# @thefader on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/C3YGb5csKFF
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- **Posted:** 2024-02-15T17:30:17.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** The FADER (@thefader) — https://gondola.cc/thefader

## Caption

In this week’s Rap Column, trillmoregirls explores how the charismatic Baton Rouge rapper iamkevingates paved his own lane over the last decade.⁠
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Gates is not “weird” in the way that a Lil Uzi Vert or a Young Thug is weird: his beats skew a little more traditional, and you’ll probably never see him with a gender-bending outfit. But on almost every song and in almost every interview, Kevin Gates is guaranteed to say something completely out of left field that you could never predict — few mainstream rappers have ever been so resolutely committed to being themselves, even when that self is at odds with the dominant trends. ⁠
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His sing-song flow might have earned early comparisons to Drake and Future, but he’s never played the pop game like them. He’s a devout Muslim who regularly voices his spirituality, but his songs can often border on pornographic. His favorite novel is The Notebook.⁠
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Read our latest Rap Column at the link in bio.⁠
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📸 Atlantic Records⁠
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#KevinGates #RapColumn

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