Just in time for Gibbs’ Pitchfork Fest debut and his party tonight at Beauty Bar (details on that here); Miles Raymer of the Chicago Reader features Gangsta Gibbs in their Sharp Darts section (which also featured FSD many moons ago). It’s a nice piece on the rising Gary star.
Gibbs isn’t quite the kind of self-promoter the current climate seems to encourage. He has a MySpace page, he’s on Facebook, and he maintains a Twitter account, but he’s not too outgoing about any of it—he seems standoffish compared to attention-seeking rappers like Diddy and N.O.R.E., who seem to tweet every five minutes. He’s also almost entirely unflossy, a rarity in the hypermaterialistic universe of gangsta rap. “Everybody does the same type of shit. They put big booty all over they video, money flyin’ around, and shit like that,” he says. “I mean, that’s cool, I’m not knockin’ it. I may do a video like that real soon, but at the same time I feel the need to be different.”
Check out the whole feature here, and hit the jump for details on tonight’s event at Beauty Bar…
If I find out a rapper tweets, I don’t wanna hear his shit no more. What kind of “man” tweets?? That shit is for kids.
A good read. Thanks
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Ummm twitter is used by 90% of the industry FYI More power to you If you don’t want to use it and are successful (kanye). But don’t knock Gibbs recklessly for participating
Gangsta Gibbs!