He’d soon find himself stranded without a deal, and his mixtapes from 2009, The Miseducation of Freddie Gibbs and, mere months later, Midwestgangstaboxframecadillacmuzik, became triumphs of resilience due to the circumstances. Within a couple years, he’d draw attention from the scouts at Interscope, then the home of Eminem, Gwen Stefani, Robin Thicke, Lloyd Banks, and others. Hailing from Gary, Indiana, he debuted with his pair of Full Metal Jackit mixtapes in 2004.
This is easily the corniest rap-related decision Gibbs has ever made. In elementary school, Freddie Gibbs wore his clothes backwards to be like Kriss Kross, the Atlanta duo that reversed their jeans and Knicks jerseys on the way to adolescent rap stardom.
This article originally ran in 2014 we’re dusting it off for Freddie Gibbs’ birthday on June 14th.
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