• February 4, 1991
• Atlanta trap rapper Belly Gang Kushington built one of hip-hop's most talked-about breakout stories of the mid-2020s on a rare mix of old-school grit and an unlikely backstory. A ginger-haired, biracial Westside native, he sounds like he stepped straight out of the mid-2000s era of classic Atlanta trap.
• Born Victor Thomas, he was raised in the Westside neighborhood of Adamsville by his father, great aunt, and cousin after his mother left shortly after his birth.
• His stage name combines his past street life ("Belly Gang") with "Kushington," a nod to putting on weight and his reputation for having "kush (marijuana) by the ton."
• Kushington's entry into trap culture came straight from watching his father and uncles. "That's what I perceived as cool," he told Billboard, explaining how observing them shaped his early fascination with the genre long before he wrote his first rhyme.
• Before fully committing to rap, Kushington cycled in and out of jail, most recently in 2023. "I became so accustomed to jail that it dawned on me something was off," he told Billboard. "I'm getting locked up and I know everyone in the cell block. This situation feels like the norm."
• Kushington first caught wide attention in April 2025 with a video of him shutting down Interstate 20 in Atlanta to perform for the platform 4 Shooters Only. When the Atlanta Journal-Constitution asked how the stunt came together, he admitted, "I don't even know how that happened, to be honest with you."
• His debut album, The Streets Is Yours, dropped on April 25, 2025, with no guest features across its 14 tracks. "I wanted to let them know I'm here to stay, by myself," he told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
• His mainstream breakout, "Friend Do (Remix))" featuring YKNiece, spent three months atop Billboard's Atlanta Strip Club chart. By 2026, he scored his first entry on the Billboard Hot 100 with the 21 Savage collaboration "WTF Goin" (echoing the Atlanta trap tradition of 21 Savage hits like "Bank Account").

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