The Kid Gashi
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Larry Gashi better known by his stage name The Kid Gashi, is an ethnic Albanian rapper
and singer
originally from Kosovo
. He has had success with collaborations with more established artists such as French Montana
and Nipsey Hussle
. In 2011 he released his debut album Last Of A Rare Breed under Concrete Music Group.
. Conflict in the Balkans
led his family to flee to Africa, where Gashi was born in 1989. After his birth, his family again moved around Africa and Europe, finally settling in America in the late 1990s, during the peak of the hip hop
explosion. Gashi settled in Brooklyn, New York, where he became intimately familiar with the hip hop and rapping culture on the streets of New York. Barely knowing any English, Gashi searched for an escape from the hard transition of life as an immigrant on the streets of New York. Listening to the likes of Notorious B.I.G., 2Pac, Jay-Z
, DMX, Dr. Dre
and Eminem
, Gashi quickly began to emulate his influences and started freestyle
and battling peers in the neighborhood, using rap as his introduction into the English language
. He has been looked at by rappers like Jay-Z and His record company Roc Nation.
Rapping
Rapping refers to "spoken or chanted rhyming lyrics". The art form can be broken down into different components, as in the book How to Rap where it is separated into “content”, “flow” , and “delivery”...
and singer
Singing
Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments...
originally from Kosovo
Kosovo
Kosovo is a region in southeastern Europe. Part of the Ottoman Empire for more than five centuries, later the Autonomous Province of Kosovo and Metohija within Serbia...
. He has had success with collaborations with more established artists such as French Montana
French Montana
French Montana is an American rapper and singer of Moroccan and Somali descent. He is the founder of Cocaine City Records.-Background:Karim Kharbouch, better known by his stage name French Montana, was born in Rabat, Morocco...
and Nipsey Hussle
Nipsey Hussle
Ermias Asghedome , better known by his stage name Nipsey Hussle. He is a Westcoast rapper from Los Angeles, California.-Music career:...
. In 2011 he released his debut album Last Of A Rare Breed under Concrete Music Group.
Biography
The Kid Gashi is of Albanian descent as his family is originally from war-torn KosovoKosovo
Kosovo is a region in southeastern Europe. Part of the Ottoman Empire for more than five centuries, later the Autonomous Province of Kosovo and Metohija within Serbia...
. Conflict in the Balkans
Balkans
The Balkans is a geopolitical and cultural region of southeastern Europe...
led his family to flee to Africa, where Gashi was born in 1989. After his birth, his family again moved around Africa and Europe, finally settling in America in the late 1990s, during the peak of the hip hop
Hip hop
Hip hop is a form of musical expression and artistic culture that originated in African-American and Latino communities during the 1970s in New York City, specifically the Bronx. DJ Afrika Bambaataa outlined the four pillars of hip hop culture: MCing, DJing, breaking and graffiti writing...
explosion. Gashi settled in Brooklyn, New York, where he became intimately familiar with the hip hop and rapping culture on the streets of New York. Barely knowing any English, Gashi searched for an escape from the hard transition of life as an immigrant on the streets of New York. Listening to the likes of Notorious B.I.G., 2Pac, Jay-Z
Jay-Z
Shawn Corey Carter , better known by his stage name Jay-Z, is an American rapper, record producer, entrepreneur, and occasional actor. He is one of the most financially successful hip hop artists and entrepreneurs in America, having a net worth of over $450 million as of 2010...
, DMX, Dr. Dre
Dr. Dre
Andre Romelle Young , primarily known by his stage name Dr. Dre, is an American record producer, rapper, record executive, entrepreneur, and occasional actor. He is the founder and current CEO of Aftermath Entertainment and a former co-owner and artist of Death Row Records...
and Eminem
Eminem
Marshall Bruce Mathers III , better known by his stage name Eminem or his alter ego Slim Shady, is an American rapper, record producer, songwriter and actor. Eminem's popularity brought his group project, D12, to mainstream recognition...
, Gashi quickly began to emulate his influences and started freestyle
Freestyle rap
Freestyle rap commonly refers to rap lyrics which are improvised through a acapella or with instrumental beats, i.e. performed with no previously composed lyrics, or "off the top of the head"...
and battling peers in the neighborhood, using rap as his introduction into the English language
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
. He has been looked at by rappers like Jay-Z and His record company Roc Nation.