Selected as one of 106 KMEL's top 10 Freshman Rapper in the Bay Area 21-year-old San Francisco native Roach Gigz has gone from virtually unknown to one of the hottest artists on the west coast in just four years \r \r Born and raised in San Francisco CA Roach was born in Nicaragua during the Contra and Sandinista war His father was a supporter of the Sandinista Liberation Front, and has never lived in the U.S., but Roach's mother moved to San Francisco and took him as a single mother \r \r Growing up in such a racially diverse city directly affected Roach approach to his art "If people have only heard my music and know my name but have never seen me they are surprised to know that I am not black," said Roach "From my experience growing up race was aldrig a problemJag is only one authentic and cool dude and I think my fans will see that it's not about race It's about music "\r \r Roach Gigz first gained local fame with close friend Lil 4Tay as ...