stranger than fiction

As the cliche goes, there are two sides to every coin, and rarely is that more evident than when talking to Baton Rouge's next great hope, Kevin Gates. The rapper often refers to his life as a movie, with him just playing a part in a larger screenplay...

It starts even before he gets on stage, just as the DJ ends his set but still before the madness really takes hold. Sometimes it's the DJ who starts it, sometimes it's someone in his entourage, sometimes it springs organically from the swell of the anxious crowd...

Less than six months after releasing his standout mixtape The Luca Brasi Story, Louisiana native and Atlantic Records signee Kevin Gates is back with a brand new project in Stranger Than Fiction.The mixtape runs long at 18 tracks, but packs a punch, filled with Gates' vivid storytelling about bandos and bitches (see: the Juicy J-featuring "Thinkin With My Dick"). Stranger ...