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Biography
Semaja Zair Render (born August 6, 1999), known professionally as Lil Gotit, is an American rapper, singer, and songwriter.
Early life
Semaja Zair Render was born in Atlanta, Georgia, the youngest of seven children. Render was initially raised in Forest Park on Southside Atlanta's Conley Road. After dropping out of high school during his freshman year, Render moved to Cleveland Avenue. Like his brother and fellow rapper Lil Keed, who is one year older, Gotit did not start taking rap seriously until his friend Rudy was killed a few days before the release of the group compilation mixtape Young Slime Season in 2016.
Gotit then began releasing songs with his brother Lil Keed, whom he collaborated with on the songs: "Trap Bunkin", "Dirty Dancer" and "All Season". Described as one of Atlanta's next rising rap stars, his music was starting to be played in clubs. The name Lil Gotit was derived from Maja Gotit, a nickname inspired by him "having everything".He has cited Young Thug as his mentor.
Career
2018–2019: Beginnings, Hood Baby and Crazy But It's True
Gotit has collaborated with Keed and Lil Uzi Vert for the song "Heavy Metal". In November 2018, he worked with Lil Uzi Vert again to release the song "Hercules". He has also released the song "Superstar" with Gunna. Gotit released his debut studio album Hood Baby via Alamo Records, consisting of 18 singles including "Loco" and "Small Todger". The album, produced by Yung Lan, was released on November 16, 2018. The album featured singles including "Blue Slimes" featuring Gunna, Skooly and Lil Keed as well as "Drip Severe". On March 14, 2019 Lil Gotit released his second studio album, Crazy But It's True. The project had features from artists including Gunna, Wali Da Great, Lil Keed and Lil Durk.
On March 29, 2019, Gotit released a music video for his single "Drop The Top" featuring Lil Keed. On April 11, 2019, Gotit released his single "Never Met" with a music video. On May 2, 2019, Gotit released his single "Lil Ralph" accompanied with a music video. On May 8, 2019, Famous Dex released an audio for a new song "Fully Loaded" featuring Lil Gotit. A music video for Fully Loaded was released later on May 29, 2019. On the same day animation video of Gotit's single "Da Real HoodBabies (Remix)" featuring Lil Baby was also released. On July 1, 2019, Gotit released his single "Pop My Shit", the song was accompanied with a music video, along with a remix featuring Lil Keed that later released on the 20th of August. On August 7, 2019 Gotit released his single "Oh Ok" accompanied with a music video.
2019–present: The Real Goat, Hood Baby 2, and Top Chef Gotit
On August 22, 2019 Gotit announced the release of his third studio album Hood Baby 2. On September 5, 2019 Gotit released his new mixtape The Real Goat featuring 16 new songs. The mixtape was released after his previous announcement of releasing his forthcoming album Hood Baby 2 later in the year. On September 12, 2019 Gotit released a music video for the remix of "Da Real Hood Babies" featuring Lil Baby. On October 9, 2019 Gotit released a music video for his The Real Goat song "No Talking" featuring Slimeball Yayo.
On January 30, 2020 Lil Gotit's collaborative single "A'Team (You Ain't Safe)" along with Lil Yachty, Lil Keed, and Zaytoven was released. It was the second single released off their forthcoming collaborative album "A-Team". On February 6, 2020 Lil Gotit released his single "Bet Up" and announced his forthcoming project Superstar Creature, executive produced by London on da Track. On February 12, 2020 Gotit released his Zaytoven produced single "Drip Jacker".
On April 9, 2020 Gotit released the single "Bricks in the Attic", the first song from his third studio album Hood Baby 2. On April 23, 2020, Gotit eventually released the Hood Baby 2 album. The album features artists including Gunna, Future, Lil Keed, and Lil Yachty.
On August 10, 2020, Gotit released his collaborative single "What It Was" with Future, accompanied with a music video for his then-upcoming album Crazy But It's True 2, which was later renamed to Top Chef Gotit.
On March 17, 2021, Gotit released his single "Wok", accompanied with a music video ahead of his fourth studio album, Top Chef Gotit, which was released on June 10, 2021.
