Career

#### October 2018 - October 2019: The Pre-Music Era

Although founded on the 4th of October 2018, Gang Shloink did not release any music until around 1.5 years later. This is because the group was originally just a friend group, now referred to as Extended Gang Shloink. On the 30th of April 2019, Lil Bruh & iCue first had the idea of making music along with another member of Gang Shloink, Crispy Cumsock, who in the end, never actually got included in the music group because of lack of interest, although he is the voice of Lil Bruh's famous *"C'mon Bruh!"* producer-tag, as well as iCue's producer tag *"Oh my lord, I'm about to queef"*. This first idea of music came in the form of the song known as "HNLB", which can be seen on Gang Shloink's Genius.com page, as their most viewed song. Although this song has never actually been released. The idea of making music didn't develop much over the rest of 2019 aside from the writing of "HNLB".

#### October 2019 - September 2020: The Early Days

During October-December of 2019 however, the idea of making music was revived with Lil Bruh starting to produce beats, which led to several songs being conceptualised and written during the first 3 months of 2020, this included tracks such as "LEG", "BREAD", "ON THE SLYCE", and surprisingly "GLAZED HAM", which was released by Lil Microwave in May of 2021, with Gang Shloink as the featured artist. Gang Shloink's first actual recording session happening on the 3rd of March 2020, with Lil Bruh, iCue, Crispy Cumsock, DeArti, and Lil Bark all being present, although nothing actually materialised from this session. Gang Shloink once again entered a slump during the COVID-19 lockdowns from March through May of 2020. After restrictions were lifted, Gang Shloink recorded and released their debut single, "LEG", released on the 14th of July 2020. This was followed by the release of "BREAD" on the 3rd of August and "ON THE SLYCE", featuring Lil Bruh Moment, on the 7th of August. A month later, on the 9th of September 2020, Gang Shloink released "MY MOM DIED IN A 1 TERABYTE HARD DRIVE LAST WEEK", this was their most successful song at the time.

#### September - December 2020: The Beginning

On the 10th of September 2020, they released "BRUV MOMENT", featuring Gang Shloink associate Lil Bark, this was their one and only single for their upcoming EP, the "BRUV MOMENT - EP". This EP was a huge commercial success following its 11th of September 2020 release. A mere 9 days later, they then followed up their EP with the release of another single, "SUPPOSITORY XANAX", which featured up and coming Austrian rapper Yung Rox, although he chose to be featured under his previous name, Oryx, this was the case until this was changed in February of 2022, as Gang Shloink chose to actually have him features as "Yung Rox". On the 13th of October 2020, the duo released their second EP, "THE PHILOSOPHY OF AIDS - EP", which was released without any singles. Though this EP had moderate success, it wasn't even close to the success of their first EP, with "CHICKEN LEG + EGG = CHICKEN PIE", featuring Gang Shloink associate DeArti, being the standout track from the EP. This EP was later taken down in February of 2022, citing it being very low quality, although "CHICKEN LEG + EGG = CHICKEN PIE" was re-released on their later May 2022 "LEG & DAIRY - EP", under the name "CHICKEN LEG + EGG = CHICKEN PIE (RELOADED)", this version also added a third verse by Lil Bruh, as he did not appear on the original song. On the 1st of November 2020, they released their confusingly successful track, "SALUTE MONSIEUR MONKE", which had a distinct "French" sound to the beat, which was surprisingly popular with some listeners. About a month and a half later, "LEGBREADDOGEGGHAM / BRUV MOMENT V", which featured Zululu, was released on the 14th of December 2020. Despite the runaway success of this release, their followup track, "WHOLE LOTTA GOOP", released on the 27th of December as a parody of Playboi Carti's infamous album Whole Lotta Red, was not even close to the success of their previous release. This track was later taken down in February 2022, citing it's low quality.

