{"id":608845,"date":"2024-02-15T19:35:31","date_gmt":"2024-02-15T16:35:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/kevin-gates-is-one-of-our-weirdest-rappers\/"},"modified":"2024-02-15T19:35:31","modified_gmt":"2024-02-15T16:35:31","slug":"kevin-gates-is-one-of-our-weirdest-rappers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/kevin-gates-is-one-of-our-weirdest-rappers\/","title":{"rendered":"#Kevin Gates is one of our weirdest rappers"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a41009f6a4f9\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a41009f6a4f9\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/kevin-gates-is-one-of-our-weirdest-rappers\/#In_this_weeks_Rap_Column_Nadine_Smith_explores_how_the_charismatic_Baton_Rouge_rapper_paved_his_own_lane_over_the_last_decade\" >In this week\u2019s Rap Column, Nadine Smith explores how the charismatic Baton Rouge rapper paved his own lane over the last decade.<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"deck\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"In_this_weeks_Rap_Column_Nadine_Smith_explores_how_the_charismatic_Baton_Rouge_rapper_paved_his_own_lane_over_the_last_decade\"><\/span>In this week\u2019s Rap Column, Nadine Smith explores how the charismatic Baton Rouge rapper paved his own lane over the last decade.<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"content_blocks\">\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-259876\" class=\"content_block paragraph image triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1440,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/unnamed_10_vp83si\/kevin-gates-photo-via-atlantic-records.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_220,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/unnamed_10_vp83si\/kevin-gates-photo-via-atlantic-records.jpg 220w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_300,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/unnamed_10_vp83si\/kevin-gates-photo-via-atlantic-records.jpg 300w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/unnamed_10_vp83si\/kevin-gates-photo-via-atlantic-records.jpg 400w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_600,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/unnamed_10_vp83si\/kevin-gates-photo-via-atlantic-records.jpg 600w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_750,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/unnamed_10_vp83si\/kevin-gates-photo-via-atlantic-records.jpg 750w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_840,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/unnamed_10_vp83si\/kevin-gates-photo-via-atlantic-records.jpg 840w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_960,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/unnamed_10_vp83si\/kevin-gates-photo-via-atlantic-records.jpg 960w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1260,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/unnamed_10_vp83si\/kevin-gates-photo-via-atlantic-records.jpg 1260w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1800,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/unnamed_10_vp83si\/kevin-gates-photo-via-atlantic-records.jpg 1800w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_2400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/unnamed_10_vp83si\/kevin-gates-photo-via-atlantic-records.jpg 2400w,\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 640px\" alt=\"Kevin Gates is one of our weirdest rappers\"><span class=\"img_caption\"><\/p>\n<p>    <span class=\"caption\"><br \/>\n      Kevin Gates. Photo via Atlantic Records.<br \/>\n    <\/span><\/p>\n<p>  <span class=\"credit\"><br \/>\n      \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-259893\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>            <i>Rap Column is a column about rap music by Vivian Medithi and Nadine Smith for The FADER.<\/i><\/p>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-259883\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>            Kevin Gates is a weird r<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>er. He\u2019s not \u201cweird\u201d in the way that a Lil Uzi Vert or a Young Thug is weird: his beats skew a little more traditional, and you\u2019ll probably never see him with a gender-bending outfit. But on almost every song and in almost every interview, Kevin Gates is guaranteed to say something completely out of left field that you could never predict \u2014 few mainstream rappers have ever been so resolutely committed to being themselves, even when that self is at odds with the dominant trends. His sing-song flow might have earned early comparisons to Drake and Future, but he\u2019s never played the pop <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/game\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"7\" title=\"Game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">game<\/a> like them. He\u2019s a devout Muslim who regularly voices his spirituality, but his songs can often border on pornographic. He started wearing <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.xxlmag.com\/kevin-gates-interview\/\">traditional Native American feathers in his hair<\/a> \u2014 claiming in one interview that they were a gift from a chieftain he had performed \u201csacred ceremonies\u201d with \u2014 despite not being Native American. His favorite novel is <i>The Notebook<\/i>. <\/p>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div>\n<p>            Though Gates has been grinding since the mid-2000s, it\u2019s