Rowdy Rebel is the stage name of rapper Chad Marshall, a Brooklyn native who
built his reputation as a member of the hip-hop crew GS9 before launching a solo
career in 2014. Born on November 24, 1991, he was raised by Barbadian parents in
Brooklyn's East Flatbush neighborhood and earned the nickname "rowdy" for his
boisterous behavior as a child. He later joined GS9, a neighborhood collective
composed of aspiring rappers, and appeared on GS9's Shmoney Shmurda mixtape in
July 2014. Rowdy Rebel signed with Epic Records as a solo artist that same month
and began releasing singles in...