Gillie Da Kid

ABOUT GILLIE DA KID

Underground Philadelphia emcee who released a series of mixtapes called King of Philly before launching his first studio album, Welcome 2 Gilladelphia, in 2015. He later gained attention for the absurd videos posted to his gillie_da_king Instagram account. It has garnered over 500,000 followers.

He entered the national spotlight after claiming to have ghost written songs for Lil Wayne . Before then, he was part of a seven-person crew called Major Figgas clique which was signed by Suave House Records. Upon Suave House losing its deal with Universal, he went solo.

Babygrande Records released a Best of the GDK Mixtapes compilation in March of 2007. He is friends with boxer Mike Tyson .

He has a younger sister named Kiara.

He and Tamba Hali teamed up to launch Relumae Records in August 2011.