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Gabriel UniLias Adjei-Gyamfi (born March 24, 1989), better known by his stage name Uni-G, is an American hip hop recording artist, videographer, and record producer from the Bronx New York most known for his single “Go Get It” ,“Do The Cocoa Butter” and Swerve. Musical career: Uni-G began rapping at the age of 10 and earned his name Uni from a teacher who described him as being one of a kind like a Unicellular organism. His first leap into the rap game was in 2006 when he and his group (ShowTyme) was picked up by Hip-Hop legend Mr. Biggs & Jazzy Jay of Afrika Bambatta and the Soulsonic Force. After losing many friends to street violence, murders, and experiencing the hardships of the NYC streets, Uni decided to take music to a higher level and make it his main goal. Uni became well recognized for his hit single “Do the Cocoa Butter” which made media takeout and several other blog sites the first week it released, with no intent of it actually being a hit single Uni was humbled by its outcome and used this momentum to take his music career to the next step. The support he gained from that song spawned into many loyal fans to this day.

His long-awaited album The Commercial was released on July 2012. The album which consisted of 13 tracks featured hit singles such as Do the Cocoa Butter, Straight to The Head, Go Get It which he teamed up with Quincy Jones III to produce and Gonna Get Us which featured Joe Budden. The album release party was juxtaposed to his 2nd single “Straight to the Head” which starred Joe Budden.” Uni-G rose back to stardom after his hit single Swerve peaked on charts, appeared on MTV and several other media outlets.

Early Childhood: Uni was born and raised in the Norwood section of the Bronx New York in Tracey Towers to two African parents. His father is a computer engineer and his mother is a nurse. Uni has 2 older siblings. He attended Ps/Ms 95 elementary and middle school. It was when Uni entered the 5th grade where he began to rap and would battle other peers. He was given the name Uni from his teacher Ms. Hughes who would often refer to him as being one of a kind and unable to duplicated like a Unicellular organism. Uni went on to become the most likely to succeed and the best freestyler in his year book. Uni went on to high-school in the south Bronx, Health Opportunities High-school, which showed Uni that life can be very hard. He was forced to defend himself and see things he thought he would never see. At the age of seventeen Uni was picked up by Hip-Hop legends Mr. Biggs of Afrika Bambatta and the Soulsonic Force and Jazzy Jay.

Present: Uni is currently completing his sophomore album engineered by Atlantic Records grammy award winning Mixed By Blue. His album features Sammie Leigh Bush, Rina Glover, and many more.