Gladney started his music career in 2017,[5] releasing the freestyle Lil Baby.[6] As part of the #ActUpChallenge, he created a freestyle over "Act Up," a song by
City Girls under the label Quality Control. A short time later, Quality Control's CEO Pierre "P" Thomas reposted the freestyle on Instagram, and then invited Gladney to Los Angeles to meet.[4][2]
Gladney released a 2019 single, "Drip Like This."[7] He released the mixtape Saved by the Bales in July 2019, and Quality Control later released a remix of a track on the album, titled Drip Like Dis and featuring
Young Dolph and
Lil Baby.[8][6] After the single's success, he officially joined Quality Control's label.[9] In November 2019, he released the single "Lil Mama" (featuring
Renni Rucci).
In 2020, he released the album From Trap to Rap, featuring
Moneybagg Yo,
Lil Yachty, Young Dolph, Lil Baby, and Trapboy Freddy.[10] He later created a remix of the album track "Rich Off Grass", featuring Young Dolph.[2] In May 2020, he released the track "Quarantine Flow".[11] He signed with Motown Records, and his first release under the label was the track "Add It Up", released on January 30, 2021 alongside an accompanying music video.[7]
Gladney lives in
Little Rock, Arkansas.[3][6] He wears a diamond-encrusted ring on his pinkie, in the shape of the state of Arkansas.[2][3] According to an interview he gave to VladTV, he has five children.[13] In 2021, he appeared on an episode of
WorldStarHipHop's Welcome to My Hood, visiting the neighborhood he grew up in at
Helena-West Helena, Arkansas.[14] In May 2021, it was reported that Gladney was shot; later that day, he posted "I’m good" on an Instagram story, which showed a wound under his chin.[15]
Legal issues
It was announced on April 17, 2022 that Bankroll Freddie was arrested on drug and weapons charges after being pulled over for speeding. Freddie was allegedly in possession of 21 pounds of marijuana—which is banned in the state—171 grams of promethazine, and a firearm.[16][17]