Kevin Gates has made headlines this year for claiming to have sex with his cousin, admitting to using heroin and kicking a female fan during a performance.
In light of this, Love and Hip Hop Atlanta star Lil Scrappy explains why the Baton Rouge, Louisiana emcee is important to Rap.
“When I look at an artist like Kevin Gates, I look at Black Eminem,” he says to DJ Smallz Eyes. “It’s like do what you wanna do. Talk how you wanna talk. Rap what you wanna rap about. Fuck everybody else. That’s cool.”
Lil Scrappy says that Gates has opened the door for other artists, including himself, to be able to freely express themselves.
“For a minute, that lane wasn’t open because everybody’s scared of a label telling them, ‘Oh, we can’t do that,'” he says, “or people blackballing you because you’re doing what you wanna do.”
Watch the full interview of Lil Scrappy calling Kevin Gates “Black Eminem” below:
For additional Kevin Gates coverage, watch the following DX Daily:
Shut up scrappy ( PUT SOME MUSIC OUT NI99@) hell rell voice
Both very corny and weird
Stfu u stupid fuck. Dumbest fucking comment ever. All that weed fried his brain. Gates fuckin blows that low life piece of shit.
So he’s the black version of the greatest rapper of all time? No negro stop it. I didn’t even know that incest pedophile was a rapper. Lil Scrappy sneak dissing Eminem comparing him to that queer. Kevin Gates is the black K-Fed which isn’t saying much. Kevin Gates can barely speak English so I damn sure know he can’t rap.
Your a fucking idiot, Kevin Gates is really good and smart musically and is an extremley good song writer THAT WRITES ALL HIS OWN SHIT”, who cares what he does in his personal? I’m not checking for that. But he is easily one of the best artist out there right now hands down. You obviously haven’t heard his stuff or you would know how good he is. Peopl need to worry about the music for once and stop worry about their personal lives.
He is the easily best out of Louisana in a long time and has potential to be the best ever out of that state, If he keeps his head on straight and doesn’t get himself locked up or god forbid Killed. Do your research boy Gates is better than a lot of ppl scrappy is on point.
I a queer and you call yourself B-Rabbit?? whos riding whos dick now. Secondly the guys you compared Kevin Gates too hes nothing like any of them or raps or makes music like any of them. You obviously don’t know shit about this artist if you haven’t heard any of his music. And then you can comment and tell who he’s like without hearing him STFU. The expert has an opinon on he knows nothing about. Your Vlown and clearly white. If you call youself B-rabbit. Go do research and don’t argue with ppl who listen to more than eminem.
Kidd Kidd LOL is nowhere near Kevin Gates’s level thats hilarious you want to talk cliches and typical rappers and you mention Kidd? Your an hater bro and don’t know shit.
You’re already considered a queer just for knowing any of his music. To say he will be the best out of Louisiana isn’t saying much seeing as they don’t have any lyricist lol. Like I said that guy can barely speak English so I definitely won’t even listen to his trashy music. Guys like him, Plies, Young Thug and Rich Homie need to go. Ain’t no room for this homo rappers. He won’t be the best out of his state because he isn’t even better than Kidd Kidd lol. Stop trolling. No one with atleast half a brain listens to Kevin Gates.
No one listens to Kevin Gates to even know if his music is decent or not. Fact is the guy, as a human being, is a moron. Only low IQ and local niggaz will even give him a chance. How can you feel a dudes music who praises eating azz (something gay men do) and smashing their cousin? Nah, I’ll stick to Eminem rapping about a fish taking a sh*t (A Bass Turd). His bars actually go over your head. Kevin Gates rhymes probably sound like….Kevin Gates wrote it. That’s enough for most people with a brain to decline.
Gates is hispanic and I believe he in his own lane.
remember folks, this is the same dude who’s mom spelled bitch “b-i-c-t-h” on national tv. pay this guy no mind.
Damn.. I thought chance was one of US. Didn’t know he grew up with that SILVER SPOON.. Pussy. Daddy an his CORPORATE FRIENDS got his back.. Like I said.. Pussy
I like Kevin Gates but black people are ridiculous! Eminem is one of the greatest MC of All time and cannot be compared to Kevin Gates, period. Eminem literally shits on black rappers, on a dialy. But he has too much respect so he does what he does, make hits.
Eminem is a good rapper. But to say that he shits on Black Rappers is laughable at. Black Thought, Talib Kweli and Pharoah Monch would run circles on him on his best day. They just will never get 1/3000th of the radio spins that Eminem does.
I think Eminem’s music and subject matter is terrible. He is an elite lyricist. I can admit that.
Kevin Gates is beyond awful. I
terrible comparison
Awful? you haven’t heard “Movie”, satellites, Twilight, neon Lights, just to name a few he’s really creative and alot of his music has different content. You ppl need to stop following trends and make you own judgement and not be a follower. Kevin gates is really good. Do you research and form you own opinon and don’t let thes idiots on the wall deter. be these loser below in the comments have nothing good to say about anyone. And I’m willing to bet NONE of them have even heard a Kevin Gates song before.
What about Charles Gates the guy who sings walls smh underrated
Gates is dope but emenim? Body yourself ASAP!!
dude it’s stupid…
u lookin’ fo black eminem ? kanye west , or even kendrick someone who never won an award is not even near a great mc let go eminem. he just sayin’ it fo attention