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He is one of the world’s most dextrous rappers, a verbal colossus bound for the big time. Over margaritas, he reveals how he managed to escape life as a drug-dealer and take rap to new heights
Gary native Freddie Gibbs was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Rap Album for Alfredo, which many publications ranked among the best records of 2020. He responded in a humorous fashion to losing out to hip hop legend Nas, who was nominated for 14 Grammys before finally winning. Joseph S. Pete
Gary native Freddie Gibbs had a good-natured reaction to missing out on the Grammy Award for Best Rap Album to the rap legend Nas, the recent Festival of the Lakes headliner who was nominated 14 times before finally winning Best Rap Album for King s Disease.
Gibbs, who often goes by Gangsta Gibbs, posted an Instagram video of himself decked out in a pink suit at a Grammy watch party.
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toggle caption Nick Walker/Courtesy of the artist There was a time in my life when I was that dude 24/7, Freddie Gibbs says of his persona. Having a family provides a different inspiration. You re doing things for a bigger purpose and not just yourself anymore. Nick Walker/Courtesy of the artist
Freddie Gibbs Grammy nomination feels like a shotgun wedding, a rushed gala out of nowhere between him and the major music biz he once denounced. His growth, however, has been a slow build, the result of wise collaboration choices and an ability to rise to those occasions.