Kevin Gates Net Worth: How Rich Is The Rapper In 2023

Kevin Jerome Gilyard, known as Kevin Gates, is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, and entrepreneur. We’ll talk about his life, projects, family, and net worth of $20 Million.

	Kevin Gates Net Worth
Name	Kevin Jerome Gilyard
Nickname	Kevin Gates
Birthday	5 February 1986
Age	37
Gender	Male
Height	6’2”
Weight	202 lbs
Partner	Dreka Haynes Gates
Kids	Khaza Kamil Gates, Islah Koren Gates
Parents	Martha Green Gates
Siblings	N/A
Nationality	American
Profession	Rapper, Songwriter, Entrepreneur
Net Worth	$20 Million

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What is Kevin Gates’s Net Worth?

Kevin Gates’s net worth is $20 million. According to some online information, Kevin had a bad childhood and a very tough life, but still, he made millions from his musical talent as a singer, rapper, and songwriter.

Kevin Gates had a complicated life and was used to fighting and making problems that sent him to prison a few times. Still, every time he came out of prison, he made a step up in his music career.

Kevin Gates’s Early Life

Kevin Jerome Gilyard was born on 5 February 1986 in New Orleans, Louisiana. His mother, Marta Green Gates, was of Puerto Rican descent, and his father was African American. The family settled in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Kevin Gates probably is the oldest brother and has two siblings.

Kevin Gates had a tumultuous upbringing, the fights were an everyday occurrence in his life, and he was accustomed to it. He lost contact with his father early; they reconnected when Kevin was a teenager. Unfortunately, he lost his father to AIDS when Kevin was 14 years old.

Kevin Gates’ first time in prison was when he was 13 years old because of a joyride as a passenger in a stolen vehicle. After that, Kevin Gates found himself a regular guest of the state.

He attended Baton Rouge Community College and was a good student until he started to work on his music; while working on his music, he began to neglect classes.

Kevin Gates’s Personal Life

Although Kevin Gates is a public person, he doesn’t want to share his personal life with everyone. There are a lot of rumors online, but only a few can be confirmed.

The most available information about his imprisonment is that he served time on a gun charge. Another time, he was involved in an altercation outside a movie theater and stabbed his opponent multiple times. Kevin was sentenced to 31 months behind bars.

He kicked a female fan on stage during one of his performances; Gates was found guilty and served another 180 days in jail. At one time, he was misbehaving and was banned from receiving visitors.

However, Kevin used his time in prison wisely and earned a Master’s degree in Psychology, graduating in 2013.

During a 2014 interview, Kevin Gates said he is the father of many children but did not reveal how many and with whom. He only stated that he had relationships with two different girls simultaneously and that he is a biological parent of children born a month apart.

Kevin Gates had a long-term relationship with Shadreka Centuri Haynes, and they got married in 2015; since then, she has been known as Dreka Gates. She is excellent support for Kevin as his wife, a friend, and works as his manager.

Kevin and Dreka have two kids together; a daughter named Islah Koren Gates and son Khaza Kamil Gates. Gates has a house in Baton Rouge and a farm in Calabasas, but he often resides in Los Angeles.

Kevin Gates’s Car Collection

A thing Kevin Gates is also known for is his vast car collection. He considers himself a car enthusiast, and many of the cars are made as investments.

Some of the more notable models in his car collection are a Lamborghini Urus, Chevrolet Corvette C7, Bentley Bentayga, McLaren GT, etc.

Kevin Gates’s Weight, Height, and Measurement

Kevin Gates is 6’2” tall and weighs around 202 lbs. His weight is changeable due to his excess body weight. He has gained and lost weight, but most of his body is covered in tattoos. As he’s been a regular in prison, he has plenty of prison tattoos as well.

Career: How Much Does Kevin Gates Earn?

Kevin Gates is a talented musician and has made a career in rap music as a rapper and songwriter. His career started in 2007 for a local label, Dead Game Records.

Kevin Gates’s career blossomed along with fellow Baton Rouge natives Boosie Badazz and Webbie in the mid-2000s. They collaborated on Gates’ first mixtape, Pick of Da Litter, in 2007.

The All or Nuthin mixtape was released in 2008, where Gates sings about a lot of pain and true stories. Soon after, Boosie and Gates were incarcerated, and Gates spent 31 months in prison.

In 2012, after the release, Gates started work on music and released the mixtape Make ‘Em Believe, which got more prominent attention. He signed for Young Money Entertainment but didn’t sign a record deal in that period. Instead, he got the idea to start his own record label, Bread Winners’ Association, which he did along with his wife Dreka Gates in 2010

Through his Bread Winners’ Association, Gates released the mixtape The Luca Brasi Story. The mixtape got great reviews, and the single Wylin was named the 40^thbest song of 2013 by Rolling Stone Magazine.

Following the previous success, Gates signed with Atlantic Records and released his major-label mixtape Stranger Than Fiction in July 2013. It got great reviews, and one of the mixtapes was charted at No.37on the Billboard 200.

Gates went to promote the mixtape with a 4-week tour across the United States when he earned another prison sentence. He was released in March 2014 and soon released a new mixtape project, By Any Means, and it went to 17^th place on the Billboard 200.

Next, in 2015 he released his 13^th mixtape, which became third in a row on the Billboard 200 list. The single I Don’t Get Tired made the US Billboard Hot 100 and was certified Gold.

In December 2015/January 2016, Kevin released his debut studio album Islah, which sold 120.000 copies in the first week of release and reached No.2 on the Billboard 200.

The mixtape By Any Means 2 was released by his wife Dreka while he was in prison again in 2017. In 2018 Gates released a three-song EP, Chained to the City.

Gates released his second EP in 2019, titled Only the Generals Gon Understand. Push It, along with a music video, was released in June 2019.

In 2021 Gates released his 17^th mixtape, which was recorded in Puerto Rico to celebrate his family heritage. Gates released his third studio album Khaza, named after his son.

Besides music, a different business deal is Kevin Gates’s personal clothing line Kevin Gates – I’m Him, available online. He has endorsement deals with energy drink IDGT – I Don’t Get Tired that started in 2014, and he endorses I Am T-Pain by Smule.

Kevin Gates’s music is on Spotify with over 8.2 million monthly listeners, his YouTube channel has 8 million subscribers, and he is active on Deezer. On social media, Gates is active on Instagram with 10.58 million followers, Twitter with 1.9 million followers, and Facebook with 10 million followers.

Kevin Gates’s Conterviersry

The Conterviersry around Kevin Gates never stops. The Louisiana rapper admitted in a recent interview that he’s a fan of having his woman urinate in his mouth during sex. “I love for a woman to piss in my mouth. That’s beautiful,” he said.

Back in July 2022, Yung Miami asked Gates in a podcast about sleeping with his cousin, which he admitted he did.

Kevin Gates Quotes

Anything lost can be found again, except for time wasted.
A vision without action is merely a dream action, it’s the grind, it’s the hustle, it’s the persistence.
Wise men change; fools stay the same.
Being logical gave me a reason to doubt.
Knowledge is provided but only to those who need to know.
Jail and the streets go hand in hand. You can’t have one without the other. They coincide.
Without true pain, one could never know true happiness.

Final Word: Is Kevin Gates a Millionaire?

Kevin Gates is a self-made millionaire with about $20 million in his account. As a rapper songwriter passionate about music, he made his way up on the music lists. Kevin did his fair share of jail time, which gave him the inspiration to do better. Every time after coming out of prison, he released new songs. He likes a fancy lifestyle and has a luxurious house and a vast car collection.

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