That's unfortunate because he's actually one of the best to ever do it.I just could never get into his music. To me he sounds like a problem child talking reckless over hot tracks. It's as though he's still in his early twenties mentally.
If you know you know, unfortunately Percy and Nuk said that Gates was rapping their lives so that took away some of the umph and authenticity.
But as far as lyrics, flow, tone emotion and ability. He's definitely one of the greats at it.
But if you're from N.O. Or Baton Rouge and know him, they might think some of the music is real and some will call him fake.