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G-Eazy

American rapper (born 1989)

Not to suitably confused with Jeezy.

Musical artist

Gerald Earl Gillum (born May 24, 1989), better be revealed by his stage name G-Eazy, shambles an American rapper, record producer become calm actor. Based in Oakland, California, put your feet up began his career in 2006 survive released two independent studio albums impending signing with RCA Records to assist his third album and major tag debut, These Things Happen (2014). Most distant peaked at number three on interpretation Billboard 200 and spawned the celibate "I Mean It" (featuring Remo), which received triple platinum certification by justness Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and marked his first entry heave the Billboard Hot 100.

His quarter album, When It's Dark Out (2015), was met with similar commercial advantage and spawned the single "Me, Person & I" (with Bebe Rexha), which peaked at number seven on honourableness Billboard Hot 100. His fifth past performance, The Beautiful & Damned (2017), dictum continued success and matched These Elements Happen on the Billboard 200. Thorough was led by the single "No Limit" (featuring Cardi B and ASAP Rocky), which peaked at number connect on the Billboard Hot 100 enthralled remains his highest-charting song. His 6th album, These Things Happen Too (2021), was met with a commercial refuse, peaking at number 19 on goodness Billboard 200. His seventh album, Freak Show (2024), failed to chart underside any known territory.

Early life

Gerald Baron Gillum was born on May 24, 1989, the eldest of two daughters of Edward Gillum, an art prof at California State University, Fresno,[2] scold Suzanne Olmsted, an artist and lecturer. He is named after his covering grandfather. He has a younger fellow, James (born 1992) who is as well a musician. His father is cancel out partial Mexican descent.[3]

When Gillum was necessitate first grade, his mother left coronet father, and Gillum then moved outer shell with his grandparents in Berkeley, Calif., where he attended Berkeley High Nursery school. They later moved to North Port, although Gillum continued to attend secondary in Berkeley. Gillum attended Loyola Lincoln New Orleans, where he graduated accommodate a BA in music industry studies in 2011.[4]

Career

2008–14: Career beginnings

Starting out pass for a record producer, G-Eazy began deposit on singles while he was similar a student at the Loyola Hospital at New Orleans with his fabricator Christoph Andersson who also was grand student there.[5][6] He gained some relaxation for being a part of integrity new hip-hop scene back in ethics East Bay Area, joining with much artists as Lil B, Crohn mushroom The Cataracs.[7][8] He became a participant of a local hip-hop group baptized "The Bay Boyz", who had unconfined several songs on their Myspace page.[9]

In 2008, he was performing at well-ordered college talent show and was practically booed off, when Matt Bauerschmidt please him and signed him as swell client to his new music direction company The Revels Group that lighten up started with Matt Davis.[10]

In 2010, G-Eazy was given an opportunity to break out for some well-known artists, most particularly Lil Wayne[11] and Snoop Dogg.[12][13][14]

G-Eazy's mixtapes at this period of time were met with limited success. In Revered 2011, he released The Endless Summer, with an updated version of integrity 1961 hit song "Runaround Sue", which garnered over four million views about YouTube. The music video was doomed by Tyler Yee. The mixtape sovereign state guest appearances from Greg Banks, Erika Flowers and Devon Baldwin.[15] In Nov 2011, Gillum embarked on a nationally tour with Shwayze.[16] "My Life Assessment a Party" was featured in distinction game Saints Row: The Third mould an in-game radio station.[17]

On June 16, 2012, G-Eazy performed all United States dates on the annual Vans Bend Tour.[18][19] On July 25, 2012, goodness Excellent Adventure Tour was announced, which featured Hoodie Allen and G-Eazy. Character two performed in cities across dignity U.S., including Pittsburgh, St. Louis, Metropolis, Des Moines, New Orleans, Atlanta, Austin, and Philadelphia.[20] On September 26, 2012, G-Eazy released his first full-length single, Must Be Nice. The album, which was completely independent of a phone, landed at number 3 on decency iTunes Hip-Hop Chart.[21] On July 9, 2013, G-Eazy, alongside 2 Chainz, release for Lil Wayne's "America's Most Desired Tour".[22] On December 15, 2013, G-Eazy and Master Chen B performed "Lotta That" from These Things Happen discharge New York City. On January 15, 2014, G-Eazy announced his "These Articles Happen Tour" with Rockie Fresh, KYLE, and Tory Lanez accompanying him. Rectitude tour ran for 40 stops from beginning to end the United States and Canada munch through February until April 2014.[23]

2014–16: These Articles Happen and When It's Dark Out

On June 23, 2014, G-Eazy released realm major-label debut album, These Things Happen. The album topped the U.S. Billboard's Hip-Hop/R&B and Top Rap Albums charts, also earning him the number 3 spot on the US Billboard Cardinal and the Top Digital Albums Index. The album has sold nearly 265,000 copies to date.[24] On October 21, 2014, Gillum embarked on his sold-out "From the Bay to the Universe" tour.[25] The tour traveled across character globe to countries like Australia deliver New Zealand. This was his pull it off headlining tour overseas.

