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Kidd G with CB30

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• Meet & Greet and Photo with Kidd G
• One (1) Exclusive Kidd G Poster
• One (1) Commemorative VIP Laminate
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Kidd G

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Artist Bio

With a rare gift for turning his hometown experiences into natural melodies, Kidd G has 
found tremendous success by staying true to his roots. As a kid growing up in smalltown Georgia, he first started creating his own songs at the age of 15, and soon arrived 
at a gritty but melodic sound equally inspired by classic country and hip-hop. On the 
heels of his chart-climbing breakthrough single “Dirt Road”—an October 2020 release 
whose video surpassed 5 million YouTube views in little over a month and now has 13M 
views to date—Kidd G has recently shared his debut EP; the powerfully heartfelt
Teenage Dream. Now having surpassed 1.5M monthly Spotify listeners, his tracks have 
seen radio play from KIXX Country Radio in Australia, and reached new peaks on highly 
coveted country playlists including Amazon Music’s ‘Country Heat’ (peaked at #2), and 
Spotify’s ‘Hot Country’ (peaked at #10). Kidd G is now back in the studio and eager to 
share all new music that will continue to showcase his unique raw talent. 
Born Gabriel Horne and raised in the town of Hamilton (population 1,130), Kidd G got 
his start singing at the age of 11 with the full support of his music-loving family (his great 
uncle played bass in Fleetwood Mac, and both his parents are hobbyist singers). Within 
several years he’d set up a makeshift studio in his bedroom and started recording with 
his friends, partly mining inspiration from new age rappers like Juice WRLD. One of his 
first viral moments was his video, “Letter to Juice”, a minute-long verse over a 
melancholic beat paying homage to the late artist. But while early tracks like his debut 
single “Sorry” lean toward traditional hip-hop, Kidd G later brought an element of oldschool country into his songwriting. “I love country because it feels so natural to me, and 
you can really tell stories in the songs,” he notes, naming Hank Williams Jr. among the 
artists he grew up on. As he continued posting his music on SoundCloud, Kidd G soon 
amassed a dedicated following undeniably drawn to his down-home charm and the
honest detail of his lyrics. With the arrival of “Dirt Road,” that following grew 
exponentially as Kidd G saw the nostalgia-soaked track gain serious traction on the 
Billboard Hot Country Songs chart and land on coveted Spotify playlists like Fresh Finds 
Country and Next From Nashville.
Teenage Dream is a perfect showcase for Kidd G’s sound and sensibilities, merging 
potent beats with earthy guitar work and his warm yet dynamic vocal delivery. On the 
EP’s title track, for instance, Kidd G shares a poignant portrait of high-school love, 
beautifully capturing each memory in his bittersweet drawl and masterful flow. “That 
song’s about my truck, my ex-girlfriend, the place where I live,” he says. “I love my town 
because it’s simple and slow, but there’s always something fun going on.” Although he 
collaborated with producers like Morgan O’Connor and Bonnie Dymond on Teenage 
Dream, most of the EP was written solely by Kidd G, who purposely avoids putting any 
pressure on his creative process. “I really just go off my emotions and whatever I’m 
feeling at the time, then start laying down some ideas,” he says. “Once I come up with 
that main hook for a song, the whole thing comes together.” It’s this type of honest 
songwriting that recently caught the attention of CMT, who hailed his hit song “Dirt 
Road” as “earwarming and undeniable”. 
Thanks to that deliberately laid-back approach, all of Kidd G’s music unfolds with a 
carefree energy that lightens any mood. “A lot of my songs come from me just getting 
stuff off my mind, and I hope it helps other people get through the day and get through 
their problems—maybe make life a little easier for them,” he says. But as Kidd G 
reveals, the ultimate test of a song’s power invariably happens in his hometown. “Most 
of the time when I’m making a song I’m thinking about how my friends will react to it,” he 
says. “That’s when I know something’s good: when I’m working on it and I start thinking, 
‘I can’t wait to get back home and show this to my friends.’” And as he looks to the 
future, Kidd G plans to maintain that hometown spirit while massively expanding his 
musical horizons. “My goal is to get a platinum record,” he says, “reach No. 1 on 
Billboard, sell out arenas, and perform in front of millions of people

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