In the ever-chaotic multiverse of Playboi Carti, nothing is simple—not his music rollouts, not his public feuds, and definitely not his love life. But over the past few months, one figure has consistently popped up alongside him: Gio—the Brazilian model, stylist, and internet It Girl. Whether it’s Rolling Loud, a tour stop, or courtside at a Hawks game, her presence on your timeline is almost as guaranteed as a labubu sighting.
She’s not new to the spotlight—she’s been building a name through modeling gigs, YouTube vlogs, and Concrete Boys cameos—but her link to Carti has kicked the speculation into overdrive. Are they friends? Dating? Trolling the internet with a high-fashion performance piece?
Her past connection to Lil Yachty and resurfaced clips of her identifying as a lesbian have only fueled more questions. So we broke down the watch drops, the soft launches, and the courtside cuddles to figure out what’s fact, what’s fanfiction—and why everyone can’t stop watching.
Who Is Gio and How Did She Blow Up?
Gio, short for Giovanna Ramos, is a Brazilian model, YouTuber, and all-around internet It Girl based in Atlanta. She’s the kind of person who can casually say, “I’m just having fun with modeling,” and still rack up a million Instagram followers doing it.
She started modeling in 2019, just before the pandemic hit. Since then, she’s signed with The Pause Agency, built a YouTube following with nearly 42K subscribers, and stayed booked, busy, and blessed—with both gigs and bone structure.
Her personal aesthetic? Imagine a ‘90s R&B video mixed with a pack of brown lip liner. Heavy gold jewelry, face tats, grillz, and oversized fits are her go-to, with a vibe that’s equal parts alluring and streetwear-savvy.
As she put it: I like being authentic. I like being able to show up as myself and feel comfortable no matter the situation. I feel like it’s harder to make it in the modeling industry when you aren’t willing to change things about yourself and I think that makes me prouder to achieve my goals…”
Her First Big Moment: Lil Yachty’s “Slide”
Most rap fans met Gio not through Carti, but through Lil Yachty. In 2023, she popped out as the cover star and lead girl in the video for his single “Slide.”
“I genuinely did not know I was going to be the cover for these projects… [Yachty] sent me ‘Slide’ a while back and I kept telling him like, ‘Bro this is my favorite song right now,’” she told Complex. “I went to sleep early on Thursday and woke up to him sending me a screenshot of the project, and I was literally screaming.”
The video, directed by AMD Visuals, was basically a Gio highlight reel—and honestly, fair. AMD later said she brought “so much character and adds a nice element to the project.”
She never dropped a verse, but fans quickly began to see her as a Concrete Boys core member. Her aesthetic, presence, and chemistry with the group made her the unofficial First Lady of the camp—and maybe that’s why fans were already primed to care when she reappeared in Carti’s orbit.
How Gio Entered the Cartiverse
It all started in late 2024, when streamer and known Carti disciple Young Dabo posted a video titled: “I Hired Playboi Carti’s Stylist To Style Me (Gio).” It’s unclear if styling was how Gio and Carti first became connected, but eagle-eyed fans started noticing her presence alongside Carti more often after this.
By March 2025, things escalated. Gio appeared onstage during Carti’s first performance of MUSIC at Rolling Loud California. Then, Carti shaded Lil Yachty in a post, flexing his Billboard numbers with the caption: “YA EX COULD NEVER” (even though Yachty confirmed he and Gio were never a thing). Around the same time, Carti allegedly dropped $60K on a rose gold Audemars Piguet watch for her. If love languages include “acts of service,” luxury wristwear definitely counts.
In April, they made their courtside debut at a Hawks vs. Trail Blazers game in Atlanta. No captions. No posts. Just matching energy and all-black fits.
Then came Met Gala weekend. While Carti was reportedly banned from the event, he hit Instagram with a post that felt more like prom night energy than fashion week FOMO: “MET GALA BANNED ME FELT LIKE WE GOT KICKED OUT OF PROM BUT WE GOOD @ft.gioo WITH ME IM A HAPPY MAN F**K EM.” The pics of him and Gio were an homage to Ye and Kim Kardashian’s infamous hallway running photo from 2018.
If the Met Gala pics weren’t enough hard-launch energy, Summer Walker took it a step further. While thanking Carti on IG for pulling up to the studio to record a feature for her next album, she casually name-dropped Gio—and referred to her as his “wife.” No punchline. No explanation. Just: “ you were a perfect gentleman and your wife is so sweet n funny.”
At the end of May, Carti doubled down, calling Gio his wife before performing “Rather Lie” with the Weeknd during a recent tour stop in Detroit. Legally married? Probably not, but there might have been some secret vows exchanged.
Of course, there’s one plot twist that keeps the comment section busy: Gio has multiple videos online where she openly identifies as a lesbian (exhibits A and B). Whether the label changed or it was never in the one-gender-only aisle to begin with doesn’t really matter.
Whatever this is, it’s working. And in Carti’s world, that might be the whole point.
