G-Eazy
G-Eazy
Gerald Earl Gillum, better known by his stage name G-Eazy, is an American rapper, songwriter and record producer from Oakland, California. His first major-label album, These Things Happen was released on June 23, 2014, and received positive reviews from critics. The album peaked at number 3 on the US Billboard 200. His second album, When It's Dark Out, was released on December 4, 2015...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionRapper
Date of Birth24 May 1989
CityOakland, CA
CountryUnited States of America
My whole career has been from scratch, so I never took it for granted that people care and support what I do.
I don't know if most people know it or not, but I produce, like, 95% of my own stuff.
I always thought that one day I would be somebody. I would be successful in music, and I would have fans that cared about my music. At the same time, I really feel like an ordinary guy; I have been an ordinary guy forever.
I think when you're telling a story from inside of you that's genuine, people connect with it.
Keeping in touch with the people that matter is important.
When you're around somebody like E-40, all you can do is watch and learn, and soak up game.
I read the Steve Jobs book, and that kind of changed everything. I've been, like, an Apple geek my whole life and have always seen him as a hero. But reading the book, and learning about how he built the company, and maintaining that corporate culture and all that, I think that influenced me a lot.
Word of mouth is the most valuable form of marketing, but you can't buy it. You can only deliver it. And you have to really deliver.
Something I stand for is being brave enough to invest in creative ideas that I firmly believe in and bringing those to life.
You have this ability in hip hop to be invincibly cool, and that is a part of G-Eazy.
What's weird is the Hot Boys and the whole New Orleans Cash Money thing had a really big impact on the Bay when that was popping off. I don't all the way understand it. I mean, I know that they were big everywhere and had a lot of commercial success in the mid to late '90s, but they were really, really felt in the Bay Area.
In the past, my process would start with a sample of another song, and I'd chop it up and use that as the basis of the song that I was making.
Touring is starting to feel more like home than home does.
My mom would always play me a lot of late-'50s, late-'60s rock.