Cory Orville Reid (born March 30, 1994), better known by his

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Nebu Kiniza, is an American

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recording artist from

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. He is best known for his single " Gassed Up", which was released on October 25, 2015 and certified platinum in the United States in May 2018. He is signed to OSHS (On Some Hippy S**t) and

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Early life

Nebu Kiniza's family moved from Queens to Pawling, NY and then to Conyers, a suburb of

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, GA, when he was 10.Yohance Kyles,
Nebu Kiniza Is Building An Artistic Empire From The Ground Up
" AllHeavymetal, 10 December 2015, retrieved 7 March 2017 He learned the ropes of the music business from his mother, a singer. Attending

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, he began freestyling at 15 and discovered his talent.

Career

He released his first track, "IDGAF," in 2011, and his first

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, ''2 Peace Signs'', in 2012. In 2013, he released his second mixtape, ''The Honor Roller'', with music videos for the tracks "The Grind" and "Steez." The "Steez" video, shot in Atlanta's

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neighborhood, received over 300,000 views on

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. His third mixtape, ''Hypnosis'', which featured production from American record producer

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, was released in 2014. The track "Myself" became his first major hit and was remixed by

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& Key!. Along the way Nebu created his own label, On Some Hippy Sh*t, for himself and his crew of producers. His biggest hit to date, "Gassed Up," produced by MexikoDro – a track that he has said took all of 15 minutes to create – received over 52 million listens on

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, 34 million views on YouTube and 80 million plays on

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. Kiniza reached #10 on the Next Big Sound chart (24 December 2016), and "Gassed Up" hit #15 on the Spotify Velocity chart and #18 on BigChampagne's Emerging Artist chart on 2 March 2017. With respect to his moniker, he explained that his aunt jokingly suggested naming him after King Nebuchadnezzar when he was born. He thus felt identified with the name for his whole life, and adapted it for real when it was time to adopt a stage name. "Nebu stands for the golden one. Kiniza stands for being originally creative and artistic. So I put two-and-two together."

Stage name

His stage name references the biblical King

Nebuchadnezzar II Nebuchadnezzar II, also Nebuchadrezzar II, meaning "Nabu, watch over my heir", was the second king of the Neo-Babylonian Empire, ruling from the death of his father Nabopolassar in 605 BC to his own death in 562 BC. Often titled Nebuchadnezzar ...

Discography

Mixtapes

Singles

As lead artist

As featured artist

References

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