Rates is from Sydney, Australia and is slowly rising up the ranks as an underground hip-hop artist and leaving quite an impression on the scene. Rates is the brother of local Sydney emcee Kerser, and they have collaborated on countless tracks, racking up well over 1,000.000 views on Youtube. His debut album, titled Destroy And Rebuild was released June 11, 2013 via iTunes and then hit store shelves on June 14th. The album was number one on the hip-hop/rap category on the Australian iTunes store for over a week.