Da Real Gee Money was a Baton Rouge-born rap artist who met his untimely death following a shooting in November 2017. He was 22 at the time of his demise and accusing fingers were pointed at NBA (Never Broke Again) group member Deandre Fields aka NBA Lil Pap.
The rap artist started his career at a young age and went on to hone his prowess under veteran music producers such as DJ B-Real and Q Red on The Track. He then joined Baton Rouge’s TBG group otherwise known as the Top Boy Gorilla group. Gee Money produced two albums and several singles before his death and some of his tracks are still used as street anthems in the US today.
Summary of Da Real Gee Money’s Biography
- Full Name: Garrett Burton
- Nickname: Gee Money
- Gender: Male
- Date of Birth: 15th of July 1995
- Date of Death: 10th of September 2017
- Age at Death: 22
- Ethnicity: African-American
- Nationality: American
- Zodiac Sign: Cancer
- Sexual Orientation: Straight
- Religion: Christianity
- Marital Status: Single
- Da Real Gee Money’s Children: Kylie (daughter)
- Da Real Gee Money’s Height in Inches: 5 feet 11 inches
- Da Real Gee Money’s Height in Centimetres: 180 cm
- Da Real Gee Money’s Weight: 62kg
- Famous For: Being an American rap artist
- Da Real Gee Money’s Instagram: @DaReal_GeeMoney
How old was Gee Money the Rapper?
American rapper Da Real Gee Money was just 22 at the time of his death on the 10th of September 2017. Called Garrett Burton at birth, the American music star was born on the 15th of June 1995. He only decided to go with his stage moniker after joining the music industry.
According to the information we could sieve from online sources, Burton’s birth occurred in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, where he also spent all his formative years. Gee Money remained in his birthplace until the 2017 shooting that took his life.
It goes without saying that the late hip-hop rapper was of American nationality, however, Garrett’s physical appearance is a testament to his African American roots. The rap artist has been dead for nearly six years but his memory remains fresh in the minds of his fans who would always remember him for the hit tracks he dropped and what he called his “accident look”. Burton had this bushy dreadlocks that according to him grew naturally and he carried it till death.
Nothing was said about his parents and it is not known whether he had siblings or grew up as an only child.
Gee Money was a College Student at the Time of His Death
Growing up in his place of birth, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, the American rap artist acquired his academic qualifications in the region. His earliest academic pursuit has always eluded the media but when the time came for him to proceed to high school, he chose to pitch his tent with E. Wagner High School in Baton Rouge.
The quest for further academic studies saw the blossoming rap artist enroll at SUNY Morrisville College. However, his course of study has never earned a mention in the public space. Also, the level he attained before the shooting that claimed his life was never disclosed.
The Deceased Entertainer Earned a Living as a Rap Artist
Right from his formative years, Gee Money has always displayed a healthy dose of interest in music, thus, he started experimenting with the craft at a tender age. In his place of birth Baton Rouge, he was exposed to enough opportunities to hone his music skills because of the crop of top musicians that populated the area.
Gee Money chose to work with Baton Rouge producers such as DJ B-Real and Q Red on The Track while developing himself in the industry. After he developed confidence in his ability to compose and release good music, the late rapper broke away from his former record label bosses and went on to join the TBG group
The TBG group is listed among the most popular hip-hop rap groups in all of Baton Rouge and it is an acronym whose full meaning is the Top Boy Gorilla group. The members of the TBG rap group started gaining popularity after they locked heads in a feud with NBA, another Baton Rouge music group that goes by the full moniker “Never Broke Again”.
As the feud was getting to its zenith point, prominent members of each group like Deandre Fields (NBA Lil Pap), Kentrell Gaulden (NBA YoungBoy), and Garrett Burton (Da Real Gee Money) were at the forefront. The boiling point was when Burton lost his life in the Baton Rouge shooting In November 2017
Da Real Gee Money Songs and Albums
Before his untimely demise in 2017, Gee Money was doing quite great in his music career and ranked among the Baton Range’s top rap artists. He recorded two known albums – G-Code in 2017 and G-Code 2 in 2018
His debut single, Jack Who which hit the music stand in 2016 turned out to be a big hit and so was Put That Pride to the Side in 2018. Some of his 2018 tracks include Industry, Gee Pack, The Recipe, Dreams to Reality, Painful and Bloody Shoes.
Prior to that in 2017, the late rap artist released the singles, I Feel the Same Way, Gee Money, Never Change Up. Ambition as a Rider and Bodak Yellow (a remix of the son by Cardi B) In 2020, he dropped Yeah Yeah, Ball 4 Ever. His other tracks include All I Know, and Take It There,
Apart from his singles and albums, Gee Money also did a good number of successful collaborations with top music stars including Q Red on The Track, and DJ B-Real. He was seen in Blvd Quick’s Set Trippin and was featured in the track, Dumb by Da Real Baton Rouge Slim. Other songs he appeared in include, Lulswervo’s Balling for 100 Season, C4Certified’s Dummmmbb/Bout the Same Thang, and Bbcdeezy’s Knocked off
A good number of the deceased rapper’s tracks went on to become street anthems in the United States and this has made it impossible for him to be easily forgotten
Dae Real Ge Money’s Albums
- G-Code in 2017
- G-Code 2 in 2018
Dae Real Ge Money’s Songs
- Jack Who -2016
- Put That Pride to the Side in 2018
- Gee Pack
- The Recipe
- Dreams to Reality
- Painful and Bloody Shoes
- I Feel the Same Way
- Gee Money
- Never Change Up
- Ambition as a Rider
- Bodak Yellow (a remix of the son by Cardi B)
- Yeah Yeah
- Ball 4 Ever.
