G4SHI | |
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| Birth name | Labinot "Larry" Gashi |
| Born | October 4, 1989 |
| Origin | Kosovo |
| Genres | Hip hop |
| Occupation(s) | Rapper, Singer |
| Years active | 2008–present |
| Labels | Independent |
| Website | www |
Labinot "Larry" Gashi (born October 4, 1989) [1] better known by his stage name Gashi and G4SHI (also pronounced Gashi), is an ethnic Albanian rapper and singer originally from Kosovo.[2] He has had success with collaborations with more established artists such as French Montana and Nipsey Hussle. In 2011 he released his debut mixtape Last of a Rare Breed under Concrete Music Group hosted by Dj Don Canon and Dj Benzi. G4shi is currently releasing new music and working on his upcoming mixtape which is yet to be titled.
Gashi is of Albanian decent, born in Africa, but fled with his family when he was five years old because of civil war. Moving in a number of countries, mainly in Europe and Africa, Larry and his family made it to New York City in 1998 residing in Brooklyn.[3]
Struggling to pick up the English language, he turned to music to help ease his adjustment into society, and quickly became hooked to rap. Gashi graduated and earned a football scholarship to play at a Division 1-AA school in Massachusetts.
Although Gashi earned honors during his first year in college, he still felt like something was missing. He finally decided that if he was going to be serious about making it in the music industry, he had to put both feet in and decided to drop out of college and quickly began working on his craft and preparing his first mixtape. He adopted initially the name The Kid Gashi[1] to change it later to Gashi and eventually G4SHI.
G4shi was the winner of several music contests and importantly winner of “First Time Performances” of First Look Sessions in both 2010 and 2011.[2] His first project, the mixtape Last of a Rare Breed in 2011 was hosted by Don Cannon, and featured tracks with Nipsey Hussle and French Montana. In 2012, G4shi founded his own group called Moxy.[2] Future tracks, which included "Who Made Me" and "Laughing", were featured on Hot 97 after Peter Rosenberg co-signed the young phenom.
His current project, entitled, "4Play" features his newest single "Room 4". This song is meant to inspire those who have always felt like they've been overlooked or passed over for someone with more money or flash.
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