GkidFBE at night beside the Willowbrook sign, green smoke rising over his head

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GkidFBE

Founder · Producer & rapper Batavia, Ohio

GkidFBE is a rapper from Batavia, on the east side of Cincinnati, Ohio, and music has been part of his life since he was very young. He grew up on Lil Wayne, Future and Gucci Mane, then got into Speaker Knockerz, Chief Keef, Lil Durk and Lil Uzi Vert as a teenager. He credits that mix, from 2000s hip-hop to the sound of today, for his melodic style and the way he builds his beats.

He started making beats as a high school freshman, working on them every day after school. He studied the producers he grew up hearing, like Dr. Dre, Metro Boomin and Young Chop, alongside today's names like Pi'erre Bourne, Southside and 808 Mafia, and spent hours mastering the craft and learning everything FL Studio could do.

In 2016 he started dabbling in mixing and producing vocals, and to sharpen his mixing and mastering he needed real talent on the mic. That's when StrapsTheUno, an up-and-coming local rapper, linked with him. Between 2016 and 2018 the two released their big debut tracks, including Get Away ft. M$M, Gametime ft. OD Insightt and Rubbin Off The Paint (Remix). Each one has passed 10,000 plays and is still climbing.

Now he's focused on leaving his mark on the music scene, providing for his family, and seeing his own label, FadeAwayBoyz Entertainment, prosper.