On December 8, 2021, Gotit released his collaborative single "Walk Down" with CEO Trayle, Lil Double 0, and late rapper Biggz, which was accompanied with a music video.
Live performances
Lil Gotit performed at the Audiomack stage at the Rolling Loud Festival on May 10, 2019 in Miami, Florida performing on the same stage as Lil Durk,Juice Wrld, Rich the Kid, and others. On September 14, 2019 Lil Gotit and Lil Keed performed at The Novo theater in Los Angeles. Fellow rappers Drake, Lil Duke, and Young Thug were also present on stage throughout the performance. He performed at the Rolling Loud Festival in Oakland on September 29, 2019. On October 12, 2019, Gotit performed in the Rolling Loud New York festival and performed at the A3C Festival in Atlanta the next day.
Discography
Studio albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions |
|---|---|---|
| US | ||
| Hood Baby |
| — |
| Crazy But It's True |
| — |
| Hood Baby 2 |
| 200 |
| Top Chef Gotit |
| — |
| The Cheater |
| — |
Mixtapes
| Title | Details |
|---|---|
| The Real Goat |
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| Superstar Creature |
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Collaborative mixtapes
| Title | Mixtape details |
|---|---|
| A-Team (with Zaytoven, Lil Keed, and Lil Yachty) |
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Collaborative extended plays
| Title | Details |
|---|---|
| Hood Fifty (with 10fifty) |
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Singles
As a lead artist
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album |
|---|---|---|---|
| US R&B/HH | |||
| "Superstar" (featuring Gunna) | 2018 | — | Hood Baby |
| "Big Bertha" | — | ||
| "Hercules" (featuring Lil Uzi Vert) | — | ||
| "Drip Severe" | — | ||
| "Freestyle" | — | Non-album single | |
| "Da Real HoodBabies" (solo or remix featuring Lil Baby) | 2019 | 87 | Crazy But It's True |
| "Now" | — | ||
| "Drop the Top" (featuring Lil Keed) | — | ||
| "Lil Ralph" | — | Non-album singles | |
| "Never Met" | — | ||
| "Pop My Shit" (solo or remix featuring Lil Keed) | — | ||
| "Oh Ok" | — | ||
| "Drip On" | — | ||
| "Real Sosa Boy" | — | ||
| "Patek Water" | — | Hood Fifty | |
| "Drip Jacker" | 2020 | — | A-Team |
| "Bet Up" | — | Superstar Creature | |
| "Free Melly" (featuring Polo G) | — | ||
| "Bricks In The Attic" | — | Hood Baby 2 | |
| "Never Legit" | — | ||
| "What It Was" (featuring Future) | — | non-album singles | |
| "Tellin Ya" (featuring Lil PJ) | — | ||
| "Dead Walkin" | — | ||
| "Wok" | 2021 | — | Top Chef Gotit |
| "Burnt N Turnt" (featuring NAV) | — |
As a featured artist
| Title | Year | Album |
|---|---|---|
| "Heavy Metal" (Lil Uzi Vert featuring Lil Keed and Lil Gotit) | 2018 | Non-album singles |
| "Fully Loaded" (Famous Dex featuring Lil Gotit) | 2019 | |
| "Drip Babies" (Hoodrich Pablo Juan featuring Lil Keed and Lil Gotit) | ||
| "Action" (Yung Mal featuring Lil Gotit) | Iceburg | |
| "Glocks & Drums" (Lil Mexico featuring Lil Gotit) | Life of an Outlaw | |
| "Mr. Drip" (Żabson featuring Deemz, Otsochodzi and Lil Gotit) | Internaziomal | |
| "No Offense" (Slayter featuring Lil Gotit) | Cold At Night | |
| "You Ain't Safe" (Lil Yachty featuring Lil Keed and Lil Gotit) | 2020 | A-Team |
| "John Wall" (Zaytoven featuring Yo Gotti, Smokepurpp and Lil Gotit) | Pack Just Landed Vol. 2 | |
| "Bookoo Bucks" (Nasty C featuring Lil Gotit and Lil Keed) | Zulu Man with Some Power |
