Gerard Damien Long better known by his stage name Hodgy Beats is an American

United States

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 rapper from Pine Bluff, Arkansas

Arkansas

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. He attended Pasadena High School (California) in Pasadena

Pasadena

-Places:Places in Australia:*Pasadena, South Australia, a suburb of AdelaidePlaces in Canada:*Pasadena, NewfoundlandPlaces in the United States:*Pasadena, California*South Pasadena, California*South Pasadena, Florida*Pasadena, Maryland...

, California

California

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. He is part Filipino and part Jamaican.
He is a member hip hop

Hip hop music

Hip hop music, also called hip-hop, rap music or hip-hop music, is a musical genre consisting of a stylized rhythmic music that commonly accompanies rapping, a rhythmic and rhyming speech that is chanted...

 collective OFWGKTA

OFWGKTA

Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill Them All, often abbreviated OFWGKTA and also known simply as Odd Future or Golf Wang, is an alternative hip hop collective from Los Angeles, California...

 as the duo MellowHype

MellowHype

MellowHype is an American hip hop duo from Los Angeles, California, that consists of OFWGKTA members Hodgy Beats , real name Gerard Long, and Left Brain , real name Vyron Turner. Hodgy Beats claims the two met by having similar friends in high school. Left Brain was looking for an artist and Hodgy...

 with Left Brain.

Music career

Hodgy Beats and Left Brain as MellowHype released two albums called Yellowhite and BlackenedWhite

BlackenedWhite

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in 2010.

On April 5, 2011, MellowHype performed the song "64" on the Fuel TV

Fuel TV

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 program The Daily Habit with Bass Drum of Death

Bass Drum of Death

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.

MellowHype along with Tyler, The Creator

Tyler, the Creator

Tyler Okonma , better known by his stage name Tyler, The Creator, is an American rapper, record producer, music video director, actor, graphic artist and fashion designer from Los Angeles, currently signed to English independent record label XL Recordings and his own record label, Odd Future...

 and Damage also performed their song "65" for the BBC music showcase.

He recently worked on a song with Nas

Nas

Nasir bin Olu Dara Jones, who performs under the name Nas , formerly Nasty Nas, is an American rapper and actor. He is regarded as one of the most important figures in hip hop and one of the most skilled and influential rappers of all-time...

 for his upcoming album 'Life Is Good'. Hodgy also worked on a song with Pusha T

Pusha T

Terrence Thornton better known by his stage name Pusha T is an American recording artist, occasional actor and one half of the critically acclaimed hip hop duo Clipse. He is also the co-founder and co-chief executive officer of Re-Up Records along with his brother Gene 'Malice' Thornton...

 for his upcoming Fear of God 2: Let Us Pray, although it is not featured in the newly released track list. He recently had a child with his girlfriend on August 1st.

Discography

• The Dena Tape (2009)
• BlackenedWhite
  BlackenedWhite
  - Charts :...
  
  (with Left Brain as MellowHype) (2010)
• Numbers (with Left Brain as MellowHype) (2012)
• Rock/Slab (solo project) (TBA)