<P> When Garcia was 13 years old, his cousin introduced him to Omar Pineiro, better known as Smokepurpp; the two eventually became co-collaborators . Garcia was expelled from multiple district schools and thereafter enrolled in an opportunity high school but was expelled in the tenth grade for fighting and inciting a riot . </P> <P> Garcia's rap career began when Smokepurpp produced a track and asked Garcia to freestyle over it . The single produced was independently released in 2016 on the music streaming website SoundCloud, as his debut single, "Lil Pump ." Garcia quickly followed the song with singles "Elementary", "Ignorant", "Gang Shit", and "Drum $tick", each possessing over three million streams . The success of Garcia's tracks on SoundCloud earned him recognition among the South Florida underground rap scene, in a style known as "SoundCloud rap ." Garcia co-headlined the No Jumper tour in 2016, and also performed at the Rolling Loud Festival . </P> <P> Garcia began 2017 by releasing the singles "D Rose" and "Boss", which were major hits on SoundCloud, collecting a combined 70 million streams . The popularity of "D Rose" led to a music video being produced by Chicago based director Cole Bennett, also known as Lyrical Lemonade . The music video was released on YouTube on January 30, 2017, and has gained 106 million views as of December 2017 . On June 9, 2017, Garcia signed a record deal with Tha Lights Global and Warner Bros. Records, just two months before his seventeenth birthday . However, in January 2018, Garcia's contract with Warner Bros. Records was voided due to a technicality of his being a minor at the time of signing . </P> <P> In July 2017, Garcia announced through Twitter that his debut album was in the works and would be released in August . Although the album was not released in August it was pushed back and he instead released the song "Gucci Gang", which became his first Billboard Hot 100 entry, peaking at number three on November 8, 2017 . </P>

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