Lexa Gates
Musical artist
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Ivanna Alexandra Martinez (born April 8, 2001), known as Lexa Gates, is an American musician and rapper.
Lexa Gates | |
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| Born | April 8, 2001 |
| Origin | Queens, New York City, U.S. |
| Genres | Hip-hop |
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| Website | lexagates |
Early life
At a young age, Gates lived with her father and sister in Puerto Rico.[1] Her mother has previously written songs and sung in cafés as a hobby.[1][2] Her mother saved up money from packing cigarettes in Puerto Rico to move back to the Queens borough of New York City, where Gates grew up.[1][3] She began playing piano after watching her mother do so.[1] She participated in singing lessons as a child.[3] She dropped out of the New York City public school system at fifteen years old, when she was in the tenth grade,[4] and later began making music at the age of seventeen.[1][3][5]
Musical career
Gates' debut album, Order of Events, was released in 2020.[1] Her second album, Universe Wrapped in Flesh, was released in 2022.[1] In October 2024, she released her album Elite Vessel.[1] That same month, she locked herself in a glass box in Manhattan's Union Square for ten hours to promote the album.[1][4][5][6] She released I Am on January 16, 2026.[7] In promotion for the album, she performed a immersive art installation at the Jeffrey Deitch Gallery in New York City in which she walked on a human-sized hamster wheel for 10 hours.[8][9]
Personal life
Discography
- Order of Events (2020)
- Delirium (2021)
- Hungry (2021)
- Universe Wrapped in Flesh (2022)
- Elite Vessel (2024)
- I Am (2026)
