Freddie Gibbs | Before They Were Famous

Before Freddie Gibbs would release an astounding amount of content
over his remarkable career including 4 solo albums, 4 collaborative
albums, 8 EP’s, and 20 Mixtapes. Before Freddie Gibbs would find
himself dropped from both Interscope and Jeezy’s CTE World imprint
and yet still manage to persevere and make it big by creating his
own independent label. Before Freddie Gibbs would have over 271K
subscribers on YouTube, over 425K followers on Twitter, and find
himself banned from Instagram. After emerging onto the rap scene in
the late 2000s, Freddie Gibbs earned himself a reputation as a
rapper with sharp storytelling skills who wasn’t willing to shy
away from the serious subject matter, often shining a light on his
hometown of Gary, Indiana which would serve as the backdrop to a
lot of his lyrical narratives. If you had told Freddie back then
that it would take him over ten years of hard work before he’d find
the type of recognition he deserves, including his recent 2021
Grammy nomination for Best Rap Album, would he have believed you?
Well, if he had, he might have just stuck to his earlier ambitions
of becoming a pro-football player. But trying to carve out a life
for himself by hustling drugs on the streets of Gary taught Freddie
that he needed to find a way to escape, at any cost.