pronounces name (Gil-Lay-The-el} Ferguson Birth State: Louisana Born: 03/01/1992 Raised in West Helena, Ar Started rapping at Age 5 and been recording songs since 2006 He Grew up on Old skool Soul Music, Southern Blues, 90s r&b, and early 90s Hip-Hop Just A South EasterN Mississippi Delta Country Man born in Louisiana family is Originally from Mississippi and Raised and Grew Up in West Helena Arkansas with family land n relatives in each state GIlLy is just from the South Basically and what we know today as popular music started in these delta roots So religion, blues, and poetry is apart of the deeply rooted culture of the people from this region "its kinda their thing down here" with an effortless ease to modify with hip hop being that it is the modern day version of the blues and it would seem only meant to be that someone like GilLy Gillathel would devote alot of his adolescence time and practice to expressing his bluesman type of heritage into your modern day rap/HipHop, poetically crafted, brutally honest material with a minority Rural area Welfare Upbringing point of view from someone who also possesses Emcee like wordplay influenced by his Favorite and some of the greatest rappers of all time 2pac, Notorious B.I.G., Snoop Dogg, Big L, Nas, Big Pun, Rakim, Tribe Called Quest, DMX, Ice Cube, Wu Tang Clan, Papoose, and Lupe Fiasco GuudFellavibez LLC. Tries to give the listener a smooth feeling to chill relax Bar B Q live life Laid back with an Understanding of it