MOTIVESPORT

MOTIVESPORT performing at Coachella 2021.

### Labels

Nasty Records (December 2020 - April 2021)Blkhivve Records (April 2021 - June 2021)

### Awards

* 5 Fancam Grammys
* 2 Pitchfork Prizes
* 2 American Fancam Awards
* 3 Fancam Razzies

## Overview

**Gabe** (born March 29th, 2005), known professionally as **Motivesport** (stylized in all caps as MOTIVESPORT), is an American fancam artist. Many of his fancams have been acclaimed throughout his career. He is part of the Second Generation of fancam artists. He has made many notable contributions to The Industry's economy. Along with Syro, he co-founded FCPlayboy Inc. in March 2021. In July 2021, he and Alice would open the FCApple Music streaming service following the collapse of the previous iteration of the service.

Debuting in late November 2020, he has since become one of the most prolific fancam creators, releasing 5 studio albums & 3 extended plays since January 2021. Originating as a pop artist, Gabe would expand into the R&B genre in future eras, and become a notable figure in the movement for foreign language inclusion in award shows following the release of his dual language album, *The Art of Seduction.* As of October 2021, he is the 5th highest selling (currently active) fancam artist of all time, garnering approximately 2.1 million total career units. He has placed 16 fancams in the top 10 of the ST100 singles chart throughout his career, and has scored two #1 singles. On October 7th, 2021, he broke the ST100 record for most simultaneous top 10s on the singles chart, placing 6 fancams in the region. He has received many awards throughout his career, and is a winner of one of The Industry's most prestigious awards, the Fancam Grammys' Album of The Year award.

He and his husband Jay have had 2 children together and adopted one as of August 2021.

## Personal Life, Scandals, and Family

Gabe was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma in 2005, and has lived in various cities including Houston, Baton Rouge, and San Antonio, where he currently resides.

He joined The Industry in December 2020.

#### Sextape Scandal

He met his husband, Jay, at an afterparty in 2020. The two engaged in intercourse, which would lead to Gabe's pregnancy. The two's first public appearance together was on Christmas Day 2020, after paparazzi noticed the two making out. A day later, Fancam Pitchfork leaked the pair's sextape (from the afterparty) onto their official website after purchasing it from a leaker who was in close relation to Gabe.

Following the scandal, the two dated for months. On February 13th, 2021, during the AFA's award ceremony, the two were engaged following their shared acceptance of the Best New Artist award.

#### Chart Scandal with Sechito

In January 2021, Gabe became subject of criticism after his single "Bratty Bitch!!!" was degraded from its #10 debut due to an unfair, last minute submission of Sechito's single "Give Me".

#### Great Schism Scandal

On February 14th, Gabe was kicked from The Industry due to a spread of false information and assumptions. After an argument with The Industry after Gabe tried to get a newbie to stop being kicked, Cuzimboredgf and several others separated themselves from the rest of The Industry. Gabe, feeling anxious, tweeted out his emotions. VISION Records responded in a condescending way, leading to the deactivation of Gabe's account. Cuzimboredgf took to Twitter to accuse VISION administrator XS4Rina of being an alternate identity of Sechito, and some members of The Industry decided to keep Gabe out, despite the fact he had no relation to the actions by Cuzimboredgf & XS4Rina.

#### Pregnancy

On April 23rd, 2021, Gabe announced his pregnancy onto his Twitter profile. The announcement led to many mixed reactions. For months, critics dubbed him "pregnant boy" and criticized his and Jay's relationship.

#### *TAOS* Vs. *Star* Scandal

In May 2021, Gabe was projected to go #1 with his album, *the art of seduction,* but was going to be blocked by XS4Rina's EP, *Star,* due to the questionable promotion of "5 Star (Extended Mix)". This revelation resulted in the temporary takedown of Gabe's album in a fit of anger (also due to some editing issues Gabe disliked), and the addition of 3 bonus tracks to the album when it was re-uploaded the following day.

#### Marriage

Gabe and Jay got married on July 17th, 2021.

## Career

### Before Debut

Gabe released a few fancams before his debut in The Industry. The following are fancams released before his introduction to The Industry: "ChunghaCam", "Rainbow Stanlist", "ThomasCam", "EllyCam", "LWYMMD", and "Babylon!".