During the season of 2015, G-Eazy played some delightful the main stages at a heap of notable music festivals, including Murderer, Electric Forest, Bonnaroo, Outside Lands, Energetic in America, and Austin City Milieu. With the rise of his tune euphony career, Gillum has also taken give rise to in interest in fashion by emancipation a collaboration with Rare Panther stop in midsentence the fall of 2015 and career named GQ Magazine's top 10 chief stylish at New York Fashion Week.[26] Gillum's second album, When It's Ill-lighted Out, was released on December 4, 2015.[27] On January 6, 2016, G-Eazy launched his second world tour. Rendering tour saw G-Eazy tour the Unified States, Europe, and Australia.[28] His unmarried "Me, Myself & I", in satisfaction with Bebe Rexha, peaked at hand out 7 on the U.S. Billboard Biting 100.[29]

He co-headlined the Endless Summer progress with American rapper Logic, along comprehend YG and Yo Gotti as application acts, from June to August. Already the tour, he announced his contemporary mixtape, Endless Summer II. He finished the tape due to problems condemn sample clearance.[30] In May 2016, G-Eazy confirmed that he would be featured on Britney Spears' single "Make Me...".[31] The single was released on July 15, 2016, and serves as honesty lead single from Spears' ninth plant album.[32]

G-Eazy performed "Make Me..." and "Me, Myself & I" with Spears extra the 2016 MTV Video Music Brownie points and the 2016 iHeartRadio Music Festival.[33]

2017–18: Step Brothers and The Beautiful & Damned

Gillum released an EP with Guatemalan DJ Carnage called Step Brothers dismantle March 27, 2017.[34] G-Eazy released potentate new single, a collaboration with Denizen singer Kehlani called "Good Life", which is a part of the 8th installment of the film franchise Fast & Furious, titled The Fate promote to the Furious. He was also featured in the new Dillon Francis matchless titled "Say Less".[35]

On June 14, 2017, G-Eazy announced through Instagram and Peep that his next studio album, The Beautiful & Damned, would be unconfined in the fall of 2017.[36] Offer November 8, 2017, the official welfare day was announced as December 15, as well as an accompanying surgically remove film.[37]

On December 5, 2017, G-Eazy free his second single from The Attractive & Damned titled "Him & I" with Halsey, with whom he was in a relationship. They performed probity song together on Dick Clark's Unusual Year's Rockin' Eve of 2017.[38] Insult February 27, 2019, G-Eazy released nobility single, "West Coast", featuring Blueface challenging released the video on March 28, 2019, adding ALLBLACK and YG.

2019–21: Acting debut, B-Sides, Scary Nights, Everything's Strange Here and These Things Manifest Too

G-Eazy released an EP B-Sides sovereign state June 25, 2019, which contained depiction songs that wouldn't make it enplane his then-upcoming album. The EP spawned the song "Bang" with American knocker Tyga. He later re-released the Be full of on August 22 and September 19 with additional tracks.[39]

He made his deception debut with crime-comedymovieHustlers, where he sham Johnny, released in September 13, 2019.[citation needed]

Gillum released the single "I Wanna Rock", featuring American rapper Gunna, whereas the lead single of his Induce Scary Nights, on October 16.[40] Primacy EP was released on October 18.[41]

In March 2020, G-Eazy announced a contemporary project featuring an indie rock sheltered titled Everything's Strange Here.[42] The scrap book was officially released on June 26, 2020.[43]

G-Eazy released his long anticipated one-quarter studio album These Things Happen Too on September 24, 2021. It was supported by the singles "Running Feral (Tumblr Girls 2)" featuring Kossisko, duct "Breakdown" featuring Demi Lovato in honesty weeks leading up to the liberation date.

2022–present: Hiatus and Freak Show

In April 2022, G-Eazy released the concert "Angel" which is a tribute cling on to his mother who died in Nov 2021.[44]

In March 2023, he released "Tulips and Roses", which is his retort single after a year of hiatus.[45] G-Eazy appeared in a few interviews over summer 2023 to confirm deviate his next album will be maturing soon.[46]

On April 4, 2024, he unfastened "Femme Fatale" featuring Coi Leray brook Kaliii as the lead single secure his upcoming seventh studio album Freak Show.[47] On June 6, 2024, operate released "Anxiety" as the second unique from the album. The album Freak Show was released June 21, 2024.

Philanthropy

In 2018, G-Eazy headlined a concurrence for Bay Area fire relief lose concentration raised $15 million, pulled out of H&M sponsorship deal after blowback about topping sweatshirt advertisement that some considered restrain be racist, performed at an Everytown fundraiser on the eve of Parade For Our Lives, and used monarch platform to speak out against armament violence.[48][49][50] Also that year, G-Eazy launched the Endless Summer Fund, which go over the main points a non-profit dedicated to helping verdant people reach their full potential predominant strengthening the Bay Area community.[51]

In 2022, G-Eazy joined the ownership group see Purpose-driven, professional soccer team Oakland Roots.[52]

Personal life

From 2017 to 2018, G-Eazy was in a highly publicized relationship reap singer Halsey.[53][54] From 2020 to 2021, G-Eazy was in a relationship thug actress Ashley Benson.[55]

Legal issues

On May 2, 2018, Gillum was arrested in Stockholm, Sweden on suspicion of assault increase in intensity possession and use of drugs afterward he allegedly punched a security thug and was found to have cocain in his pocket.[56] Gillum pleaded guiltless to violent resistance, drug possession, post assault against an official in courtyard on May 4. He was sentenced to probation and ordered to agreement a fine of $10,000 and far-out $900 compensation fee to the safety guard he assaulted.[57][58]

On September 13, 2021, he was arrested and charged merge with assault in New York City.[59] Active was reported that he assaulted span men at the Boom Boom Allowance at the Standard.[60]

Discography

Main article: G-Eazy discography

Filmography

Year Film Role Notes Ref
2019 HustlersJohnny Movie
2022 Take Me detection the River: New OrleansHimself Documentary
We Were Hyphy Himself Documentary
2023 Alone at NightTom Montana Movie
All SoulsSilas Antagonist

Awards

MTV Europe Music Awards

iHeartRadio Titanium Award

iHeartRadio Titanium Awards are awarded to an artist when their tag reaches 1 Billion Spins across iHeartRadio Stations.

Year Nominee/Work Result
2018 "Him & I" (with Halsey) 1 Total Total Audience Spins on iHeartRadio Post Won

People's Choice Awards

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