been about a decade since he emerged on a national level; last year, he reissued 10th-anniversary editions of his breakout mixtape <i>The Luca Brasi Story<\/i> and major-label debut <i>Stranger Than Fiction<\/i>. Before \u201cemo rap\u201d was a recognizable phenomenon, songs like \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=U-6TIg5Lngw\">Don\u2019t Know What To Call It<\/a>\u201d were essentially emo rap, giving voice to an uncertain despair that can\u2019t even be named. His music from that era remains resonant: 2013\u2019s \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MMDVmV-nFIA&amp;pp=ygUTa2V2aW4gZ2F0ZXMgdGhpbmtpbg%3D%3D\">Thinkin\u2019 With My Dick<\/a>\u201d was added to the tracklist of his 2022 album <i>Khaza<\/i> after it went <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/shorts\/8dYQPKnrWbU\">viral on TikTok<\/a>, with <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/album\/2rsYxtnAma7ZiJNRQTMnnb?si=_qvCfeGMQ32FFaKuG_KeTg\">five other older songs also becoming newly popular on the platform<\/a>. Gates may not have the critical cache he did ten years ago, but like so many rappers who came up in tight-knit regional scenes, he\u2019s maintained a loyal following: 2022\u2019s \u201cSuper <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/general\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"3\" title=\"General\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">General<\/a>\u201d freestyle has racked up over 100 million views, making it one of Gates\u2019 most popular tracks despite not being available on most streaming services, evidence of the deep connection he\u2019s developed with his closest fans. <\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-259884\" class=\"content_block breaker triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left video\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"video_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"fluid-width-video-wrapper\" style=\"padding-top: 56.25%;\">\n<p>    <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Kevin Gates - Super General (Freestyle)\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TpAVV9-CnMw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n \/\/trackYouTubeVideo('259884');\n<\/script><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"content_block paragraph triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-259885\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>            Gates\u2019 new album <i>Ceremony<\/i> doesn\u2019t reach the same level of raw emotion or pure hunger as his early work. Still, it\u2019s a reminder of how singularly the Baton Rouge native has paved his own lane. When I first heard Kevin Gates, I was drawn in by his distinctively throaty vocals and the heart bleeding so visibly on his sleeve. What stood out to me was his love of reading \u2014 Gates is hardly the first rapper to <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vibe.com\/features\/editorial\/interview-kevin-gates-talks-any-mean-jail-time-and-slanging-d-216451\/\">cite self-help books like <i>The Master Key System<\/i><\/a> as formative influences, though I\u2019m not sure there has ever been anyone else in the game willing to go down on record as a fan of Nicholas Sparks. Aside from <i>The Notebook<\/i>, Gates\u2019 greatest literary love is vampires \u2014 <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.xxlmag.com\/kevin-gates-really-likes-vampire-novels\/\">in a 2014 interview with <i>XXL<\/i><\/a>, he named <i>Interview With A Vampire<\/i> novelist Anne Rice as one of his favorites: \u201cI like vampire novels, probably just &#8217;cause of where I\u2019m from. Like, Transylvania, Romania, is the vampire capital of the world, and New Orleans is the vampire capital of the United States.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>            While none of his music exactly fits the description of \u201chorrorcore,\u201d Gates\u2019 love of an iconic supernatural villain brings to mind, say, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=cn4USWVavZ8\">Bushwick Bill\u2019s fascination with Chucky<\/a> or Three 6 Mafia\u2019s obsession with all things that go bump in the night. On some level, it\u2019s a way of taking back power from a society that demonizes you: If you\u2019re going to say I\u2019m a monster, then I\u2019ll be a monster. That identification with the monster shows itself most visibly on \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=0AVw-UI0ftA&amp;pp=ygUUdHdpbGlnaHQga2V2aW4gZ2F0ZXM%3D\">Twilight (War With God)<\/a>\u201d from <i>The Luca Brasi Story<\/i>, which to me remains the definitive Kevin Gates song for the simple reason that no one else could write it but Kevin Gates. <\/p>\n<p>            As the title indicates, the song imagines Gates himself as one of the sparkly heart-throbs of the <i>Twilight<\/i> franchise, as his undying love for a mortal woman conflicts with his inability to age. Even aside from the slightly absurd premise, the song is filled with phrasing that no one else would probably think of, like when he gives a shout-out to an ancient fertility goddess: over a decade later and I\u2019m still trying to figure out what the hell \u201cThe will of the universe, including the Willendorf\u201d even means. What makes the song\u2019s premise work at all is how sincerely Gates delivers it: you can tell that this is a man who genuinely found something of himself in the tragic love story of Edward Cullen and Bella Swan.