Is Costa Mesa's GB Drako the next rapper coming up out of OC?

Costa Mesa rapper GB Drako got the spotlight on Aug. 8, 2025, when Juice Unlocked posted a clip from one of his music videos and asked its followers a simple question: is he next up?

The post's on-screen headline put it more bluntly: "Streets are saying GBDrako from Costa Mesa is the next rapper coming up out of OC!?" The caption tagged him as @7even2wo.baby and told readers to keep it 100.

The clip

The roughly 50-second clip is the song itself, a street rap verse. GB Drako performs in a green plaid flannel and a dark cap with a crew lined up behind him, shot outdoors under palm trees and in front of a plain white wall.

It is a crew-heavy video. Friends crowd the frame and throw up hand signs at the camera while he raps, with a few darker, blurred night shots cut in. The post does not name the song.

The response

The question landed. The reel drew about 2,885 likes and 555 comments as of when the post was archived.

It was not the last time he showed up on the page. Later that month, Juice Unlocked posted interview clips of GB Drako talking about his time locked up, the OC Fair and where his name comes from. In one, he said he was not inspired by rapper Drakeo the Ruler and added the "GB" for where he is from.