Before Fredo Bang would drop tracks Oouuh, Father, Kill Ya, Mansion Party, Gangsta Talk,
Dawg Gone & more...
Before Fredo Bang would have rumours about his own death circulating online...
Before Fredo Bang would clock in nearly 1 Million Instagram followers, a quarter million
subs on YouTube, and cash out on an expensive piece from Ice Box in memory of his boy The
Real Gee Money.
First off I need to say, Fredo Gang has got the whitest teeth in the game, he also seems
like a super nice and humble dude but the man has been through some shit.
He was on the come up alongside NBA Youngboy but at 19 and was one of Southern hip-hop’s
most celebrated MC's but then had multiple felony charges that hreatened to derail his
promising rap career.
After serving over two years, he returned in 2018 with a new level of focus and determination.
He told fader: Jail showed me what's important, let me make
my music, let me feed my family!
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Fredo Bang was born Frederick T. Givens the 2nd on March the 29th, 1996, in Baton Rouge
Louisiana.
I understand I've been saying Baton Rouge incorrectly for a number of years now... it's
BATin.
My bad, I've never been.
His mother, who works as a teacher, separated from his father when he was just a year old
but would remain in his life.
In that interview he also opened up that his father had been molested as a child.
His sexuality never bothered young Fredo and he loves his dad all the same.
This make Fredo Bang a great role model against homophobia in hip hop.
Who would of guessed it?
Following his parents’ divorce, his mother remarried a cleaning company owner.
Fredo has five brothers and four sisters, most of them step siblings including a sister
he's never met that lives in Latvia.
She comes from his fathers side who had her with a lesbian couple.
Ya, Fredo Bang's family life is starting to sound like an episode of friends.
A police report listed his house address and we were actually able to find a photo on Google
Earth.
There also exists some footage of him giving
a tour of his local hood.
Talking with Fader, Fredo Bang had this to say about his early life:
Growing up in Baton Rouge, if you’re weak, you’re beat.
When you’re thrown in an environment that’s almost like a jungle.
You either learn, or you lose.
It’s simple as that.
Fredo's older brothers were constantly in and out of prison, some serving as much as
10 years at a time.
up in street life.
We found an old IG post where he captioned it: Had money way before the rap now I’m
50 grand up in jewelry
Fredo Bang met his close friend and future collaborator The Real Gee Money when they
were both 10 years old and in the 4th grade.
The duo started collaborating on music by their early teens.
Another one of his best buds was Krazy Trey who would also be an early collaborator.
Some early tracks include I-Phone 6, Rainy Days and I Love Pu$$y.
I decided to look up a few of these music videos and in the one for I Phone 6 you might
recognize one of their buddies.
It's none other than Baton Rouge Superstar NBA YoungBoy, this video was filmed back in
2015.
Not long after this video was filmed there was a falling out between NBA YoungBoy and
Gee Money and Youngboy and Fredo Bang haven't really spoken since.
There might be a whole lot more to this story but I'm gonna leave that investigation to
someone like Say Cheese TV.
Fredo Bang got his rap moniker from a friend who used to refer to him as Fredo... after
Fredo Santana.
RIP.
By 2015, him and his crew were making big waves in music and gearing up for a takeover.
Their songs got millions and millions of streams and views on YouTube.
Fredo also managed to graduate from high school but dropped out of college after he caught
his first case on second degree battery, this was after he broke another guys nose.
This got Fredo in some trouble with law but he kept focusing on his music.
Tragedy struck in 2014 when the man he referred to as his best friend Krazy Trey he was killed
at Fredo's birthday party.
Three people were gunned down that day and a fourth wounded and this took a heavy toll
on Fredo Bang.
Kids in Baton Rouge ain't playing... it literally is a death trap.
More collaborative tracks between Gee Money and Fredo Bang would follow including Sweet
Lady, “Who Gone Ride For You” and his solo track Nothing Wrong which was produced
by B-Real.
His first viral hit on his own was Thuggin which came out in June 2016, today the official
music video has over 2.5 Million views.
The boys were having a promising rise with The Real Gee Money being the stand out star.
But then Fredo was arrested again in relation to a shooting that had taken place on November
2015, on the 4300 block of Denham Street in Baton Rouge.
Initially he made bail at $70K but then he got pulled over and cops found a gun that
had been involved in five other shootings in his whip.
From there the judge put a hold on him and kept him locked up, at one point he was facing
up to 40 years in prison.
but while locked up he had to deal with some more tragic news.
His childhood best friend Gee Money was found dead in 2017 having been shot outside his
Baton Rouge studio.
Police immediately began to investigate NBA Youngboy's crew due to their public beefing
over social media.
Eventually it was one of NBA's associates who pulled the trigger.
After serving two and half years Fredo got released in May of 2018 and given 5 years
of parole.
He explained to Say Cheese TV:
While in prison, he worked on honing his music skills and resumed his rapping career.
He told Hip Hop DX
The songs I made in jail were easier to make because while I was locked up,
I was more in tune with my emotions.
Outside I can be more distracted.
In October of 2018, Bang released his debut mixtape titled 2 Face Bang.
The 14-track tape featured songs like Oouuh, Bangville, Status, Father and Shootas on the
Roof.
Father was a song dedicated to his two departed friends, Gee Money and Krazy Trey.
Bang’s other 2018 releases include Die Na, Slide, My Lil Juvie and My Ex's.
Then in 2019, Bang released his album Big Ape, which featured the hits Story to Tell
and Gangsta Talk, featuring Nle Choppa.
The dude seems like a pretty dope dude whose been through some serious stuff.
Good news is, he's moved out of Baton Rouge to Miami escpaing the death trap.
As for the rest of the story, well we will just have to wait and see because this is
Before They Were Famous.
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