Keep Your Eyes Out for Stinky Pete
Gavin Bordelon, better known as Stinky Pete, is a 23 year old, upcoming artist coming from Pensacola, Florida. He is best known for his versatility and large range of genres, from hip-hop and pop all the way to rock and grunge music while being heavily inspired by artists like ISHDARR, Earl Sweatshirt, BrockHampton, ZillaKami, BIGBABYGUCCI and A$AP Rocky to name a few.
Stinky Pete is a very hands on artist. Starting with performances and engineering to now branching all the way out to setting shows up on his own, under his name and brand “dub*”. Under “dub*,” he has his own studio, where he records, engineers and occasionally produces his own music.
Starting as a kid, Pete has always had a passion for music. His dad was a large influence on the hip-hop aspect of his life, always introducing him to new artists. Growing up in Milton, Florida, with the small underground scene they had, it wasn’t normal for Pete to start making music with the type of environment he was in. Inspired by people in surrounding cities though, he never let anything hold him back. Starting with opening a studio and using YouTube tutorials, he quickly grasped the concept of what he needed to, and should do if he wanted to prosper musically.
“Coming from Pensacola and Milton, it wasn’t normal for white people to really be in tune with the music scene,” says Pete. However, this all changed when Pete found a local rapper and engineer, STILLBISHOP. He was the first white artist that was making waves throughout the city and was close enough in age to Pete. This was motivation for Pete and he felt like he could do it too.
Staying consistent with the craft, he later had built a team of his own friends under the alias “WTE” which stands for “When’s The End” or later known as “dub*” with the starting team consisting of Stinky Pete, Jody Glacier, VampLeek, Marco Plus, Mackee, 44JAY and producer FISH. As time went on however, the group slowly parted ways and continued on their own paths with the team now only containing Stinky Pete, Mackee, and 44JAY.
After years of hard work, Pete is now a heavy influence in the local Pensacola music scene, helping set up shows and recently just going on tour with 458Keez of Members Only and other local artists such as 850 Milly and Your Exx.
With help from surrounding artists such as Mackee, 44JAY, HazyDior, 850 Milly, and STILLBISHOP, Stinky Pete is very confident that within the next 5 years Pensacola will be a large staple in the Florida hip-hop scene. He personally feels himself as an artist who will be in a position to work on his craft for a professional living and not so much as a hobby.
Stinky Pete is still very consistently dropping new music such as his latest album “REPETE” and music videos, with his next project, a collaborative EP with 850 Milly titled “PEGASUS” set to release on November 18th. There is a collaboration album with Mackee coming within the next year as well as a grunge/rock album coming soon after. He is also setting up to release a Deluxe Version of REPETE very soon as well.
This is definitely an artist to watch and as he continues to make a path and name for himself, we can all say that we were here early!
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