Gazzy Garcia (born August 17, 2000), known professionally as Lil Pump, is an American rapper and songwriter. Born in Miami, Florida, Garcia rose to popularity late 2015 via music sharing website SoundCloud, gaining millions of streams on the site. Lil Pump's rap career started when he met now frequent collaborator and friend Smokepurpp. After Pump was expelled from school for fighting in 2016, he was asked by Smokepurpp to free-style and a beat he produced, which we now know as Lil Pump's debut self-titled single.