Gio grew up without a father, his mother received Arbeitslosengeld II [de],[2] a type of social aid.

At the end of the 34-minute battle round, SpongeBOZZ also accused Gio of pedophilia and sexual abuse.

[7][5] On the joint part in the Mammoth remix they called themselves God (SpongeBOZZ) and King (Gio) of Battle.

Gio's biggest success in terms of YouTube clicks was the diss track "Kein Rapper" (German for "Not a rapper"), uploaded in May 2015, in which Gio criticizes the commercial and soulless style of LionT [de] and Dagi Bee [de].

[5] "Kein Rapper" has been viewed 8.5 million times so far and triggered a wave of further diss tracks against LionT, for example from 4tune.