Louisiana ) is an American rapper .

biography

Kevin Gates was February 5, 1986 in New Orleans as the son of a Moroccan father and a Puerto Rican mother and grew up in Baton Rouge in the US state of Louisiana . His family moved to Baton Rouge shortly after he was born. At the age of 20 he started to publish his own mixtapes. After Pick of Litter since (2007) was followed by a number of other mixtapes before 2013. The Luca Brasi Story came the breakthrough. He was discovered by rappers like Pusha T and Gudda Gudda and received a recording deal from Atlantic Records . The mixtape reached a position in the R&B charts.

In the same year his debut album Stranger Than Fiction was released on the indie label Breadwinners Association , in which Wiz Khalifa and Juicy J had collaborated, among others . He made it into the top 10 of the US rap charts and at number 37 on the official sales charts . A year later he was number 3 on the rap charts with the mix tape By Any Means . Plies and 2 Chainz were there. The successor to his breakthrough mixtape Luca Brasi 2 had greater commercial success in 2015 . Although it did not achieve any new highs, it stayed in the sales charts for half a year. With I Don't Get Tired (together with August Alsina ) he had his first single hit.

Another hit on the Hot 100 was Really Really in late 2015 . It was a pre-release for the second album Islah , the first on the major label Atlantic , which is named after his eldest daughter and in which no guest musicians were involved. It was released in January 2016 and reached number 1 on rap albums and number 2 on the official album charts.

Discography

Albums

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
US US
2016 Islah US2
Double platinum
× 2
Double platinum

(107 weeks)US
2019 I'm Him US4th
gold
gold

(37 weeks)US

Mix tapes

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
US US
2013 Stranger Than Fiction US37 (1 week)
US
2014 By Any Means US17th
gold
gold

(2 weeks)US
Luca Brasi 2 US38
platinum
platinum

(33 weeks)US
2016 Murder for Hire 2 US12 (4 weeks)
US
2017 By Any Means 2 US4 (13 weeks)
US
2018 Luca Brasi 3 US4th
gold
gold

(39 weeks)US

More mix tapes

  • 2007: Pick of da Litter
  • 2008: All or Nuthing
  • 2009: All In
  • 2010: Behind Enemy Lines
  • 2010: The Leak
  • 2011: I Don't Know What to Call It, Vol. 1
  • 2012: Make 'Em Believe
  • 2012: In the Mean Time
  • 2013: The Luca Brasi Story
  • 2015: Murder for Hire

EPs

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
US US
2019 Only the Generals Gon Understand US18 (10 weeks)
US

More EPs

Singles

year Title
album 		Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
US US
2015 I Don't Get Tired (#IDGT)
Luca Brasi 2 		US90
Double platinum
× 2
Double platinum

(9 weeks)US
Really Really
Islah 		US46
Triple platinum
× 3
Triple platinum

(26 weeks)US
2 Phones
Islah 		US17th
Quadruple platinum
× 4
Quadruple platinum

(25 weeks)US
The following songs did not appear as single, but were made available for download and streaming through the album and were thus able to achieve a placement:
2015 Jam
Islah 		US97 (1 week)
US
2018 Change Lanes
Chained to the City 		US68 (1 week)
US
Let It Sing
Chained to the City 		US82 (1 week)
US
2019 By My Lonely
I'm Him 		US86 (1 week)
US

More singles

  • 2013: Satellites (US:goldgold)
  • 2014: Don't Know
  • 2014: Posed to Be in Love (US:goldgold)
  • 2014: Amnesia (feat. Doe B )
  • 2015: Kno One (US:goldgold)
  • 2016: Time for That (US:platinumplatinum)
  • 2016: One Thing (US:goldgold)
  • 2016: Pride (US:goldgold)
  • 2018: Me Too (US:goldgold)
  • 2019: Walls Talking (US:goldgold)
  • 2019: Facts (US:goldgold)

Guest Posts

year Title
album 		Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
US US
2019 Cuban links
 US92
gold
gold

(3 weeks)US
Rod Wave feat. Kevin Gates
The following songs did not appear as single, but were made available for download and streaming through the album and were thus able to achieve a placement:
2018 I Am Who They Say I Am
4Respect 		US69
gold
gold

(2 weeks)US
YoungBoy Never Broke Again feat. Quando Rondo & Kevin Gates

Further guest contributions

  • 2018: TTG (Youngboy Never Broke Again feat. Kevin Gates, US:goldgold)

swell

  1. ↑ Question in the Form of an Answer: An Interview with Kevin Gates (Interview), Jeff Weiss, Passion of the Weiss, February 7, 2013
  2. ↑ Kevin Gates - Islah (album review), Jayson Greene, Pitchfork, February 4, 2016
  3. ↑ a b c d e US chart history
  4. ↑ a b c d Music Sales Awards: US

Web links

personal data
SURNAME Gates, Kevin
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Gilyard, Kevin Jerome (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION US-American rapper
DATE OF BIRTH 5th February 1986
PLACE OF BIRTH New Orleans , Louisiana , United States