Capital: | € 8 million |
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Age: | 19th |
Born: | 08/17/2000 |
Country of origin: | Miami, Florida, USA |
Source of wealth: | rapper |
Last updated: | 2024 |
Short introduction
Gazzy Garcia (August 17, 2000, Miami, Florida, USA), better known by the stage name Lil Pump – American rapper, singer, and songwriter from Miami, Florida. The most popular was the release of the single “Gucci Gang”, which reached third place in the American Billboard Hot 100 charts and was awarded platinum three times by the American record label association. His other tracks “I Love It” (together with Kanye West), “Esskeetit”, “Drug Addicts”, “Butterfly Doors” and “Racks On Racks” are also on the charts. On October 6, 2017, he released his debut studio album Lil Pump, which hit the third row of the Billboard 200 charts. His song “Welcome to the Party” was used for the Deadpool 2 soundtrack. February 22, 2019 released the second studio album Harvard Drop-out.
Early life
Garcia was born on August 17, 2000 in Miami, Florida. In an interview with J. Cole in 2018, the young rapper mentioned that his parents were from Colombia and divorced when Gazzi was 6 years old. And after the birth of an older half-brother, his mother moved to Miami. When Garcia was 13, his cousin Lil Ominous introduced the rapper to Omars Pineiro, better known under the pseudonym Smokepurpp. As a result, the two began to work together. Gazzi and Pineiro have been excluded from many district schools. Some time later, Garcia was enrolled in a high school for children in emergency situations, but in tenth grade he was excluded due to numerous struggles and riots.
Career
Gazzi’s career started with the debut track “Lil Pump”, which was released on February 9th, 2016 on Soundcloud. Following the debut track, the following works were heard: “ELEMENTARY” and “Drum $ tick”, which have collected more than three million.
Lil Pump became extremely popular thanks to the singles “D Rose” and “Boss”, as well as the clips for these tracks, which garnered over 160 million views on YouTube in January 2019.
In July 2017, the artist announced the release of his debut album in August on his Twitter account. The album never came out in August, but instead of the album the song “Gucci Gang” was released, which appeared on the Billboard Hot 100 in a few weeks and garnered over 100 million views on YouTube.
On October 6, 2017, the first commercial studio album Lil Pump was released, which was recorded together with Smokepurpp, Gucci Mane, Lil Yachty, Chief Keef, Rick Ross and 2 Chainz.
Garcia released “I Shyne” on January 18, 2018 with the producer Carnage. After reporting that he had left the Warner Bros. label. Records and the contract were canceled on the grounds that he was a minor when he signed the contract. However, Garcia signed another contract with Warner Bros. for $ 8 million on March 12, 2018.
On April 13, 2018, Garcia released a track with the Esskeetit video that debuted and finished 24th in the Billboard Hot 100 table. In July 2018 he released the single “Drug Addicts” together with a music video with Charlie Sheen.
On September 7, 2018, Garcia collaborated with Kanye West and comedian Adele Givens on the track “I Love It”. The title debuted at # 1 on the Canadian Hot 100 charts.
Garcia announced a tour in August 2018 to promote his unreleased album Harvard Drop-out, which was canceled a month later due to “unforeseen circumstances”. On October 5, 2018, he released the single “Multi Millionaire” with Lil Uzi Vert.
On December 16, 2018, Garcia was charged with racism against the Asian community after the teaser for his new song “Butterfly Doors” was released. The lyrics contained Asian stereotypes and insults, including “Ching Chong” and “They call me Yao Ming because my eyes are very narrow. ”This caused quite a negative press coverage, after which the Chinese rappers released diss tracks for the artist. On December 24, 2018, Gazzy uploaded an apology video of the incident to Instagram and then released a single with edited objectionable text.
On February 21, 2019, Garcia and Lil Wayne released the song Be Like Me. February 22, 2019 premiered their second studio album, Harvard Drop-out.
Career highlights
On February 15, 2018, Garcia was arrested for using weapons in a settlement. According to his manager, three men tried to break into the Gazzi house in the San Fernando Valley at around 4:00 p.m. before shooting the door. Subsequently, Garcia’s mother was involved in investigations into the risk to her underage son and unsafe possession of firearms at home.
On August 29, 2018, Gazzy was arrested in Miami for driving without a license. On September 3, he announced that he would go to prison for “several months” for violating parole. However, Gazzi appeared live on Saturday night on the U.S. television show on September 29.
Famous quotes
Gucci gang, Gucci gang, Gucci gang (Gucci gang!)
Donate ten racks on a new chain
I can’t buy a bitch no wedding ring (ooh)
Rather go and buy Balmains (brr)
My lean cost more than your rent, ooh
Your mom still live in a tent, yeah