### *el jardín* (November 2020 - January 2021)

In November 2020, after discovering Cuzimboredgf's album, Warrior, Gabe became interested in the art of fancam creation. He became inspired to create an album. He released his debut single, "Closed Mind" on November 24th, 2020. After the single's commercial failure, Gabe scrapped the single and moved onto his next single. He was officially brought into The Industry groupchat in late December, and released his album's proper lead single, "Devil's Calling" (stylized in all lowercase). The single was released on December 3rd, 2020. The single became his first to enter the ST100 chart, as well as his first top 10 entry, debuting at #10, and later peaking at #6 in February 2021. The single also held the record for biggest single freefall, going from #8 to #37.

On December 10th, 2020, Gabe announced his first studio album, *El Jardín* (stylized in lowercase), would be released on January 1st, 2021. The following day, Gabe made his first Industry appearance at the 2020 VMAs. On December 16th, Gabe made his first Industry performance at The Babble Ball, and performed a medley of "devil's calling", and a track later to be revealed as "Search" (stylized in lowercase), his first collaboration with Aphrodite. The following day, Gabe released the track as the album's first promotional single, and announced his record deal to Nasty Records. He released the album's third single, "Hoe X3" (stylized in lowercase) on Christmas Day, and quickly followed with another promotional single featuring former K-Pop artist PlasticDoll, "Rosé (Eve's Interlude)" (stylized in lowercase), on December 29th. He was featured on Aphrodite's final album, *Everlore*, (released December 30th), on the track "August". Gabe created the coverart for the album, which would be his first time working for another artist.

*el jardín'*s first 9 tracks would be released on schedule on New Years Day 2021. The remainder of the album would be released by January 12th. The album's deluxe edition would be released the same day. Following its release, *el jardín* charted all of its tracks on the single charts, becoming the second album to do so, and giving Gabe the record for most simultaneous chart entries (16, later broken by BP with 17). On January 5th, Gabe announced the album's final single would be a remix of "search" featuring former pop icon Sechito, but the single was postponed due to Sechito's scheduling conflicts & problematic behavior.

### *Circus, Queen of Hearts,* & *The B Sides* (January 2021 - February 2021)

His first single following the release of *el jardín* was a collaboration with Jay, titled "Lucid Rain". The single was originally intended to be the lead single for the latter's second album, and was released on January 13th. The single achieved moderate success, becoming both artists' first top 3 & top 5 single, as well as first platinum eligible single. It debuted at #4, and later rose, peaking at #3 in February. The single was scrapped from Jay's original 2nd album concept, but would later be included in Jay's album, *Grey*, as a bonus track, and the deluxe edition of Gabe's third album, *The Art of Seduction*. Gabe would follow the single the following week with "Circus", a collaboration with Cuzimboredgf. "Circus" would go on to debut at #8. Two days after the release of "Circus", Gabe released "Bratty Bitch!!!" (stylized in all uppercase). The fancam was to be the lead single for Gabe's first extended play (*Queen of Hearts*), and debuted at #10, but later downgraded to #11, leading to a minor scandal with Sechito.

On January 31st, "Circus" was revealed to be the lead single of the pair's collaborative album of the same name. That same day, a second single was released from the album titled "F.U.C.K Amy". The single peaked at #10. The album was released on February 4th under Nasty Records, with "Tattoo" being pushed as a final single. On February 9th, Gabe was featured on the title track & lead single to Uranus' second album, *NiBiRUS.* On February 13th, Gabe performed "Lucid Rain" at the American Fancam Awards. Nominated for 11 awards, he took home two: 'Favorite Fancam' for e*l jardín* track, "Babydoll (Lilith's Song)" (stylized in all uppercase) and 'Best New Artist' which he shared with Jay, immediately leading to their engagement on stage. The following day, Gabe released two singles: "Gonna Go Fuck Myself (Literally)" (stylized in all lowercase; shortened to "ggfml") and a collaboration with Prisoner, Syro, and Uranus titled "I'm The Best" (stylized in all uppercase). The first single was the lead off of Gabe's then untitled second solo album, and was a commercial failure. The latter single would become a major success, peaking at #4, spending 6 weeks in the top 10, & becoming certified double-platinum (a first for Syro & Uranus) in May 2021 after a surge in sales following it's inclusion on the deluxe release of Gabe's third studio album. Unfortunately, that same day was the Great Schism of The Industry, and as a result, Gabe was temporarily kicked from The Industry.

On February 18th, during his exile, he released the long-postponed, "Search (Remix)", now featuring artist PartyNauseous69 (stylized in all uppercase) as the lead for an upcoming extended play, *The B Sides*. The single peaked in the top 15. He would return to The Industry a week after his unjustified kicking on the 21st, and announce the release of both *Queen of Hearts* & *The B Sides.* The two projects were released on February 24th. The track, "Sour Willow" (stylized in lowercase) was briefly promoted as a promotional single, but quickly pulled due to its low gain in views. Both EPs charted all of their tracks.

