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Rapper Keith Ape to drop his first EP this Summer with 88rising

By Nefertiti Jenkins

His rise to fame came with the controversial trap track "It G Ma," (feat. JayAllDay, Loota, Okasian and Kohh). Formerly from Hi-Lite Records, South Korean rapper Keith Ape, has announced that his first EP will be dropping in August with 88rising. The Cohort (crew) member, former viral sensation, is now back on social media, after deleting his posts in 2017.

On June 23, 2018, he tweeted on Twitter and posted on Instagram, the announcement about the August release, and also shared a picture taken with Nas and A$AP Ferg at the Valentino SS19 Fashion Show in Paris, France.

Per media reports, Rapper Nas was one of Keith Ape's inspirations for getting into the rap game years ago (with the 20th-anniversary re-release of "Illmatic"), and he's worked with A$AP Ferg in the past, for the remix of "It G Ma," which the original version, was controversial when it dropped back in 2015, because of its likeness to OG Maco's "U Guessed It."

In addition to releasing his new project in August, Keith Ape will also be hitting the road for a North America tour with 88rising, after the label's "Head In The Clouds Festival," in September, in Los Angeles, CA.

Update 09/03/18
-Keith Ape says the first single off his upcoming EP drops on September 6th.
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