- All I Know
- Take It There
Gee Money’s Top Collaborations
- Blvd Quick’s Set Trippin
- Dumb by Da Real Baton Rouge Slim.
- Lulswervo’s Balling for 100 Season
- C4Certified’s Dummmmbb/Bout the Same Thang
- Bbcdeezy’s Knocked off
What Happened to Da Real Gee Money?
Tragedy befall Baton Rouge after Da Real Gee Money was shot dead on the 10th of September 2017. He belonged to the record label called TBG Gorilla Gang. The shooting that claimed his life was executed at exactly 1:30 a.m. on the 1900 block of Baton Rouge’s Dallas Drive. This particular spot was the parking lot located outside the rap artist’s music studio.
Following the shooting, the young rapper was pronounced dead at the scene and the case was reported the same day. According to police spokesperson Sgt. Don Coppola, the suspects were yet to be identified.
The late rapper’s body was later taken for autopsy which revealed that he was shot in the head and it was a fatal shot
At the point of his demise, Gee Money was climbing the ladder of success very fast, and earlier in the year, he was listed among the 12 Baton Rouge rap artists worth knowing by XXL.
The rapper left a daughter called Kylie though nothing much has been said about the little girl’s birth details and the identity of her mother is not known.
Who killed Gee Money?
The identity of the man who pulled the trigger of the murder weapon that killed Da Real Gee Money is yet to be established. However, after the shooting, the 24-year-old Deandre Fields aka NBA Lil Pap was indicted for the murder. Fields happens to be associated with Baton Rouge rapper, NBA YoungBoy.
However, he was only arrested two years later in 2019. According to Sgt. L’Jean McKneely Jr. (Baton Rouge police spokesman), Fields faced one count of second-degree murder. The arrest was done after Miami experienced a deadly shooting between NBA YoungBoy’s entourage and a rival gang which led the authorities to start investigating whether the incident is somehow connected to the age-old feud.
What Led to the Beef Between Rappers
It was Fields’ arrest warrant that later shed some light on how the beef started between the two rap artists. According to the ensuing story, Gee Money started it by releasing a track with derogatory lyrics targeted at the sister of NBA YoungBoy (real Name, Kentrell Gaulden). His song triggered a social media post from Kentrell in response and that was how the dissing began to escalate.
Talking to the blog, SayCheeseTV in an August 2017 interview session, Gee Money said NBA YoungBoy’s success has given him “the big head” and both of them may never make music together. In the same interview session, he talked about how rap artists do all sorts of things to gain more attention from fans including criminal activities. Gee Money was shot the next Month.
In the days prior to his death, NBA YoungBoy and Gee Money were seen dissing each other through several social media posts, exacerbating the tension that was already high between their individual rap groups. It was this ongoing feud that made the authorities consider NBA group members as suspects after the shootings.
When the cops interviewed Fields on the 13th of September 2017 (three days after the shootings), he recounted how he told his mum to leave home as he suspected retaliation. That same night, he and his mum and son left Baton Rouge and moved to New Roads.
Fields’ Put Up an Alibi
While talking to the police authorities, Fields tried to claim he wasn’t in Baton Rouge when the murder was committed. According to the NBA rap member, on the night of 10th September 2017, he drove his car to Hammond where he went to get gas. This was later countered by detectives after they got hold of his phone records proving he was actually in Baton Rouge and not Hammond on that fateful night.
Fields was really honest in answering questions from the cops. When he was asked to reveal the person that would shoot people for their rap group, his reply was “Me”. The young rap artist also talked about “problems in the streets.”
One month down the line, detectives discovered shell castings on Jefferson Avenue and according to reports, they perfectly matched the ones collected at Gee Money’s murder scene. This led the authorities to suspect that Fields deliberately arranged to get rid of the murder weapon by giving it out to another group that reside in Jefferson Avenue. A scrutiny of his phone records revealed that he actually placed calls to members of the said group a few hours following Gee Money’s death.
Ensuing Gun Violence
Since the murder of Gee Money, both his group and the NBA group have continued displaying gun violence, however, the police haven’t been able to point to clear and explicit connections between all the shootings, thus, several cases have remained unsolved.
Barley a year after Gee Money’s demise, in November 2018, another local Baton Rouge rapper, Blvd Quick, met his untimely death in another shooting incident. Like Gee Money, Blvd Quick belonged to the TBG Gorilla Gang and according to the authorities, investigations were being carried out to ascertain whether the rapper’s association with Gee Money was what made him a target
Blvd Quick’s shooting landed NBA YoungBoy in East Baton Rouge jail where the cops probed him to know whether he was the one sighted in videos on social media making heaps of threats. If proved, his actions would most likely constitute a violation of the rapper’s probation conditions with reference to his 2016 nonfatal shooting case.
This decision to throw NBA YoungBoy into detention came a few days following a shooting in Miami involving him and his girlfriend who sustained a bullet in her shoulder. According to reports from the authorities, gunmen targeted the NBA group and opened fire on them. The shootings triggered a response from the NBA entourage who were already armed and the crossfire led to the death of one bystander. The bystander was later discovered to be an employee of Hertz rental car who was going home from work on Mother’s Day.
We must also acknowledge NBA YoungBoy’s impending hearing where the presiding judge would decide whether to revoke his probation in the 2016 shooting; if the ruling goes against him, it could send the record label boss behind bars for a decade.
One of the Witnesses in Gee Money’s Murder is Facing a Murder Charge
A new court filing that surfaced in Fields’ case in November 2019 claimed that Donavon Cortez Jefferson was slammed with a murder charge in Tigerland and the two homicides are totally unrelated. Jefferson was among the witnesses in Gee Money’s murder. In Donavon Cortez Jefferson’s case, he is indicted on a second-degree murder count for the death of Derek Jones that occurred inside an apartment in Jim Taylor Drive
