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LiAngelo Robert "Gelo" Ball (born November 24, 1998) is an American rapper affiliated with Def Jam Recordings and former professional basketball player, the second son of Big Baller Brand founder LaVar Ball and brother to NBA guards Lonzo and LaMelo.
While a junior at Chino Hills High School in Chino Hills, California, Ball won a state championship alongside his brothers – all three achieved celebrity status through their family's Facebook Watch reality show Ball in the Family. Having become a three-star recruit and UCLA signee, a 2017 suspension for shoplifting led him to forgo college basketball. He instead joined Lithuanian professional team Prienai alongside LaMelo and played in the Junior Basketball Association (JBA), a league founded by his father, before entering the G League at the end of the 2019–20 season.
Ball was briefly signed to the Detroit Pistons in late 2020, but was waived prior to the start of the 2020–21 season. He then joined the Greensboro Swarm, the satellite team of LaMelo's Charlotte Hornets, in 2021 – another hiatus and a brief tenure on CIBACOPA side Astros de Jalisco followed. Afterwards, Ball ventured into hip hop music with the stage name GELO, releasing his debut single "Tweaker" in 2025 that charted in several countries, and then agreeing to a multi-million dollar record deal with Def Jam. He confirmed his full retirement from basketball in August 2025.
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