Kevin Gates Says Rap Was an ‘Escape’ After He Was Molested
[ad_1] Kevin Gates is opening up about a traumatic experience in his youth that would inspire his rap career. During a recent episode of “Hotboxin’ with Mike Tyson” (via Revolt), the Baton Rouge MC revealed that he was a victim of molestation when he was a kid. “It was an escape for me,” he said of his decision to start rapping. “I’ma say something, I never said this in no interview, no podcast or anything like that. I grew up real, real violent and real aggressive. Not because I wanted to be but because I was molested when I was a child.” [embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AT-kUv_J1rE[/embed][embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AT-kUv_J1rE[/embed] He turned to music, as well as martial arts and boxing,...