Canadian performer Ali Gatie makes emotive, womb-like R&B and SoundCloud rap. He initially broke through in 2017 after winning the RhymeStars song contest sponsored by online digital production marketplace BeatStars. A year later, he gained viral attention with his yearning single "Moonlight," which paved the way for his platinum-selling single "It's You" and 2020 Top 20 Billboard R&B-charting debut YOU. Subsequent albums The Idea of Her (2021) and Who Hurt You? (2022) appeared over the next two years.
Born in 1997, Gatie grew up in the Toronto suburb of Mississauga, where he...