Since the release of *KMF*, Gazo has cemented his spot among the top 3 most streamed artists on Spotify. Yet it’s within the drill scene that he cut his teeth. Alongside collectives like Lyonzon and 667, Gazo and his debut project *DRILL FR* played a key role in bringing the genre into the mainstream. A few months ago, he took a bold artistic turn with *Apocalypse*, an album featuring more open, melodic sounds—quite the opposite of what its title might imply.
Certified platinum for *DRILL FR* and double platinum for *KMF*, Gazo delivered an impressive performance, selling 40,000 copies in the first week alone—nearly gold in just seven days. In an early interview with Booska Colombien, he had already expressed his desire to evolve beyond pure drill, promising to include at least one track in a different style. A promise he’s clearly fulfilled, particularly with his collaborative album alongside Tiakola.
While some hardcore drill fans criticized this shift, Mouloud Achour described *Apocalypse* on the show Clique as the album of *demystification*. Gazo uses the project to tackle more vulnerable themes such as love and the emotional void he’s experienced since rising to fame. Rightfully so: in Ancient Greek, *apocalypse* means *revelation*—far from the catastrophic sense we associate with the word today.
With *KAT*, he returns to his roots. Featuring La Rvfleuze, a rapper from Paris’s 19th arrondissement, Gazo ditches vulnerability for raw power, delivering a no-holds-barred drill track wrapped in explosive energy.
Gazo reignites the drill flame with La Rvfleuze on *KAT*!
The track’s production is handled by the trio Angelgoat, Sokol, and Eliyel. Angelgoat has previously worked closely with Gazo, producing standout beats for *DRILL FR 6* and *Wemby*, as well as collaborating with artists like Guy2Bezbar on *Nouvelle R* and La Mano 1.9 on *Sexy Woman*. Meanwhile, Sokol and Eliyel have teamed up on several tracks for La Mano 1.9, including *I’m Sorry*.
The beat is raw, sharp, and stripped-down—classic drill energy that channels the spirit of Gazo’s early work, when love had no place in his bars.
The artists go full egotrip:
“I take control, the young ones deliver,
They sell by the gram, not by the week (Rah, rah)
Never been to school, expelled on the first day, didn’t even last a week (Nah)”
In a past interview on Clique, Gazo revealed that he dropped out of school in sixth grade, moving from one foster home to another until the age of 17. He remains one of the few artists with such a background to have become a true rap icon.
Both lyrically and visually, the track channels street hustle and survival. It’s a raw portrayal of urban reality, heavily inspired by the Chicago drill scene, where gang culture is reflected in both bars and imagery. Directed by SADMOON, the clip captures this ethos with high-intensity visuals that stay true to the roots of the genre.
