SpotemGottem is one of the hottest up-and-coming rappers from Florida.
But despite his baby-faced appearance,
the rapper grew up in a rough part of Jacksonville
and recently made headlines after the police caught him sleeping with an AK-47.
Let’s take a closer look at the rise of SpottemGottem and his recent arrest.
SpotemGottem is a rapper from Jacksonville, Flordia, a city that has recently captured the
attention of the hip hop media thanks to the beef between Yungeeen Ace and Julio Foolio.
Spotemgottem is affiliated with Foolio’s crew and has collaborated with him several times.
He is also known to beef with Ace and other members of ATK.
SpotemGottem started rapping at a young age after watching his uncles
make music out of a home- made studio in the garage.
Like many other street rappers in the younger generation,
he was inspired by Chief Keef and other drill rappers.
But music wasn’t the only thing that SpotemGottem was focused on,
he got sucked into the street life from an early age
and was arrested for the first time at just 15 years old.
He and another teenager were arrested near World Golf Village
for grand theft auto and carrying a concealed weapon.
They were questioned by police after being spotted walking down the road carrying guns.
Authorities were also searching for a third suspect who drove off in the stolen vehicle.
The third teen was supposed to come pick up the rapper and his friend after their car broke down,
but he saw them being questioned by police,
and took off.
SpotemGottem's arrest record also shows
that he was known for stealing bullets
which he would sell to people in his neighborhood
and a police raid once uncovered assorted pills and handguns in his home.
He put out his first video, Street Gossip in 2018
and then followed up with the track Thug Harmony.
His breakout hit Beatbox came out in 2019,
which quickly blew up and currently has over 32 million views on YouTube.
He cashed in on the viral success of his song
and released Beatbox Pt2 featuring Pooh Shiesty,
which currently has over 57 million views.
Part of what made this song go viral was the Junebug Challenge.
A social media influencer named Junebug
posted a video to Tik Tok of himself dancing to the song, which quickly blew up.
The dance was quickly imitated by thousands of people
across different social media platforms,
including huge celebrities like Kevin Hart and Meek Mill.
The rapper continued to capitalize off the popularity of his track
and released a Beatbox 3 featuring Da Baby,
which has also racked up millions of views.
So, with each song of the Beatbox series,
SpotemGottem managed to pull in an even bigger feature,
making him one of the fastest rappers to blow up in 2020.
At first, he denied that Junebug’s dance had anything to do with the song’s popularity.
But after a while, he had to give in and admit that it had given him a major push.
He even did his own version of the Junebug dance with celebrity jeweler, Johnny Dang in 2020.
In an interview with DJ Vlad,
Foolio said that he was in the studio when SpotemGottem recorded the track
and said that he never expected the track to blow up that big.
He go so many song like that too
like he hard like nah
but I ain't expect it to do that tho
But he already had 10 million views before the Pooh Shiesty remix and the Junebug challenge.
But it has to had like 10 million before
the Pooh Shiesty remix tho you know
but yeah I ain't expect it to do that
So it wasn’t just the big features and viral dance moves that made it popular.
But however he did it, Spotem Gottem went from being an unknown local rapper
to one of the hottest up and coming artists in the game all in just a few months, and thanks to Tik Tok.
Another reason the artist gained so much clout was from all the memes around his appearance.
Fans were noting that the rapper looked so young, yet so wild at the same time,
joking that he looked 264 months old.
The rapper was only 19 at the time and definitely has a babyface.
But his hairstyle and body full of tattoos also makes him look like someone you don’t want to mess with.
Being from Jacksonville, SpottemGottem quickly got wrapped up in the beef that by now,
everyone probably knows about
the war between Foolio’s KTA gang
and Yungeen Ace’s ATK gang.
Spottemgottem and Foolio are from the same area,
so naturally, he began rocking with KTA.
That automatically makes him an opp of ATK
and Yungeen Ace and his crew would jump at any chance they could get to diss the young rapper.
When the rapper was first blowing up,
Ace’s brother, ATK Ybeezy would release paperwork
that allegedly proves that SpottemGottem snitched on his friend rapper Y&R Mookey.
I thought y'all ***** was brothers
According to Ybeezy, back when the police raided Spottem Gottem’s home and discovered weed,
pills, and firearms, he told police that they actually belonged to his friends.
Y&R Mookey is another popular rapper from Jacksonville who is cool with SpottemGottem.
The rapper was arrested back in 2018
for a series of car burglaries and was released in 2019.