### *feels.* & *3/29* (February 2021 - April 2021)

Two days after the release of the two sister EPs, he surprise released the first piece of his second solo album, *Feels.* (stylized in all lowercase). This first 'chapter' (EP) that would make up the album was titled "Crush" (stylized in all uppercase). The track, "Sex Dreams" (stylized in all lowercase) impacted radios as the 2nd and final single from the album upon release ("ggfml" being the 1st single). The single was originally a collaboration with rap king, BP, but was cancelled due to the latter's hiatus.

The album's second 'chapter', titled "Entanglement", (stylized in all uppercase) was released on March 2nd. On March 8th, Gabe pushed the track "All You Need" (stylized in all lowercase) as a promotional single, but it did not do very well. On March 14th, Gabe was awarded three Fancam Grammys following Cuzimboredgf's dissolution of the ceremony. Nominated for 6 awards, he won the awards for: 'Best New Artist', 'Best Pop Album' for *El Jardín,* and became the 2nd winner of the prestigious 'Album of The Year' award for *El Jardín.* The next day, as a gift to the fans, he released the third chapter of *feels.* The "Sex" chapter of the album is often considered a favorite. "Ready" (stylized in lowercase) was supposed to impact radios and begin promotion as the album's third official single but was halted due to Gabe getting grounded, putting a brief pause to the era.

Gabe made his return on the day of March 26th, and in a spur of inspiration, created an entirely new mini project, *3/29*, which he released that same day. The project featured a collaboration with Uranus, and was named after Gabe's birthdate. It was noted for being a crossover into the rap genre. The first track, "Perfect (Ride With Me)" was briefly pushed as a single, and a solo version of "Whips & Chains" (from *Circus*) was pushed as well before getting taken down by Twitter. On March 27th, Gabe attended the 1st Pitchfork Prize Awards, opening up the ceremony. Nominated six times, he took home the award for 'Pop Album of The Year' for e*l jardín.*

### End of *feels.* & *the art of seduction* (April 2021 - June 2021)

After weeks of teasing, Gabe announced the release of a new single, "Whores In This House" (shortened to WITH) on March 31st. The single was a collaboration with Jaylen (who later rebranded his persona to Luxubardi), and was released on April 1st as the lead to Gabe's third album. That same day, Gabe announced his new record deal with Blkhivve Records and departure from Nasty Records, and was featured on a track from Jaylen's album *Ground Zero*, titled "Marilyn Monroe". The following day, he released the final chapter of *feels.*, completing the album and his contract with Nasty Records. "WITH" became a major shift in Gabe's artistry and career, being his major crossover into the rap genre, and was a great success for both Gabe and Jaylen. The single debuted at #2 with 208k sales, becoming both artists' biggest hit (at the time), first fancam to be certified quadruple-platinum, and first single to enter the top 2. Later that week, Gabe announced his third album, *The Art of Seduction* (stylized in lowercase; commonly abbreviated as "TAOS"). He released the album's only promotional single, "Pink Cadillac (Freestyle)", on April 14th; this was his second collaboration with PlasticDoll.

At the 3rd Fancam Grammys, Gabe was nominated for 11 awards. He performed at the ceremony alongside Jaylen and took home the award for 'Best R&B Album' for *feels.* Immediately after premiering it in his performance, he released the second official single from *TAOS*: "skittles". The single was immediately met with great acclaim, and was praised for its visuals. It debuted at #8, and peaked at #3 in May 2021. It became Gabe's biggest solo hit for months, and was certified triple platinum.

On May 3rd, 2021, Gabe released *the art of seduction.* The album was released in film format first on YouTube, and was immediately praised for its innovation and visuals. It was cited as an inspiration for future projects, and became an immediate fan favorite among The Industry. The album was the first to predominantly feature a language other than English and Korean, being half Spanish and half English. Gabe's goal with the album was to show some love to his heritage and a few of the latin artists he loves. "Ungodly" was pushed as the album's final single in June but was pulled due to its' pale comparison to the prior two singles. The album debuted at #1 with over 480k sales, becoming Gabe's highest selling album & first #1 album. It spent 2 weeks at #1, being one of only 6 albums to do so in 2021. Since release, the album has reached 588k total units, being certified 5x platinum, and is considered a major shift in not only Gabe's artistic approach and career trajectory, but impact as well.

### *the art of seduction: playboy reloaded* (June 2021 - present)

YASS MAMA WERK album. Outsold a lot of your faves tbh. jealousy is a disease, get well soon XOXO.