JG GATES HAS BEEN DOING HIS THING FOR OVER 15 YEARS. WHETHER IT'S R&B/SOUL, HIP HOP, OR SPOKEN WORD GATES HAS ALWAYS BEEN ON A LEVEL THAT IS ABOVE AVERAGE. HE STARTED OUT IN COLLINSVILLE,IL AT THE AGE OF 6 IN WHAT ELSE.... THE CHURCH CHOIR. AT 7 HE WAS TAKEN ON TO BE PERSONALLY TRAINED BY DR. LEONARD VAN CAMP, THE HEAD OF THE MUSIC DEPARTMENT AT S.I.U. EDWARDSVILLE,IL. BY 15 HE WAS A MEMBER OF VARIOUS SINGING GROUPS, TO NUMEROUS TO MENTION, THAT WERE WORKING 21 AND OVER CLUBS, AND GETTING PAID. HE RECENTLY WAS THE GRAND PRIZE WINNER IN THE MCDONALDS R&B SOUL SEARCH AND IS NOW WORKING ON A NEW PROJECT. THIS PROJECT WILL BEND GENRES AND WILL BE UNLIKE ANY OF THE R&B THATS ON THE AIRWAVES.THUS PUTTING HIM IN A CLASS ALL BY HIMSELF.SOMETHING LIKE A MODERN DAY MARVIN GAYE, BUT YOU WILL DETERMINE THAT.
