Lil Pump

Gazzy Fabio Garcia (born August 17, 2000), known professionally as Lil Pump, is an American rapper and singer-songwriter.

Gazzy Garcia was born on August 17, 2000, in Miami, Florida.

He rose to prominence as part of the SoundCloud rap scene in the late 2010s, gaining distinction for his minimalist music and rambunctious public persona.

The single produced was independently released in 2016 on the music streaming website SoundCloud, as his debut single, "Lil Pump".

Garcia quickly followed the song with singles "Elementary", "Ignorant", "Gang Shit", and "Drum$tick", each garnering over three million streams.

The success of his tracks on SoundCloud earned him recognition among the South Florida underground rap scene, in a style known as "SoundCloud rap".

He co-headlined the No Jumper tour in 2016, and also performed at the Rolling Loud Festival.

While rising in popularity and releasing underground hits, Pump would also meet other rappers like XXXTentacion, Ski Mask the Slump God, Fat Nick and Pouya.

Born and raised in Miami, Florida, he gained mainstream attention following the release of his 2017 single "Gucci Gang", which peaked at number three on the Billboard Hot 100 and preceded his self-titled debut studio album in October of that year.

"Gucci Gang", despite being panned by critics and audiences, was certified five-times platinum by the RIAA, while the album of which it preceded peaked at number three on the Billboard 200.

In the following two years, he saw continued success with his singles "I Love It" (with Kanye West featuring Adele Givens), "Esskeetit", "Drug Addicts", "Butterfly Doors", "Be Like Me" (featuring Lil Wayne), and "Welcome to the Party" (with Diplo and French Montana featuring Zhavia Ward) for the Deadpool 2 soundtrack.

Garcia began gaining attention in 2017 by releasing the singles "D Rose" and "Boss", which were major hits on SoundCloud, collecting a combined 70 million streams.

The popularity of "D Rose" led to a music video being produced by Chicago-based director Cole Bennett, also known as Lyrical Lemonade.

On June 9, 2017, Garcia signed a record deal with Tha Lights Global and Warner Records, just two months before his seventeenth birthday.

In July 2017, Garcia announced through Twitter that his debut mixtape was in the works and would be released in August.

However, the album was not released in August and was pushed back.

He instead released the song "Gucci Gang", which became his first Billboard Hot 100 entry, peaking at number three on November 8, 2017.

At age 17, Garcia rose to fame after he released his debut studio album, Lil Pump (released October 6, 2017), featuring Smokepurpp, Gucci Mane, Lil Yachty, Chief Keef, Rick Ross, and 2 Chainz.

In a 2018 interview with J. Cole, Garcia stated that his parents are from Colombia and divorced when he was six years old.

When Garcia was thirteen years old, his cousin, Lil Ominous, introduced him to Omar Pineiro, better known as Smokepurpp; the two eventually became collaborators.

Garcia and Pineiro were expelled from multiple district schools.

Garcia, thereafter, enrolled in an opportunity high school but was expelled in the tenth grade for fighting and inciting a riot.

Garcia's rap career began when Smokepurpp produced a track and asked him to freestyle over it.

However, in January 2018, his contract with Warner Bros. Records was voided because he had been a minor at the time of signing.

The song was certified gold and platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America on January 11, 2018, and as of July 31, 2018, is certified triple platinum.

Garcia released "I Shyne" on January 18, 2018, with producer Carnage.

Following reports that he had left his former labels Tha Lights Lobal and Warner Records and the contract had been voided on the grounds of him being a minor when he signed, competition rose to sign Garcia with offers reportedly as high as $8 million to $12 million or more, and artists such as Gucci Mane and DJ Khaled taking interest in him.

Garcia sparked rumors he had signed with Gucci Mane's imprint, 1017 Records, in February 2018.

Nonetheless, he re-signed another contract with Tha Lights Global and Warner Records for $8 million on March 12.

On April 13, 2018, Garcia released the single "Esskeetit", which debuted and peaked at number 24 on the Billboard Hot 100.

On May 24, 2018, Garcia performed "Esskeetit" on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on May 24.

In June, he was featured on XXL Freshmen Class.

In July that year, he released the single "Drug Addicts" alongside a music video which features the actor Charlie Sheen.

On September 7, 2018, Garcia collaborated with Kanye West and comedian Adele Givens for the track "I Love It".

The track went straight to number 1 on the Canadian Hot 100.

Garcia announced in August 2018 a tour to promote his unreleased album Harverd Dropout, but it was cancelled a month later due to "unforeseen circumstances".

He released "Multi Millionaire" on October 5 as a single featuring Lil Uzi Vert.

On October 25, dubstep producer Skrillex released the song "Arms Around You", which is a collaboration he made with Garcia, Maluma, Swae Lee and posthumous vocals from XXXTentacion.

His second studio album, Harverd Dropout (2019) peaked at number seven on the Billboard 200 and was panned by critics.

His third studio album, Lil Pump 2 (2023) was released to generally favorable reviews despite failing to chart in any known territory.