Fredo Bang launched his career as a southern rapper in the mid-2010s, turning
his experience as a street-smart, jail-seasoned Louisiana native into songs that
merged hip-hop and trap influences. He was born as "Fredrick Dewon Thomas Givens
II" in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, on March 29, 1996, and began playing music in his
middle school band. Although he was offered a scholarship to a college in Texas,
he chose to stay in Baton Rogue, where his increasing involvement in street
activities resulting in his first stint in jail in 2014. The experience
influenced his music, which he began...