Lexa Gates

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Lexa Gates
Born (2001-04-08) April 8, 2001 (age 24)
Origin Queens, New York City, U.S.
Genres Hip-hop
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Website lexagates.com

Ivanna Alexandra Martinez (born April 8, 2001), known as Lexa Gates, is an American musician and rapper.

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Early life

At a young age, Gates lived with her father and sister in Puerto Rico. [1] Her mother has previously written songs and sung in cafés as a hobby. [1] [2] Her mother saved up money from packing cigarettes in Puerto Rico to move back to the Queens borough of New York City, where Gates grew up. [1] [3] She began playing piano after watching her mother do so. [1] She participated in singing lessons as a child. [3] She dropped out of the New York City public school system at fifteen years old, when she was in the tenth grade, [1] [4] [3] and later began making music at the age of seventeen. [1] [3] [5]

Musical career

Gates' debut album, Order of Events, was released in 2020. [1] Her second album, Universe Wrapped in Flesh, was released in 2022. [1] In October 2024, she released her album Elite Vessel. [1] That same month, she locked herself in a glass box in Manhattan's Union Square for ten hours to promote the album. [1] [4] [5] [6]

Personal life

Gates has been sober from alcohol since her twenty-first birthday. [1]

Discography

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Brisco, Elise (November 17, 2024). "Meet Lexa Gates, the Singer/Rapper Embracing Solitude". Rolling Stone . Retrieved February 24, 2025.
  2. Lamond, Ana (October 18, 2024). "Bounds Of Imagination: Lexa Gates Interviewed". Clash . Retrieved February 24, 2025.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Pometsey, Olive (October 18, 2024). "Lexa Gates is ready to surprise herself". The Face . Retrieved February 24, 2025.
  4. 1 2 Curtis-Evans, Kayla (February 20, 2025). "Lexa Gates is the Next Rap Princess of Queens". Office Magazine . Retrieved February 24, 2025.
  5. 1 2 Skelton, Eric (December 19, 2024). "Lexa Gates Is Making Wildly Honest and Relatable Rap Songs". Complex . Retrieved February 24, 2025.
  6. Williams, Kyann-Sian (October 20, 2024). "Lexa Gates traps herself in a glass box for 10 hours to promote debut album, 'Elite Vessel'". NME . Retrieved February 24, 2025.