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| birth_name = Christopher LaFata<br />
| origin = [[Reading, Pennsylvania]], United States<ref name=muze-via-oldies>{{cite web|url=http://www.oldies.com/artist-biography/Gold-Chains.html|title=Gold Chains Biography|author=Colin Larkin|accessdate=2016-05-25|publisher=Oldies.com}}</ref><br />
| instrument = Vocals, synthesizer, [[drum machine]]<br />
| genre = [[Electro (music)|Electro]], [[Hip hop music|hip hop/rap]]<br />
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| years_active = 2001–present<br />
| label = Orthlorng Musork, [[Tigerbeat6]], [[Play It Again Sam (record label)|Play It Again Sam]], [[Kill Rock Stars]], Gold Club<br />
| associated_acts = Sue Cie, [[Kit Clayton]], [[Kid 606]]<br />
| website = {{URL|www.gold-chains-worldwide.com}}<br />
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'''Gold Chains''' is an [[Electro (music)|electro]] [[Hip hop music|rap]] musician (born '''Christopher LaFata''') from San Francisco, California. Gold Chains has performed along with '''Sue Cie''' (real name Sue Costabile), a video artist also from the San Francisco area.<br />
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==Early life==<br />
LaFata grew up in [[Reading, Pennsylvania]],<ref name=itunesbio>{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/us/artist/gold-chains/24327994|author=John Bush|title=Gold Chains on Apple Music|publisher=[[Apple Music]]|access-date=2017-12-19}}</ref> and attended [[Trinity College (Connecticut)|Trinity College]] in [[Hartford, Connecticut]], where he earned a degree in [[cognitive neuroscience]]. He moved to San Francisco in 1995.<ref name=facesofthefire>{{cite web|url=https://priceonomics.com/the-faces-of-san-franciscos-mission-fire-part-2/|author=Zachary Crockett|title=The Faces of San Francisco's Mission Fire (Part 2)|date=12 February 2015 |publisher=Priceonomics|accessdate=2017-12-19}}</ref><br />
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==Career==<br />
===2001–2002: First EP releases===<br />
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===2003: ''Young Miss America''===<br />
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===2004–2005: Collaboration with Sue Cie and US tours===<br />
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===Hiatus and side projects===<br />
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===2013: ''Sluts''===<br />
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===Aftermath of the fire: 2015–present===<br />
A massive [[four-alarm fire]] in San Francisco's [[Mission District, San Francisco|Mission District]] left one person dead and six injured.<ref name=firesfgate>{{cite web|url=http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Crews-battle-raging-Mission-District-fire-6047291.php|author=Vivian Ho and Kale Williams|title=1 dead, 6 injured in Mission District inferno|date=2015-01-28|accessdate=2016-05-25|publisher=SF Gate}}</ref> Along with the offices of nearby nonprofit [[Mission Local]], the blaze completely destroyed LaFata's apartment of 18 years, all his belongings and gear, and the studio in which he recorded Gold Chains material.<ref name=firesfweekly>{{cite web|url=http://www.sfweekly.com/shookdown/2015/01/30/sf-rapper-producer-gold-chains-among-those-who-lost-everything-in-mission-fire-heres-how-to-help|author=Emma Silvers|date=2015-01-30|accessdate=2016-05-25|publisher=SF Weekly|title=S.F. Rapper-Producer Gold Chains Among Those Who Lost Everything in Mission Fire — Here's How To Help}}</ref><br />
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==Discography==<br />
* ''Gold Chains'' EP (October, 2001, Orthlorng Musork, OTH07)<br />
* ''Straight from your Radio'' EP (July 16, 2002, [[Tigerbeat6]], MEOW056)<br />
* ''Young Miss America'' (2003, [[Play It Again Sam (record label)|Play It Again Sam]])<br />
* ''When The World Was Our Friend'' with Sue Cie (October 12, 2004, [[Kill Rock Stars]])<br />
* ''Sluts'' (Aug 18, 2013, Gold Club)<ref name=Sluts>{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/sluts/690806404|title=Sluts by Gold Chains on iTunes|publisher=iTunes Store|date=2013-08-18|access-date=2016-05-25}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links ==<br />
* [https://www.gold-chains-worldwide.com/ Official site for Gold Chains]<br />
* [http://www.sue-c.net/ Official site for Sue Cie]<br />
* {{SoundCloud|topherlafata|Topher LaFata}}<br />
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