Kevin Gates Net Worth —
Kevin Jerome Gilyard better known by his stage name Kevin Gates, is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, and entrepreneur
Kevin Gates is a typical rapper who has lived the “thug life” throughout his life.
It is not just about the tattoos visible on his body, he has also found himself on the wrong side of the law multiple times.
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Kevin Gates’ biography
The rapper was born on the 5th of February, 1986, in Louisiana. Just after his birth, his family moved to Baton Rouge where he grew up.
His ethnicity is a mix of Moroccan (father’s side) and Puerto Rican (mother’s side) ancestry. He has a younger brother ( Brandon Gilyard) and sister.
Kevin’s childhood years were far from perfection. He lost contact with his father at a young age, and not long after they had reconnected, the father died of complications from AIDS. He was 14 years old at the time.
The conditions of Kevin Gates’ family did not get any better after his mother remarried. He spent most of his time with his grandparents because his step-father was mistreating him. Troubles with the law started when he was still a minor.
The rapper was arrested for the first time in 1999 when he was 13. His offence was joyriding in a stolen car as a passenger.
That experience had a profound effect on his life because it steered him in the direction of more crime. He attended the Baton Rouge Community College briefly when he was 17.
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Career
After Gates graduated from Baton Rouge Community College, he wanted to start his career as a rapper. He began his career in 2005 when he signed to the record label Dead Game Records.
In 2008 he released two mixtapes entitled Pick of Da Litter and All or Nuthin’. Gates described his two mixtapes as “a lot of pain…. a lot of true stories”.
Gates has always had a passion for music. His career gained success in 2012 when he signed to Lil Wayne’s music label Young Money Entertainment. Although he was signed, Gates never signed a record deal with Young Money.
In 2013 Gates released several mixtapes, and he later signed with Atlantic Records. He has collaborated with famous rappers including the likes of Jamie Foxx, 2 Chainz, and Ty Dolla Sign.
After he released The Luca Brasi Story, he gained a lot of recognition. The mixtape also made it to No.17 in Billboard 200. With the release of his 13th mixtape Gates earned his third Billboard 200 listing in a row.
Gates married his wife Dreka Haynes, and the couple has two kids together. He announced in 2015 that his debut studio album Islah which means “to make better” in Arabic also is the name of his firstborn daughter.
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Later that year Gates dropped world-famous songs like, Really Really, 2 Phones and Time for That. His songs received commercial success, and the album sold over 112,000 copies in the first week and peaked at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 chart.
Since then, he has released multiple mixtapes/albums, and sold millions of copies around the world. Gates has collaborated with some of the most famous rappers in the hip-hop industry.
Kevin Gates Net worth
How much is Kevin Gates worth?
Kevin Gates’ net worth is estimated to be $1 Million.
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