<\/p>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-259891\" class=\"content_block breaker triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left pull_quote\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"pull_quote\"><p>It can be difficult to listen to his music around other people because of how often he presents himself as not just emotionally naked, but literally naked.<\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-259886\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>            But unlike the adolescent love depicted in <i>Twilight<\/i>, or even in <i>The Notebook<\/i>, Kevin Gates is anything but chaste. Despite his conversion to Islam in 2016, Gates\u2019 music remains fairly sinful, pivoting wildly between the sacred and profane \u2014 it can be difficult to listen to his music around other people because of how often he presents himself as not just emotionally naked, but literally naked. For better or worse, Gates is a certified freak, who has stirred up controversy in the past by claiming to have slept with his cousin; there was also that time he allegedly kicked a woman out of his house because <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/kevin-gates-talks-battery-charges-180038025.html\">she refused to go down on his dog<\/a>. <\/p>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div>\n<p>            One of his most successful singles, \u201cHard For,\u201d is essentially about erectile dysfunction. On the \u201cSuper General\u201d freestyle, he speaks about his beliefs and even throws in a little Arabic, only to start describing his nasty fantasies about Beyonc\u00e9 a few bars later. The rather gratuitous track \u201cEater\u201d from <i>Ceremony<\/i> \u2014 which features the sound of Gates imitating a woman giving him head as its hook \u2014 is im<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a>tely followed by \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=HWRmfF0ST7k\">Speed Dial<\/a>,\u201d which is about how he has Allah on speed dial. The exacting detail with which Gates extols his sexual exploits, as well as the straight-faced seriousness of his delivery, makes it all the funnier \u2014 there\u2019s an inherent absurdity to how he talks about analingus using the same flow that he does to unpack his trauma. <\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-259892\" class=\"content_block breaker triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left video\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"video_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"fluid-width-video-wrapper\" style=\"padding-top: 56.25%;\">\n<p>    <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Kevin Gates - Hard For [Official Audio]\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ADV94hSMKHw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n \/\/trackYouTubeVideo('259892');\n<\/script><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"content_block paragraph triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-259887\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>            Kevin Gates came up with fellow bayou legends Boosie and Webbie, but prison sentences kept the collaborators apart and he ultimately emerged as a lone wolf rather than being recognized as part of a larger scene. He\u2019s clearly provided a roadmap for artists like YoungBoy Never Broke Again and Rod Wave, not just in their similarly bluesy and heartbroken sound, but in how they\u2019ve also positioned themselves as outsiders. There\u2019s something that even strikes me as rather Gates-like about YoungBoy\u2019s flirtations with Mormonism, an arc that almost no one could have predicted. Whether or not YoungBoy is actually baptized into the church remains to be seen \u2014 he recently name-dropped Joseph Smith\u2019s infamous bodyguard <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/KfQiEq8M1uM?si=cny6V87rWsU-vZNm\">in an interview<\/a> \u2014 but at the very least, he seems to have found some solace in the tenants of a religion whose rules he constantly breaks, not unlike one of his heroes.<\/p>\n<p>            It can often be difficult to tell whether Kevin Gates is bullshitting or telling the truth, like the time he claimed to have performed the minor miracle of <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=HHL7sdZliAA\">starting a car battery with his bare hands<\/a>. <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.xxlmag.com\/kevin-gates-really-likes-vampire-novels\/\">As he once put it<\/a>, \u201cI like to hear a lie every now and then.\u201d Regardless of whether or not he\u2019s playing a character, the sincerity that drips from his tongue speaks to a core emotional truth, like a novelist who invents scenarios to better understand reality. But on the other hand, it might be the fact that he\u2019s so completely honest that makes his music so singular: the truth is, after all, stranger than fiction.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"content_block paragraph triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-259877\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>            <iframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/playlist.megaphone.fm?p=TFI7834680816&amp;light=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"482\"><\/iframe><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"author\">\n    <span><br \/>\n      By <span class=\"credit_name\">Nadine Smith<\/span><br \/>\n  <\/span><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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