![]() ![]() Unlike many new rappers his age, Kap opted to keep most of his music to himself instead of flooding the streets fresh out of the studio. With nothing more than a Rock Band video game microphone, Kap wound up recording music and taking his makeshift songs to school for his friends to hear them. As fate would decree, one of his friends started making beats on his computer, encouraging Kap to rap on them. For him, this was 2Pac, Jay-Z and Kanye West.Īround this time in school, Kap noticed he excelled when it came to rhyming. Like most younger siblings, Kap took a liking to whatever his older brothers listened to. Most of friends identified more with the then-underground star T.I. In fact, the only time he didn’t find himself fitting in with his childhood peers was when it came to his musical tastes. “When people see that you are a special person, they just want to be around you,” he says, revealing that he always felt like he was a star as a child. The only difference was he did both better than most. In addition to spending time at the Boys and Girls Club, Kap played basketball and maintained his own personal style. Since he was a bit more “Americanized” than his older siblings, Kap G had no problem fitting in with his peers. That experience makes me who I am today.” There weren’t a lot of Mexicans in College Park, so I grew up around Blacks. “I was brought up in a Mexican household, but when I started school, I was out of my environment. “I don’t feel like I grew up like most Mexicans, I grew up in two cultures,” says Kap. After Kap’s older brother joined a gang at age six, the family realized the danger surrounding them, finding it necessary to relocate again, this time to Georgia in 1993. Looking for a piece of the “American Dream,” the couple left Mexico relocating to California to start and raise a family. His mother grew up as an orphan while his father lost his own father to violence during his teen years. ![]() The youngest of six siblings born and raised between Mexico and California, Kap G grew up as George Ramirez in the Atlanta suburb, College Park. Eighteen year-old Kap G hopes to be the primary author of this story. Now that the art form is experiencing the greatest global exposure in its history, the door is wide open for a new story to be told and embraced. One overlooked struggle in music is that of the Mexican-American. He’s also determined to increase the rap industry’s respect for Mexican rappers because he believe there’s very few of them, and they’re not taken too seriously.Birthed from inner city struggle almost 35 years ago, Hip Hop has grown to become a major cultural force. ![]() Since he grew up in College Park which is heavily populated by African American, he’s able to rap about both Mexican and African American cultures. Kap G’s Mexican heritage is often portrayed in his videos, he claims that him being a Mexican-American only add another angle to his rap career. ![]() He was born in Grady Hospital, and people born there are referred to as ‘Grady Baby’. Before Kap G was born, one of his brothers was a gang member while only six years old, when his mom found out, she decided to move the family to College Park where Kap G would later be born. He has four brothers and one sister he’s the youngest in his family. Though Kap G was born in America, both of his parents are Mexicans whom moved to California. Though seen as a new comer in the rap game, Kap G has worked with some of the biggest rappers in the industry which include Spenzo, Fabolous, Wiz Khalifa, Kirko Bangz, and Chief Keef among others. He is currently signed to Atlantic Records. Kap G list Kanye West as an inspiration for rapping. Kap G was called ‘Lil G’ when he was younger, but he now goes by Kap G, which is a mix between his group name and his childhood name. Kap G is a rapper from the South Side of College Park in Atlanta, Georgia. ![]()
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