Rising rapper Gelo has launched his full-length debut album, League of My Personal. The artist in any other case often called LiAngelo Ball made the transition from basketball participant to rapper prior to now yr, and has already seen some main success. His debut album arrives following his take care of Def Jam, which was born of the success of his licensed gold single “Tweaker.”
League of My Personal options 13-tracks, together with “Tweaker,” “Can You Please” (feat. GloRilla), “Law N Order,” and Gelo’s newest hit, “Booted Up.” He just lately premiered the album’s opening observe “POLLASEEDS” on Twitch famous person Kai Cenat’s channel. Clips present the group vibing to the beat, earlier than the refrain culminates with the mantra “Bitch I’m from the West Coast.”
Whereas the previous NBA G-League participant pivoted from sports activities to music, his brothers Lonzo and LaMelo nonetheless play for the Cavaliers and the Hornets, respectively. Gelo featured each of them within the music video for “Tweaker,” which was partly propelled to success by its recognition within the sports activities world.
Lil Wayne hopped on the remix to the breakout hit, and Def Jam received Gelo’s document deal following quite a few alleged affords from different labels. “Def Jam was the most excited,” Gelo shared with Billboard. “They had the best deal for real. They wasn’t just talking. They was ready to cooperate with us.”
Gelo has discovered success with old style rap vibes, and cites DMX, 50 Cent, Ludacris, Nelly, and Ice Dice amongst his inspirations. Although his rap profession is simply starting, he’s been writing for a very long time: “I didn’t record nothing until I was 18, 19,” he defined. “Before that, I wrote my first rap in the 3rd grade in my little notebook.”
When requested what his aim for 2025 was, Gelo didn’t mince phrases: “Probably to have the biggest album out and be one of the biggest rappers. The top rapper. Tap into that new stuff.”
Hearken to Gelo’s League of My Personal now.