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Freddie Gibbs

Thursday, March 19
12:25AM - 12:35AM

Austin Music Hall
208 Nueces St

13832

"Many rappers may secretly wish they could be as uninhibited as Freddie Gibbs, arguably Gary, Indiana’s greatest export since steel, Michael Jackson and actor Fred “The Hammer” Williamson. Gibbs, an authentic product of violent, drug-laden streets, has artfully and consistently told tales of ghetto life since his rap emergence in 2004, making no apologies for the person he is and the things he has done.

Freddie’s keen survivalist mentality and work ethic won him a scholarship to Ball State University for football, but he was dismissed over questionable allegations. It’s fair to assume that Freddie hadn’t completely divorced himself from the streets, but whatever the case, higher education was no longer a viable option. Gibbs was cast back into the sink-or-swim realities of his upbringing, and he resorted to pimping and manufacturing freebase to keep the lights on. A humble critic, Freddie never meant to be a part of t...

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