GaTa has been Lil Dicky's hype man for years and he's making his on screen debut in a very unconventional way. Lil Dicky's bipolar rap hype man GaTa is a star on 'Dave' - Los Angeles Times We sat down with GaTa to learn about how he first became acquainted with with … It stars rapper Lil Dicky playing a fictionalized version of himself and telling the story of his come up in hip-hop. He hooks Dave up with the real-life rapper YG, and so we assume that GaTa has his life together, especially because Dave is a bumbling wannabe … And while many of the show's characters are pure fiction, his hype man GaTa is 100% the real day. To portray his on-screen hype man, Dave "Lil Dicky" Burd turned to his real-life hype man: Davionte “GaTa” Ganter.