In 2020 he was arrested again
and charged with possession of a firearm
or ammunition by a gang-related felon or delinquent
and is currently being held in jail without bond.
ATK Ybeezy claims that SpotemGottem told police that the weapons found in his home
were Mookey’s and that the paperwork he released proves it,
so that’s why he’s locked up.
But, both SpottemGottem and Mookey himself deny this claim.
SpotemGottem went on IG Live to say that the allegations are all cap.
Why the ****
they mad man?
I **** on a ***** opp
Y&R Mookey even released a statement from jail
saying that SpottemGottem is his brother
and that he never snitched on him.
The paperwork does look pretty legit,
although it’s entirely possible that Ybeezy doctored it
to make his opp look bad.
If SpottemGottem did snitch on Mookey,
it seems unlikely that he would stand up for him.
Plus it also seems unlikely that police would believe
that the weapons belonged to Mookey,
just because the rapper said so
when they were clearly in his own house.
But then again, you never know what people will do when facing potential time.
ATK Ybeezy is currently fighting his own legal situation
after police found weapons of mass destruction
in his vehicle down in North Carolina.
Check out our previous video on ATK YBeezy’s police chase and manhunt for more info on that charge.
But the snitching rumors aren’t the only issue SpotemGottem has had to deal with.
Back in July, the rapper was arrested after allegedly pointing a gun at a parking attendant.
When the Feds went to search his hotel room,
they found the rapper in bed with an AK-47.
On June 20th, 2021, a parking garage attendant
reported an attempted assault to the Miami Beach police.
The victim claims that four Dodge Challengers
parked in the Collins Ave garage and broke a barrier.
When the attendant confronted them over paying the $80 parking fee,
a dispute broke out between him and the drivers.
The attendant later identified SpotemGottem
as being one of the passengers in the back seat,
who pointed a gun at him with a green laser and said,
“you know what it is”.
The vehicles then fled the scene without paying the $80 parking fee.
So, police were investigating the rapper for assault with a deadly weapon and criminal mischief.
They eventually caught up with him
at the AC Hotel on Biscayne Boulevard in Aventura, Florida.
They entered his room around 9:20 PM
and found the rapper lying in bed.
Beside him was an AK-47,
which police claimed was
“within reach and readily accessible for immediate use.”
He was arrested without incident,
which means that he didn’t reach for the gun or resist arrest.
The rapper was charged with aggravated assault with a firearm,
possession of a firearm by a convicted felon,
and accessory after the fact.
Three other men were also arrested on charges
relating to the parking garage incident.
SpotemGottem went before the now- famous Miami Dade Court Judge,
who also handled other cases involving high-profile rappers,
like Pooh Shiesty and DaBaby.
The rapper was released on an $18,000 bond,
which shows that the court does not believe he is a serious threat to the community.
However, he still has to face the weapons charge,
on top of the charges related to what happened in the parking lot.
It seems pretty wild that the rapper would be sleeping with an AK
while already on the run from an assault charge.
But, when you consider what’s going on in Jacksonville
it makes sense why he might be paranoid.
Both Foolio and Yungeen Ace have lost friends and associates
left and right to their deadly beef.
Even though SpotemGottem has his own wave,
he’s still associated with Foolio,
which means he’s just as likely to get caught up in the beef if he stays in Florida.
When you add in the fact that there are snitching allegations about the rapper floating around,
it only increases the likelihood that someone might try him.
Hopefully, Spotemgottem hasn’t run through all the money he made from Beatbox,
so he can hire a good lawyer.
The fact that his bond is so low
is a good sign that he may be able to beat the case
or at least plead it down to avoid jail time.
No one was actually injured
and Florida does have more relaxed gun laws than places like New York or Chicago.
But it does seem like Miami in particular has it out for rappers.
Recently we’ve seen everyone from Pooh Shiesty to Polo G
get locked up when they come to Miami
and it’s possible that the prosecutors may try and make an example out of SpotemGottem.
But when you consider all the violent beefs going on in Florida,
especially the war between KTA and ATK,
it makes sense why the rapper is ready for smoke.
His lawyers can probably argue that he was carrying the AK for self-defense.
Although threatening a parking attendant over an $80 fee probably isn’t the best look.
It doesn’t seem like these charges will ruin his career,
but he’ll definitely lose some money fighting the case.
If he can manage to create another viral hit,
he should be fine.
But if he isn’t more careful about how he moves in the future,
he’ll likely end up like all the other rappers currently fighting for their freedom.
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