Before Lil GotIt would collab with Lil Uzi, Gunna, Lil Durk, Lil Baby, Lil Keed and more...
Before he would get cosigns from Young Thug and Future and would sign to Alamo records.
And before Lil GotIt Would have over 80k subscribers on YouTube and over 350k followers on Instagram
at the time of this recording...
And before he would be seen getting close with Bhad Bhabie
Hold up bro…
I think she’s still 16!
Lil GotIt has really only been rapping for a few years now, but he’s already made a
name for himself as the next up out of Atlanta.
GotIt has never had a real job in his life and with the way his career is going, it’s
looking like he probably will never have to.
He comes from a big family and one of his siblings is also blowing up at the same time!
The two of them are looking to take over the game.
But before all of the fame and success, neither one of them was taking rap very seriously.
It wasn’t until a friend of theirs tragically passed away, that they were inspired to pick
up the mic and change their lives in every way imaginable...
What's going on guys?
It’s your boy Michael McCrudden documenting the life and career of Lil GotIt prior to
fame, here for you of course on Before They Were Famous.
We’ve recently covered Lil Keed and have dropped a few videos on Top 5 rapper chains
over the past week.
As always, you guys gotta let us know who is next in the comments down below.
Before we start, I’ve got a trivia question for you:
What is the date of GotIt’s most boring day ever?
Super Fans out there who know the answer get a follow from me on IG or Twitter.
Alright, let’s get into the video.
Semaja Render was born in Atlanta Georgia on April 15, 1999.
He is the youngest of 7 children, who all stayed under one roof.
One of his brother’s with the same mother and father is someone else who we’ve covered
on this channel, of course I'm talking about Lil Keed who is older by one year:
That's why I don't do interviews...
It be a lot of me going what you say?
And they'd all turn into Joe Budden Vs Migos type interviews.
Just playing, a little bit... but here's more on their relationship.
Although the two are close collaborators now, we actually found an old Facebook post from
2010, where GotIt said his big bro couldn’t rap!
Seems like he was joking though
Originally, GotIt was raised in Forest Park on the Southside of Atlanta.
He says him and Keed were mostly on their own while their mother was at work, so he
was always hanging around the older kids in the neighborhood.
GotIt was getting into some trouble early on but managed to stay away from anything
too dangerous.
He never played sports growing up but was into video games!
He did try to play football once but didn’t like it very much.
Unlike his brother Keed, who played point guard on their high school basketball team.
Got It wasn’t the best student, and claims to have gotten suspended every single week…
Which is impressive.
I didn’t even think there were that many ways to get suspended!
Got It dropped out of high school in his freshman year.
Well, technically he got kicked out for fighting.
He moved to Cleveland Avenue with Keed the day after he left high school, which is also
the same place that Young Thug grew up.
Thug was his biggest influence in rap and later became a mentor:
But other than that, GotIt wasn’t really listening to music much.
He told XXL:
I wasn’t listening to people back then.
I was too busy being bad.
GotIt began his love of rap by writing poems and then started to rap for fun.
He was making songs, but never taking it too seriously.
He says he even completely forgot about rapping for a while, getting caught up in his day
to day life.
But he realized that he didn’t want a real job, and says he probably couldn’t get one
anyways, so he started taking rapping more seriously again.
Although, I’m sure his brother Keed could have gotten him a job at McDonalds while he
was working there!
Just a reminder to anyone flipping burgers watching these videos – it can happen!
Put in the work and one day I might just be featuring you here on Before They Were Famous.
Similarly to Keed, when their childhood friend and fellow collaborator Lil Rudy was murdered,
both him and his brother decided that they needed to take rapping seriously, because
life isn’t promised.
His untimely death came just days before the release of a collaborative mixtape.
GotIt told Fader:
I cried so much.
I just froze.
That’s a person who you wouldn’t believe would get shot.
So GotIt and Keed began to release music together and posting their song online with a new found
hunger.
They would go over to their friend and producer Mooktoven’s studio every day for basically
a year straight and work on music.
GotIt dropped the Super Squid mixtape shortly afterwards and began to build up his buzz.
GotIt’s family didn’t even know him and Keed were rapping and didn’t find out until
they started to blow up.
His rap name was originally Maja Gotit, which was a nickname he had.
But he decided to shorten it to Lil GotIt a few years ago.
He got his first face tat after Rudy died.
But his next one was actually given to him as a birthday present by one of his friends.
If he wasn’t a rapper, it could have been a terrible present, but it ended up working
out!
GotIt kept dropping songs onto soundcloud and kept making a name for himself.
He was able to secure features from Gunna and Lil Uzi.
Got It signed to Alamo records and dropped his debut project called “Hood Baby” which
is also one of his nicknames.
Since then, he’s released “Crazy But It’s True” and “The Real Goat” projects and
seems like he’ll continue to drop as much music as possible.
With his newfound fame came newfound riches.
One day he took out 20 racks just to drop on shoes and belts at the mall.
He says he’s got a shopping addiction.
But one day he hopes to start his own fashion line and make some love off of his passion.
Speaking of addiction, GotIt has been criticized by many for
his drug use.
The interview he was talking about was with DJ Smallz where he offers him a perc mid interview!
Bold strategy:
Although, at least he’s making something productive out of his habits now.
Because he made a video game called “Perc Collector” which is available on the app
store.
He told Fader that currently his life consists of waking up, going to the studio, then going
back to sleep.
He says he doesn’t go to the clubs unless he’s paid to be there.
Speaking of which I'll be at a club in Toronto this weekend!!!
Them be my Percs.
According to his old Facebook account, the most borning day ever was March 2, 2010.
Not sure why, but now you know!
No chance anyone got that right but the first few of you to watch this video
will be getting a follow back from me on IG or Twitter @McCruddenM
As for the rest of the story, well, we’ll have to wait and see because this is Before
They Were Famous!