Hodgy Beats

Hodgy Beats
Background information
Birth name	Gerard Damien Long
Born	(1990-11-09) November 9, 1990 Trenton, New Jersey
Origin	Pasadena, California, United States
Genres	Alternative hip hop, Rap
Occupation(s)	Rapper, producer
Instruments	Vocals, keyboard
Years active	2007–present
Labels	MindGone, Odd Future
Associated acts	Odd Future, MellowHype, MellowHigh

Gerard Damien Long (born November 9, 1990), better known by his stage name Hodgy Beats, is an American rapper and record producer. He is a member of the hip hop collective Odd Future as well as the former duo MellowHype with Left Brain, and MellowHigh with Domo Genesis.

Music career

Hodgy Beats was an original member of Odd Future along with Tyler, the Creator, Left Brain, The Super 3, and Casey Veggies. Hodgy was the first member of Odd Future to release a solo record, with The Dena Tape in 2009. As a member of the duo MellowHype with Left Brain, he has released four albums; YelloWhite, BlackenedWhite, "INSA" and Numbers.

Hodgy Beats has been featured on various albums including Bastard, Goblin and Wolf by Tyler, The Creator, Earl by Earl Sweatshirt, Rolling Papers by Domo Genesis, 119 by Trash Talk, and The Odd Future Tape, Radical and The OF Tape Vol. 2 with Odd Future. He appeared on "Outta Control", a song from Stones Throw rapper M.E.D.'s album Classic, produced by fellow Los Angeles native Madlib. Hodgy also appeared in the music video for that song which was released after the song was released.^[1]

Hodgy Beats has released four solo mixtapes: The Dena Tape, Untitled EP, Dena Tape 2 and Untitled 2 EP. The most recent, Dena Tape 2 was released in early 2015.^[2][3] The Untitled 2 EP featured guest appearances from Left Brain and Lee Spielman along with production primarily by Left Brain.^[4] On October 31, 2013, MellowHigh (Left Brain, Hodgy Beats, Domo Genesis) released their debut album MellowHigh on Odd Future Records. The album debuted at number 89 on the US Billboard 200.^[5] In 2015, Hodgy revealed that he his almost done with his solo debut album. He also starred as a feature artist on Alison Wonderland's remix of The Buzz, by Hermitude.

Personal life

Gerard Long was born and raised in Trenton, New Jersey. He is of Jamaican American, Fijian and Filipino descent. At the age of nine, he moved to Southern California with his sister after his mother got remarried.^[6] He attended Pasadena High School in Pasadena, California.

On August 1, 2011, his long-time girlfriend Cortney Brown, gave birth to their son, named Trenton Long. Vyron Turner (Left Brain) is Trenton's God father.^[7]

Discography

Solo

Studio Album

• World Champion (2016)

Mixtapes

• The Dena Tape (2009)
• Untitled EP (2012)
• Untitled 2 EP (2013)
• Dena Tape 2 (2015)
• They Watchin Lofi Series 1 (2016)

with Left Brain as MellowHype

• YelloWhite (2010)
• BlackenedWhite (2011)
• MELLOWHYPEWEEK (2012)
• Numbers (2012)
• INSA (I Need Some Answers) (2014)

with Odd Future

Studio albums

• The Odd Future Tape Vol. 2 (2012)

Mixtapes

• The Odd Future Tape (2008)
• Radical (2010)

Compilations

• 12 Odd Future Songs (2012)

with Left Brain and Domo Genesis as MellowHigh

• MellowHigh (2013)

Guest appearances

References