Gunna

After spending his late teens and early twenties quietly exploring his style and releasing only one mixtape, Gunna (aka Sergio Kitchens, born in 1993 just south of Atlanta) broke big in 2016 with a feature on Young Thug’s “Floyd Mayweather”—a co-sign that helped him bypass the hustle and made him one of the most sought-after new voices in the game. Later that year, Thug’s YSL label released the first of his multi-part Drip Season series, which synthesized his influences into an airy trap sound: smooth and mellow, blending spacious beats with a relaxed, highly melodic delivery and off-the-cuff humor. Between a couple more seasons of Drip and features with Travis Scott (“Yosemite”) and Metro Boomin (“Space Cadet”), Gunna also forged a productive collaboration with Atlanta rapper Lil Baby, releasing Drip Harder in late 2018. In subsequent years, Gunna propelled himself to new heights, with albums like WUNNA (2020) and DS4EVER (2022) crystallizing his status as one of Atlanta's most dynamic stylists. Unfortunately, the latter was the last moment before he was arrested and jailed as part of Georgia’s RICO case against Young Thug. Following his release from jail in late 2022, Gunna returned with a Gift & a Curse (2023), confirming his status as a master of melody and dismissive cool. The defiantly confident One of Wun arrived in 2024 and forward-looking The Last Wun came the next year, marking his final recording under YSL.