Kevin Gates

 Gates started his professional career in 2007 when he made the signing with local label Dead Game Records. [13] He enjoyed a successful career with his fellow Baton Rouge residents, Boosie Badazz and Webbie in mid-2000s. They were part of the team that produced Gates first mixtape, Pick of Da Litter in 2007. Gates also released another mixtape called All or Nuthin' in 2008. It featured "a great deal of pain...a many real stories." Gates's music career was effectively halted after Boosie and Gates were both incarcerated in separate cases in the year 2008. [14] Between 2008 and 2011 Gates was in prison. The prison time was during which Gates claimed that he earned a master's in psychology from an in-prison program. He was released early from prison for good behavior.After his stint in prison, Gates began working on music again almost immediately. [14] In 2012, he earned some buzz with the mixtape"Make 'Em Believe. [17He also attracted the interest of Lil Wayne's record label Young Money Entertainment. Gates was signed to the management wing of the label later in that year. While he was signed to the management wing, Gates never signed a record deal with Young Money. However, he noted that Birdman was the one who inspired him to start his own record labelcalled Bread Winners' Association.