KB (rapper)

Kevin Elijah Burgess , better known by his stage name KB, is an American Christian hip hop artist from St. Petersburg, Florida. He is the leader of the hiphop group HGA, and was signed as a solo artist to Reach Records in 2010. He is also a member of the Reach Recordsbased hiphop collective 116 Clique. After releasing a mixtape in 2011 entitled Who Is KB, his debut album, Weight amp Glory, was released on July 17, 2012, to critical acclaim. On March 4, 2014 he released his first EP, 100. On April 21, 2015, he released his second album, Tomorrow We Live.

Kevin Elijah Burgess was born in St. Petersburg, Florida on July 21, 1988, into a military family. Shortly after his birth his parents moved to Southern Illinois where he was raised for eight years. When he wasyears old, his parents divorced and he moved back with his mother to the southside of St. Petersburg, which according to Burgess is probably one of the worst areas in the state. He did well in school and at agewas offered an opportunity to pursue college through a program called St. Petersburg Collegiate High School. But despite this opportunity, he struggled with extreme depression and experimented with various drugs to try to relieve it. He began struggling at school due to his problems with his personal life, and even contemplated suicide. Jeremy offered him a CD, and Burgess says he was saved after hearing the Gospel presentation on the recording.

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