Ollie Gabriel is a singer and occasional rapper who aspires to uplift and motivate listeners with his mature and positive mix of pop and R&B. He scored a hit across Europe with the anthemic "Running Man" (2016), and three years later reached a wide audience in his native U.S. on the nationally televised songwriting competition Songland.
Gabriel started playing piano and writing songs at the age of eight. He soaked up classic soul recordings he heard in his southwest Louisiana household, and was eventually drawn to a broad range of genres. By his mid-teens, he was making beats...