#### January - May 2021: The "Singles" Era

After not releasing anything in January of 2021, making it their first month without at least one release since they began releasing music, they finally returned with "STRAP ON CAP" on the 21st of February 2021. This release was important for Gang Shloink for 2 reasons, firstly, it was Lil Bruh's first vocal appearance, and secondly, this release marked a new era for Gang Shloink sonically, with a noticeable step up in quality, and this also marked the beginning of the Gang Shloink's "high-energy style". Following this was the first time all 4 of Lil Bruh, iCue, DeArti, and Lil Bark appeared on a track together, on the track "DRILL YOUR MOM / BRUV MOMENT VI", released on the 20th of March 2021. However after the success of both of these tracks, on the 5th of April 2021, the duo released their very controversial track "THE SS ARE KNOCKING ON MY DOOR", the controversy alienated and devastated the listener-base. This song was also taken down in February of 2022, this time because of it's controversial nature, as Gang Shloink saw it as a stain on their career. Following the controversy of this release, Gang Shloink kept up their singles release streak with the release of "WHY IS AN ELBOW SALUTING ME?" on the 21st of April, "MAHOGANY" on the 8th of May, and finally "DECAPITATION" on the 17th of May 2021. They had released 6 singles in 4 months, with only "STRAP ON CAP" and "DRILL YOUR MOM / BRUV MOMENT VI" getting noticeable success, while the other 4 had just moderate success. This was Gang Shloink almost rushing out too much material during a relatively short amount of time, and observing this, they decided that it was time to change their release strategy.

#### June 2021 - Present: The Project Era

On the 10th of June 2021, Gang Shloink released their highly successful EP, the "6PC MCNUGGET - EP". The EP, as explained by both Lil Bruh and iCue on the intro track "11HR - INTRO", was created completely from scratch over the span of 11 hours from the 9th of June to the 10th of June 2021. This EP was received well, and was considered as the most complete work that Gang Shloink has released at the time, with every track up to the standard of the last. Although only 24 days had passed between the release of the EP and their last single-release, there was a very noticeable step up in quality once again. This EP was also the first time the duo employed more chill, vocal/percussion style instrumentals. After a over 81-day hiatus during the summer of 2021 following the release of the EP, Gang Shloink returned with the release of their next instalment in their BRUV MOMENT series, with "RIDING / BRUV MOMENT VIII", released on the 30th of August 2021. This track once again saw Lil Bruh and iCue feature both DeArti and Lil Bark. After another hiatus, this one being 67 days long, on the 5th of November 2021, the group released their fourth EP, "THE BRUVEST OF MOMENTS - EP". This was a direct sequel to their September 2020 EP, the "BRUV MOMENT - EP". This EP featured nine tracks, out of which eight of them were songs, with one interlude. "RIDING / BRUV MOMENT VIII" was the only single for the EP, and he EP featured eight new additions to the BRUV MOMENT series (Including "RIDING / BRUV MOMENT VIII"), BRUV MOMENT VIII (eight) through to BRUV MOMENT XV (15). 25 days after the EP's release, their next single "MY UBER DRIVA WAS A SHEEP" featuring GodlyPTG. This was their only non-album single between "THE BRUVEST OF MOMENTS - EP" and their next project. Their next single "YOU ARE SUS" was released on the 26th December, then, after Gang Shloink and Snoot's December 2021-January 2022 trip back to Abu Dhabi, they released "FUGYO" on the 1st of February 2022. These last two singles were singles for Gang Shloink's debut mixtape SNOOT, released on the 4th of February 2022, having 17 songs, and three skits. On "SNOOT", Gang Shloink introduced a bunch of new styles, the mixtape was also structured in a gradient way, going from very high-energy and hype, to a more chilled out vibe. This mixtape also saw the debut appearance from four Snoot members, namely Crispy Cumsock, Doormandingo, Impostor Angie, and Nayjaids. After the mixtapes release, Gang Shloink began their longest hiatus yet, lasting 99 days. On the 14th of May 2022, they released their newest EP, the "LEG & DAIRY - EP", which had five songs, which were mostly older songs that were revisited and finished for the project. The EP also included a reloaded version of their deleted song, now called "CHICKEN LEG + EGG = CHICKEN PIE (RELOADED)", which features DeArti.