Lexa Gates
Lexa Gates | |
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| Born | 2001 or 2002 (age 23–24) |
| Origin | Queens, New York City, U.S. |
| Genres | Hip-hop |
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| Website | lexagates |
Lexa Gates (born 2001 or 2002) is an American musician and rapper.
Early life
[edit]At a young age, Gates lived with her father and sister in Puerto Rico.[1] Her mother has previously written songs and sung in cafes as a hobby.[1][2] Her mother saved up money from packing cigarettes in Puerto Rico to move back to the Queens borough of New York City, where Gates grew up.[1][3] She began playing piano after watching her mother do so.[1] She participated in singing lessons as a child.[3] She dropped out of the New York City public school system at fifteen years old, when she was in the tenth grade.[1][4][3] She began making music at the age of seventeen.[1][3][5]
Musical career
[edit]Gates' debut album, Order of Events, was released in 2020.[1] Her second album, Universe Wrapped in Flesh, was released in 2022.[1] In October 2024, she released her album Elite Vessel.[1] That same month, she locked herself in a glass box in Manhattan's Union Square for ten hours to promote the album.[1][4][5][6]
Personal life
[edit]Gates has been sober from alcohol since her twenty-first birthday.[1]
Discography
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Brisco, Elise (November 17, 2024). "Meet Lexa Gates, the Singer/Rapper Embracing Solitude". Rolling Stone. Retrieved February 24, 2025.
- ^ Lamond, Ana (October 18, 2024). "Bounds Of Imagination: Lexa Gates Interviewed". Clash. Retrieved February 24, 2025.
- ^ a b c d Pometsey, Olive (October 18, 2024). "Lexa Gates is ready to surprise herself". The Face. Retrieved February 24, 2025.
- ^ a b Curtis-Evans, Kayla (February 20, 2025). "Lexa Gates is the Next Rap Princess of Queens". Office Magazine. Retrieved February 24, 2025.
- ^ a b Skelton, Eric (December 19, 2024). "Lexa Gates Is Making Wildly Honest and Relatable Rap Songs". Complex. Retrieved February 24, 2025.
- ^ Williams, Kyann-Sian (October 20, 2024). "Lexa Gates traps herself in a glass box for 10 hours to promote debut album, 'Elite Vessel'". NME. Retrieved February 24, 2025.