LunchMoney Lewis Biography

Gamal "LunchMoney" Lewis is an American hip hop recording artist. He is best known for his 2015 single "Bills", which topped the charts in Australia and peaked within the top ten of the charts in New Zealand and the United Kingdom. The nickname "LunchMoney" comes from his childhood obsession with stealing lunch money to pay his bills.

Lewis' father and uncle were both members of the reggae group Inner Circle and had a recording studio, Circle House, in which reggae and hip-hop artists including Flo Rida and Lil Wayne recorded.

Lewis began working with Dr. Luke as a producer and first broke into wide recognition as a rapper after appearing on the Nicki Minaj album The Pinkprint for the song "Trini Dem Girls" in 2014. He also co-wrote Jessie J's single "Burnin' Up", from the album Sweet Talker, and Fifth Harmony's single "Bo$$", from the album Reflection. In 2015, he released his debut single as a solo artist, "Bills", which has so far peaked at 79 on the Billboard Hot 100 and peaked at number 1 on the ARIA Charts. In April 2015, Lewis released a garage rock and funk track titled "Real Thing", which is included on the Bills EP released on April 21. He was also featured on Young Money Yawn's song "Let's Go See Papi", also featuring Pusha T.