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G-Lou
Luis Antonio Cortes (born March 15, 1990), known by his stage name and G-Lou, is an American hip hop recording artist, singer-songwriter and record producer. He is known for his singles "Lavish Life and "Golden State", which achieved an impressive 100 thousand streams on the Sound Cloud platform. He is part of the 2Birds 1Stone rap group. He's currently working on his debut studio album while in the process of securing a recording contract with a major label.

Early life
Lou was born on March 15, 1990 in San Diego, California. He is of Guamanian/Chamorro and Puerto Rican descent.

He started writing raps in his notebook at the age of 3 years old and started making beats when he was 13. He recorded his first song at 9 years old.

Career
From December 2008 to October 2016, Lou would hone is craft by constantly recording material and through networking he would go on to become a ghost songwriter behind the scenes.

In March 2012, Lou would come across his soon to be rap partner Ralph Delgado "WrekItRalph" the duo would bridge the gap between the old school/ new school elements of music and create the group "2Birds 1Stone"

In October 2016, before partnering up with a local promoter for his first world tour, tragedy would strike. A life altering accident left him temporarily paralyzed from the waist down. After four months of intense rehabilitation Lou would go on to relearn how to balance, stand, sit and walk again. This temporary setback would ignite a fire inside the emcee unlike one has seen before.

In October of 2017 fully healed he set out on a mission to create a remarkable collective of artist the first of its kind in his hometown of San Diego thus, Under Siege Music Group was born. In the span of eight months Lou would develop a mass following on the social media platform "Instagram" many users would tune into his stories and observe his lifestyle and checkout his music. His personality would shine throughout the internet eventually leading to a chance encounter with one of his dream producers "Scott Storch" the two would work on three songs together "V.I.P", "WildStyle". and finally "Cruisin" with these three songs Lou would put the industry on notice and be on the radar of many record labels.

Musical style
His early inspirations were LL Cool J, Rakim, Biggie, Big L, Big Pun, Jay-Z, Eminem.

He is often compared to Eminem and Jay-Z for his unmatched syllable rhyme schemes, cadence, and flow.

Lou is known for his songs being produced, mixed, mastered, engineered, written, and performed by himself. Most of his songs contain hip hop and R&B elements, while combining rapping and singing on the hook.

His style has been described by many as unique to itself. original and innovative.