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Ready to rule the summer, buzzing rapper GELO (LiAngelo Ball) unleashes a brand new single entitled “Booted Up” out now via Def Jam Recordings. Listen HERE. It heralds the arrival of his highly anticipated full-length debut album, League of My Own, out June 27th. Pre-order/Pre-save HERE.
In addition to the trunk-rattling bassline of “Booted Up,” the album boasts his Gold-selling breakout anthem and the fastest-rising rap song of 2025 “Tweaker” as well as “Can You Please” [feat. GloRilla] and “Law N Order.” The latter he previewed during his Rolling Loud LA set and has recently gathered millions of streams and received critical acclaim. Stereogum hailed “Law N Order” as “a hard-thumping, hard-headed bit of piano-led rap that, with its singsong vocals that seem to swim through the beat like a shark, sounds a lot like peak-era 50 Cent.” UPROXX affirmed, “He proved that he wasn’t a one-hit wonder thanks to his GloRilla collaboration ‘Can You Please’,” going on to sum up his year best, “GELO is swerving, bending corners, and well, ROLLING in 2025.”
After lighting up the NBA All-Star Game in San Francisco, CA with a showstopping performance of “Tweaker,” GELO has not only affirmed his starpower, he sets himself apart as a tried-and-true rap powerhouse on Leage of My Own.
ABOUT GELO:
When GELO gets on the microphone, his hunger is practically audible. The Southern California native born LiAngelo Ball raps with an unmatched level of drive and ambition fueled by his lifelong passion for music. Over the years, he has quietly filled dozens of notebooks with rhymes, spent countless hours freestyling, and recorded hundreds of songs. This under-the-radar grind has prepared him for his moment. As a kid, he developed a deep appreciation for music. Upon hearing 50 Cent’s Get Rich Or Die Tryin’, he decided to grab a pen and write raps of his own. At 18-years-old, he recorded in a studio for the first time. Simultaneously, he excelled on the court, playing basketball internationally, earning a contract with the Detroit Pistons, and shining on the Greensboro Swarm. At the top of 2025, he entered the world-famous Paramount Recording Studios in Hollywood and left with “albums’ worth of material.” The breakout “Tweaker” would just be the first one to pop. Beyond debuting in the Top 30 of the Billboard Hot 100 and amassing millions of streams, it catapulted to #1 on the TikTok Top 50 Viral Chart, #1 on the Apple Music Hip-Hop Chart, #1 on the iTunes Hip-Hop/Rap Songs Chart, #1 on Genius, and #1 on US Shazam. It’s no wonder GQ hailed it as “the year’s first genuine heater,” and Complex predicted, “‘Tweaker’ is probably not going anywhere anytime soon.” Now, he introduces himself with a deluge of new material and his forthcoming debut project with Def Jam Recordings.
