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G-Eazy denies falling off, claims he deliberately stepped back from rap scene

G-Eazy explains pulling back from limelight

G-Eazy confronts popular belief that he fell-off in his rap career, explaining that he had to lay back because of “burning out” and his mom’s passing in 2021.

“So I was burning out, really,” he said during an interview on Wild Ride with Stevie-O. “Like, when you go that hard for that long? And we had a great run. It was three albums in a row that went platinum, you know?”

He added, “It’s like overwhelming, overstimulated. And then, my mom passing and all that? I needed to reset from the business side of it. I changed management, I moved to New York … I had to grieve.”

June 7, 2024
G-Eazy was born on May 24

When was G-Eazy born? G-Eazy was born on May 24.

Bay-area rapper G-Eazy was born Gerald Earl Gillum in 1989. He’s from Oakland and got his start while in college at Loyola University in New Orleans. He got picked up by the Vans Warped Tour after a mixtape run, which led to wider national exposure. He’s best known for his songs “Me, Myself & I” and “No Limit” featuring ASAP Rocky and Cardi B.

Gillum has worked in fashion some, releasing a line with Rare Panther in 2015. He’s open about his childhood issues related to his parents splitting up and his mother’s long-term relationship with another woman. The song “Everything Will Be Ok” documents the ordeal of him finding his mother’s lover passed away. In 2021, G-Eazy lost his mother but she urged him to get help with alcohol and substance abuse in a letter. He chose to get help.

May 24, 2022
G-Eazy drops new single ‘Nostalgia Cycle’ ahead of new project set to release this week

G-Eazy drops new single ‘Nostalgia Cycle’ which is the third single he has released from his new project, ‘Everything’s Strange Here’ which drops June 26th according to an announcement in an Instagram post from G. To listen to the single, click here.

‘Nostalgia Cycle’, follows the release of ‘Free Porn, Cheap Drugs‘ and ‘Everybody’s Gotta Learn Sometime.’ All three singles indicate that the new project seems to have taken the bay area rapper to a more alternative singing route.

Sharing the artwork in a Twitter post for ‘Everything’s Strange Here’, G-Eazy wrote, “8 weeks ago I didn’t know I needed to make this. The world has been turned upside down and inside out — but a lot of us have had the opportunity to self reflect and evolve. This project is a representation of where my heart and head have been at. It’s honest and pure – it’s me. Take it or leave it – this is how I feel.”

It would seem as if going into isolation for Corona has brought out a new side to G.

Earlier this month, G-Eazy shared a pair of alternative covers recorded from lockdown, taking on The xx‘s 2009 track ‘VCR’, and Bob Dylan‘s 1963 classic ‘Don’t Think Twice It’s Alright’.

June 22, 2020
G-Eazy Drops Two More Cover Songs

G-Eazy drops the two new tracks, released only on soundcloud, are covers to Bob Dylan’s ‘Don’t Think Twice‘ and The XX’s ‘VCR.’ They join the company of G-Eazy’s other covers he’s dropped in the past month. Including covers of the Beatles, ‘Im So Tired‘ & ‘When I’m Sixty Four‘, Radiohead’s ‘Creep‘ featuring Ashley Benson, and Michael Jackson’s ‘Who Is It‘.

In a recent Instagram post releasing the 2 new covers, G-Eazy explained throughout quarantine he has “been in the studio working, getting back to engineering & producing just having fun experimenting with new sounds.”

It definitely sounds like these songs mean a lot to Gerald, as he is very emotional and worked hard to hit the same pitch and notes as the original artists in the songs had. I personally very much enjoy the G-Eazy covers.

Let us know what you think of the tracks in the replies!

May 21, 2020

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