The King of Philly is Back! The ink is still drying on Gillie da Kid's new deal with Koch Records and rumors are put to rest about Gillie landing with G-Unit and Atlantic Records. In addition to the new deal, Gillie's stint with the law has ended as the criminal charges stemming from an early 2007 drug charge of conspiracy and possessing narcotics with intent to deliver have been dropped.  

Gillie's video mix of "Get Down on the Ground" will air on BET's Rap City. The King of Philly has been busy in the studio working with various producers such as Zookon (Jim Jones' 'Ballin', Red Café's 'Paper Touchin'), Hotrunner (Will Smith, Eve, Lil Kim, Major Figgas, Fabolous, Ray J) and Ruggedness (Beanie Sigel, Freeway) not to mention a host of others for his heavily anticipated album, "Get It How You Live" under Figgas 4 Life Entertainment and Koch Records.  The highly anticipated album is set to be released later this year.  

About Gillie Da Kid

Philadelphia hardcore rapper Gillie da Kid was first thrown into the national spotlight in 2006 from a controversy with Cash Money Records and its star rapper, Lil Wayne, when he claimed to have ghostwritten for some of the label's artists, particularly Wayne. Years before the embroilment, Gillie da Kid, real name Nasir Fard, and his Major Figgas clique were heavyweights in Philadelphia's underground scene from pushing several independent records and mixtapes. The seven-person crew eventually signed to the Houston, TX-based Suave House Records toward the end of the '90s, but when the label lost its distribution with Universal, Gillie went elsewhere to pursue a solo career. The boasting MC crossed paths with Cash Money CEO Bryan "Baby" Williams backstage at a concert in Philadelphia, and almost within a week, he was signed to the New Orleans label. Because of disputes over his publishing, however, a solo record never materialized; instead, he remained behind the scenes as a ghostwriter (though Cash Money still denies it). As did major talents B.G., Juvenile, and Mannie Fresh before him, he departed Cash Money, but still remained on good terms with Lil Wayne -- that is, until 2006 when Wayne put out a set of unwarranted jabs against Gillie on one of his mixtapes. When Gillie let the cat out of the bag, the hip-hop press (both print and Internet) gave him tons of exposure. Mixtape gurus like DJ Kay Slay and DJ Drama were even seeking the rapper out to issue new material. He later inked a deal with rising indie label Babygrande Records, which issued The Best of the GDK Mixtapes compilation in March 2007.