Gerard Damien Long (born November 9, 1990), better known by his

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Hodgy (formerly Hodgy Beats), is an American rapper, record producer and music video director. He is best known for being a founding member of the hip hop collective

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Music career

Hodgy was an original member of Odd Future along with

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Casey Veggies Casey Joseph Jones (born July 18, 1993), better known by his stage name Casey Veggies, is an American rapper and songwriter from Los Angeles, California. Since 2007, he has released five independent mixtapes under LA clothing and management comp ...

. Hodgy was the first member of Odd Future to release a solo record, with ''The Dena Tape'' in 2009. As a member of the duo

MellowHype MellowHype was an American hip hop duo from Los Angeles, California, that consists of rapper-producer Hodgy (Gerard Long) and producer-rapper Left Brain (Vyron Turner). Both were members of hip hop collective Odd Future. They have released two ...

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, he has released four albums; ''

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BlackenedWhite ''BlackenedWhite'' is the debut studio album by Odd Future sub-group MellowHype. Production for the album was handled by Left Brain. It was made available for free download October 31, 2010, and re-released on July 12, 2011, through Fat Possum R ...

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'', and ''INSA''. Hodgy has been featured on various albums including ''

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Tyler, The Creator Tyler Gregory Okonma (born March 6, 1991), known professionally as Tyler, the Creator, is an American rapper and record producer. He is one of the founding members of the music collective Odd Future. Okonma self-released his debut mixtape Bast ...

, ''

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, '' Rolling Papers'' by

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The Odd Future Tape Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill Them All, better known as Odd Future and often abbreviated as OF, was an American hip-hop music collective formed in Los Angeles County, California in 2007. The original members were Tyler, the Creator, Casey Veggies, ...

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. He appeared on "Outta Control", a song from Stones Throw rapper M.E.D.'s album ''Classic'', produced by fellow Los Angeles native

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. Hodgy also appeared in the music video for that song which was released after the song was released. Hodgy has released five solo mixtapes: ''The Dena Tape'', '' Untitled EP'', ''Untitled 2 EP'', ''Dena Tape 2'', and ''They Watchin' LoFi Series 1''. On October 31, 2013,

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(Left Brain, Hodgy Beats, Domo Genesis) released their debut album ''

'' on Odd Future Records. The album debuted at number 89 on the US ''Billboard'' 200. In 2015, Hodgy revealed that he was almost done with his solo debut album. He also starred as a feature artist on Alison Wonderland's remix of The Buzz, by Hermitude. His debut album, '' Fireplace: TheNotTheOtherSide'', was released in December 2016.

Personal life

Gerard Long was born and raised in Trenton, New Jersey. He is of Jamaican,

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an and

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descent. At the age of nine, he moved to Southern California with his sister after his mother got remarried. He attended Pasadena High School in

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. On August 1, 2011, his long-time ex-girlfriend Cortney Brown, gave birth to their son, named Trenton Gerald Long. Vyron Turner (Left Brain) is Trenton's godfather.

Discography

* '' Fireplace: TheNotTheOtherSide'' (2016)

References

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