TRACK DEBUTED ON APPLE’S TOP HIP-HOP SONG CHART
photo credit: Chris LouposJuly 27, 2021—Today, breakout actor, rapper and mental health advocate
GaTa premieres the video for his new single “
Check Up.” Originally appearing in the July 7 episode of FX’s hit series
DAVE, the track debuted on
Apple’s
Top Hip-Hop Songs Chart and received early praise—
UPROXX proclaimed, “… it’s a catchy, charismatic, club-ready throwback to a time before rap songs were more humming than rapping” while
HotNewHipHop furthered, “It’s an upbeat, catchy record that’s bound to get stuck in your head.” Watch/share the video
HERE.
Of the video, GaTa explains, “The music video is out there to inspire people to work hard and get their money up! I wanted to tell a story in the video, show people I could act alongside the music. I’m just so happy how it turned out and hope everyone loves it.”
Born in Los Angeles, Davionte “GaTa” Ganter began making a name for himself as a hype man for artists including
Tyga and
Lil Dicky and a rapper on tracks like
Lil Wayne’s “
Stacks on Deck” and Tyga’s “
Exquisite,” while nurturing his own artistic pursuits on the side.
In 2020 GaTa rose to prominence in the first season of
DAVE during one of the season’s most pivotal episodes focused on his own mental health struggles. His success as an actor received widespread critical acclaim from the likes of the
Los Angeles Times who called him a “breakout sitcom star.” As one of Lil Dicky’s most trusted confidants, GaTa continues to break new ground in the second session of
DAVE, which premiered June 16 on FXX. GaTa will also co-star in a new film,
Not An Artist, alongside
Bobby “RZA” Diggs,
Haley Joel Osment and
Cleopatra Coleman.
Recent profiles in
Complex and
The Source can be found
HERE and
HERE, respectively.
