GELO is the rap alter-ego of LiAngelo Ball, the onetime NBA prospect whose brothers Lonzo and LaMelo are each within the league proper now. For the longest time, LiAngelo was the underachiever of the household — the one who performed ball abroad and within the G League however who couldn’t attain the following degree. However now, he’s reinvented himself as a rapper, and he had a fully loopy second earlier this yr.
On the high of the yr, GELO launched “Tweaker,” an addictive earworm of a single that effortlessly recreated the fashion of early-’00s Louisiana rap. (The funniest remark I noticed on “Tweaker” was that GELO’s father Lavar should’ve written the tune in 2002 as an insurance coverage coverage.) “Tweaker” went from web curiosity to precise crossover hit. It earned GELO an enormous Def Jam deal. Lil Wayne confirmed up on a remix.
Since then, GELO has adopted that out-of-nowhere success with the GloRilla collab “Can You Please” and the solo tune “Legislation N Order.” Now, he’s received an album on the best way. In lower than a month, GELO will launch his full-length debut League Of My Personal. Right this moment, he shares “Booted Up,” a cool, piano-heavy throwback that matches proper in along with his different songs. Pay attention under.
League Of My Personal is out 6/27 on Def Jam.