Labinot Gashi (; born 4 October 1989), known mononymously as Gashi (stylised as GASHI), is a Libyan-Albanian rapper, singer and songwriter.

Biography

Labinot Gashi was born in Libya, on October 4, 1989, to ethnic Albanian parents from

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. He spent his childhood as a refugee in several African and European countries before settling in Brooklyn, New York City, at the age of 10. Struggling to pick up the English language, he turned to music to help ease his adjustment into society, and quickly became hooked to rap. Gashi graduated from New Utrecht High School and earned a football scholarship to play at a Division 2 school in Massachusetts (

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). Although Gashi earned honors during his first year in college, he decided to drop out of college and concentrate more on music. He prepared his first mixtape and initially adopted the stage name The Kid Gashi to change it later to Gashi and eventually G4SHI and His stage name has officially changed back to GASHI. Gashi won several music contests and he was the winner of "First Time Performances" of First Look Sessions in both 2010 and 2011.G4shi the rockstar of music and fashion industry , Prishtina Press - Prishtinë - New York - London
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and French Montana. In 2012, G4shi founded his own group called Moxy. 2012 was a breakthrough year with the release of the hit "Rocket". In 2012, he also released "Beautiful World" under his crew Moxy. Future tracks, which included "Who Made Me" and "Laughing", were featured on Hot 97 after Peter Rosenberg co-signed him. G4shi also attracted the attention of fashion and clothing businesses. As of 2012 Gashi is the face and the representative of "Problem Child NYC" clothing line and did modelling for Problem Child line in New York. In 2013, he released a follow-up mixtape ''I'll Be Right With You''. A later project, entitled, ''4Play'' featured his single "Room 4". In 2015, he released the track "Switch Up" and in 2016 "Day Ones" followed by "Turn Me Down" and "Disrespectful" both in 2017. The song "Disrespectful" was also featured in episode 4 of

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''. The self-titled LP is his first studio release for RCA Records and was released in 2019. The album comprises 16 songs, featuring G-Eazy, French Montana,

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and Maxx Owa, among others. The project was led by a number of singles, including "Creep on Me" featuring French Montana, "Safety" featuring DJ Snake, and "My Year" with G-Eazy.

Discography

Studio albums

*2014: ''4Play'' *2016: ''Stairs'' *2019: ''Gashi'' *2020: ''1984'' *2022: ''Elevators''

Mixtapes

*2011: ''Last of a Rare Breed''

Extended plays

*2018: ''Long Story Short'' *2020: ''Cabin Fever'' *2020: ''Butterflies'' *

Singles

As lead artist

As featured artist

Notes

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Gashi 1989 births Living people American people of Albanian descent Kosovan emigrants to the United States American hip hop musicians Kosovan hip hop musicians Songwriters from New York (state) Albanian songwriters American rappers Albanian rappers Kosovan rappers 21st-century Albanian rappers 21st-century American rappers Rappers from New York (state) RCA Records artists