# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/kevin-gates
# Generated: 2026-08-13T07:36:38.973Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/kevin-gates"
name: "Kevin Gates"
slug: "kevin-gates"
description: "Kevin Jerome Gilyard, known professionally as Kevin Gates, is an American rapper, singer, and songwriter. He is currently signed to Bread Winners' Association with a partnership with Atlantic Records. His debut studio album, Islah, released in January 2016 and peaked at number two on the U.S. Billboard 200 chart. Prior to Islah, Gates also released a number of mixtapes, including Stranger Than Fiction (2013), By Any Means (2014), and Luca Brasi 2 (2014), all of which peaked in the top 40 on the Billboard 200 chart."
tagline: "American rapper (born 1986)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Kevin_Gates_-_Main_Pub_1_-_Photo_Credit.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1986-02-05"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           77.42
  momentum:             1.56383751917952
  historical:           19.16433733333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     100
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
totalFollowers: 9230000
platforms:
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.kvngates.com"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/iamkevingates/"
    handle:    "iamkevingates"
  - platform:  "TIKTOK"
    url:       "https://www.tiktok.com/@iamkevingates"
    handle:    "iamkevingates"
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/Kevin_Gates"
    handle:    "Kevin_Gates"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/kvngates"
    handle:    "kvngates"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4955587/"
    handle:    "nm4955587"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/1gPhS1zisyXr5dHTYZyiMe"
    handle:    "1gPhS1zisyXr5dHTYZyiMe"
  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCj2GTFekdV3EUsTVN8oaEqA"
    handle:    "@kevingatestv"
    followers: 9230000
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "كيفن غيتس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "كيفن جيتس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "کیفن قیتس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Kevin Gates"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Gates"
    title: "Kevin Gates"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Gates"
    title: "Kevin Gates"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%86_%DA%AF%DB%8C%D8%AA%D8%B3"
    title: "کوین گیتس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Gates"
    title: "Kevin Gates"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "קווין גייטס"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Gates"
    title: "Kevin Gates"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Gates"
    title: "Kevin Gates"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%BC%80%EB%B9%88_%EA%B2%8C%EC%9D%B4%EC%B8%A0"
    title: "케빈 게이츠"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Gates"
    title: "Kevin Gates"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Kevin Gates"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Gates"
    title: "Kevin Gates"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Гейтс, Кевин"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Gates"
    title: "Kevin Gates"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Gates"
    title: "Kevin Gates"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Gates"
    title: "Kevin Gates"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/0c41b966-12e8-4c9b-87ea-af47798987b6"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6396353"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/93067"
    title: "Kevin Gates"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump