When Gillum was in the first grade, his mother left his father, an associate professor of art at CSU Fresno. Gillum moved in with his grandparents in Berkeley, California, where he attended Berkeley High School. They later moved to North Oakland, although Gillum continued to attend school in Berkeley. Gillum attended Loyola University New Orleans, where he graduated with a BA in music industry studies in 2011.
Starting out as a record producer, G-Eazy began working on singles while he was still a student at the Loyola University at New Orleans with his producer Christoph Andersson who also was a student there.[4][5] He gained some recognition for being a part of the new hip hop scene back in the East Bay Area, joining with such artists as Lil B, Crohn and The Cataracs.[6][7] He became a member of a local hip hop group called "The Bay Boyz", who had released several songs on their Myspace page.[8]
In 2008, he was performing at a college talent show and was nearly booed off, when Matt Bauerschmidt noticed him and signed him as a client to his new music management company The Revels Group which he started with Matt Davis.
In 2010, G-Eazy was given an opportunity to open for some well-known artists, most notably Lil Wayne and Snoop Dogg.
G-Eazy's mixtapes at this period of time were met with limited success. In August 2011, he released The Endless Summer, with an updated version of the 1961 hit song "Runaround Sue", which garnered over four million views via YouTube. The music video was directed by Tyler Yee. The mixtape features guest appearances from Greg Banks, Erika Flowers, and Devon Baldwin. In November 2011, Gillum embarked on a nationwide tour with Shwayze. "My Life Is a Party" was featured in the game Saints Row: The Third on an in-game radio station.
On June 16, 2012, G-Eazy performed all United States dates on the annual Vans Warped Tour. On July 25, 2012, the Excellent Adventure Tour was announced, which featured Hoodie Allen and G-Eazy. The two performed in cities across the U.S., including Pittsburgh, St. Louis, Columbus, Des Moines, New Orleans, Atlanta, Austin, and Philadelphia. On September 26, 2012, G-Eazy released his first full-length album, Must Be Nice. The album, which was completely independent of a label, landed at number 3 on the iTunes Hip-Hop Chart. On July 9, 2013, G-Eazy, alongside 2 Chainz, opened for Lil Wayne's "America's Most Wanted Tour". On December 15, 2013, G-Eazy and Master Chen B performed "Lotta That" from These Things Happen in New York City. On January 15, 2014, G-Eazy announced his "These Things Happen Tour" with Rockie Fresh, KYLE, and Tory Lanez accompanying him. The tour ran for 40 stops throughout the United States and Canada from February until April 2014.
On June 23, 2014, G-Eazy released his major-label debut album, These Things Happen. The album topped the US Billboard's Hip-Hop/R&B and Top Rap Albums charts, also earning him the number 3 spot on the US Billboard 200 and the Top Digital Albums Chart. The album has sold nearly 265,000 copies to date. On October 21, 2014, Gillum embarked on his sold-out "From the Bay to the Universe" tour. The tour traveled across the globe to countries like Australia and New Zealand. This was his first headlining tour overseas.
During the summer of 2015, G-Eazy played some of the main stages at a series of notable music festivals, including Lollapalooza, Electric Forest, Bonnaroo, Outside Lands, Made in America, and Austin City Limits. With the rise of his music career, Gillum has also taken up an interest in fashion by releasing a collaboration with Rare Panther in the fall of 2015 and being named GQ Magazine's top 10 most stylish at New York Fashion Week. Gillum's second album, When It's Dark Out, was released on December 4, 2015. On January 6, 2016, G-Eazy launched his second world tour. The tour saw G-Eazy tour the United States, Europe, and Australia. His single "Me, Myself & I", in collaboration with Bebe Rexha, peaked at number 7 on the US Billboard Hot 100.
He co-headlined the Endless Summer tour with American rapper Logic, along with YG and Yo Gotti as supporting acts, from June to August. Before the tour, he announced his mixtape, Endless Summer II. He canceled the tape due to problems with sample clearance. In May 2016, G-Eazy confirmed that he would be featured on Britney Spears' single "Make Me...". The single was released on July 15, 2016, and serves as the lead single from Spears' ninth studio album.
G-Eazy performed "Make Me..." and "Me, Myself & I" with Spears at the 2016 MTV Video Music Awards and the 2016 iHeartRadio Music Festival. Gillum released an EP with Guatemalan DJ Carnage called Step Brothers on March 27, 2017. G-Eazy released his new single, a collaboration with American singer Kehlani called "Good Life", which is a part of the eighth installment of the film franchise Fast & Furious, titled The Fate of the Furious. He was also featured in the new Dillon Francis single titled "Say Less".
On June 14, 2017, G-Eazy announced through Instagram and Twitter that his next studio album, The Beautiful & Damned, would be released in the fall of 2017. On November 8, 2017, the official release day was announced as December 15, as well as an accompanying short film.
On December 5, 2017, G-Eazy released his second single from The Beautiful & Damned titled "Him & I" with Halsey, with whom he was in a relationship. They performed the song together on Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve of 2017. On February 27, 2019, G-Eazy released the single, "West Coast", featuring Blueface, and released the video on March 28, 2019, adding ALLBLACK and YG.\\G-Eazy released an EP B-Sides on June 25, 2019, which contained the songs that wouldn't make it onto his then-upcoming album. The EP spawned the song "Bang" with American rapper Tyga. He later re-released the EP on August 22 and September 19 with additional tracks.
Gillum released the single "I Wanna Rock", featuring American rapper Gunna, as the lead single of his EP Scary Nights, on October 16. The EP was released on October 18. In March 2020, G-Eazy announced a new project featuring an indie rock sound titled Everything's Strange Here. The album was officially released on June 26, 2020.
G-Eazy released his long-anticipated fourth studio album These Things Happen Too on September 24, 2021. It was supported by the singles "Running Wild (Tumblr Girls 2)" featuring Kossisko, and "Breakdown" featuring Demi Lovato in the weeks leading up to the release date.
In 2018, G-Eazy headlined a concert for Bay Area fire relief that raised $15 million, pulled out of an H&M sponsorship deal after blowback about a sweatshirt advertisement that some considered to be racist, performed at an Everytown fundraiser on the eve of March For Our Lives, and used his platform to speak out against gun violence. Also that year, G-Eazy launched the Endless Summer Fund, which is a non-profit dedicated to helping young people reach their full potential and strengthening the Bay Area community.
In 2022, G-Eazy joined the ownership group of the Purpose-driven, professional soccer team Oakland Roots.
Lost In Translation
G-Eazy Lyrics
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They make their assumptions but they never sit down to hash it out and talk with me
Gets me worked up every time like a coffee bean
Twist my lines you raunchy teens
You screwed my life with your gossiping
If you don't care then why in the world are you stalking me?
One hand and it feels like praise, when we dapping or when we handshake
But on the other and it feels so fake, like you don't even know my name
My name is Blake, nice to meet you
If you thinking I'm a burden well I agree too
In my heart it is burning with a side of seafood
It feels a little fishy when I stop to please you
Leave me alone, get out of my face bro leave me alone
Leave me alone, get out of my face bro leave me alone
Never be loving again they telling me that I should try
It is a miserable cause, I'm saying goodbye
Goodbye, sayonara
In my mind I've been kinda slaughtered
Leave the carcass undefined and altered and remove the organs to a shrine of falter
It is roadkill, hold still, there is no salvation
Should of thought about the consequence but you got lost in translation, damn
Got lost in translation, damn
You got lost in translation, damn
You got lost in translation
You got lost in translation
Disconnecting from communication
Everything I say it gets lost in translation
Really doesn't pay anymore it's quite amazing
Never talk to friends only talking to a stranger
Feeling like my words are in a permanent hex
The way it's getting turned is seeming like a curse or it's blessed
Getting scorned all the roasts in turn are burning my flesh
It's hard to push the motive further I deserve to get next
I deserve to be in a bottomless pit
My mind is captured in a box like I'm Roddy but rich
Is not describing me you pussies are devising a list
To drag me down into a spiral leave me crying and shit
Not abercrombie and fitch but I'm getting worn out
They see me torn down, I'll face the music bitch I'm reaching more clout
It's pessimistic but I've gone a distance hope it turns out
That people saw all my lyrics and didn't translate them into something that they shouldn't be
Never thought about change
Every single day is a guessing game, ohh
Cause now you're all the same
Everything I say gets lost in translation
Never thought about change
Every single day is a guessing game, ohh
Cause now you're all the same
Everything I say gets lost in translation
The distance that i've gone is misdirected intercoms
I'm getting twisted to these songs to try and wish away my wrongs
Every time I get notoriety I'm praying that a child will see it as so inspiring
Wanna build a dynasty but my friends are giving me anxiety
Clowning all my milestones entirely
I see it as some irony because I'll say the same shit to them
But flip the script and then it feels like it is shots at me
Make a joke and they'll think that I'm pompous
Maybe it's my insecurities tryna overcompensate for garbage
Or maybe they think I'm retarded, or just like the thought of it
Barricade the jealousy disguising you're self conscious
Ego filled society we'll never get along
Everywhere I go I carry a rosetta stone
Leave in my solo wanna be left alone
No one can be hurt in this little zone
Never thought about change
Every single day is a guessing game, ohh
Cause now you're all the same
Everything I say gets lost in translation
Never thought about change
Every single day is a guessing game, ohh
Cause now you're all the same
Everything I say gets lost in translation
In "Lost In Translation," G-Eazy talks about the feeling of being misunderstood and ignored by people. The first verse speaks of how people always make assumptions and gossip behind his back without actually taking the time to talk to him. This frustrates him and makes him feel worked up like a coffee bean. He continues to talk about how some people pretend to be friendly and praise him in front of others, but they do not even make an effort to know his name. G-Eazy is tired of his words and efforts being lost in translation and not being understood by those around him. In the second verse, G-Eazy talks about how every time he gains notoriety or success, it only brings him anxiety and not appreciation. He talks about how his friends clown his efforts and milestones entirely, and he sees this as ironic because he always supports them. He concludes by saying that he wants to be left alone and that he doesn't want to interact with an ego-filled society that he will never get along with.
This song highlights the frustration that comes with feeling misunderstood and not appreciated, regardless of how much effort we put in. It's a relatable feeling that many people go through, not just celebrities like G-Eazy. The song's high-energy beat and catchy chorus enhance the emotions G-Eazy is expressing in the lyrics.
Line by Line Meaning
Strangers talking to awfully
People who don't know me make negative assumptions about me
They make their assumptions but they never sit down to hash it out and talk with me
People make assumptions about me without actually talking to me to learn the truth
Gets me worked up every time like a coffee bean
The assumptions people make about me make me very upset, like how coffee beans get energized from heat
Twist my lines you raunchy teens
People are twisting and misinterpreting what I say, just like raunchy teenagers would
You screwed my life with your gossiping
Your gossiping has negatively affected my life and my reputation
If you don't care then why in the world are you stalking me?
If you don't care about me or what I do, then why are you still following me and paying attention to my business?
One hand and it feels like praise, when we dapping or when we handshake
Sometimes when people give me a friendly handshake or dap, it feels like they're showing me respect and praising me
But on the other and it feels so fake, like you don't even know my name
Other times, people are being fake with their pleasantries and don't really know or care about me personally
My name is Blake, nice to meet you
Just in case you don't know my name, it's Blake and it's nice to make your acquaintance
If you thinking I'm a burden well I agree too
If you think I'm a burden, I agree that I can be a lot to handle
In my heart it is burning with a side of seafood
The negative attention and assumptions people make about me are causing a lot of emotional pain
It feels a little fishy when I stop to please you
When I try to please everyone, it feels suspicious and insincere
Leave me alone, get out of my face bro leave me alone
I'm tired of people bothering me and want them to leave me alone
Never be loving again they telling me that I should try
People are telling me to try to love again, but I don't think I can or want to
It is a miserable cause, I'm saying goodbye
Trying to love again is not worth it and I'm saying goodbye to that idea
Goodbye, sayonara
Goodbye forever
In my mind I've been kinda slaughtered
Mentally, I feel like I've been attacked and defeated
Leave the carcass undefined and altered and remove the organs to a shrine of falter
I'm leaving behind the hurt and taking only the positive parts of myself to a place of improvement
It is roadkill, hold still, there is no salvation
The negative parts of me will be left behind like roadkill and there is no redemption or saving them
Should of thought about the consequence but you got lost in translation, damn
People should have thought about the consequences of their actions, but they didn't understand the situation and got it wrong, which is frustrating
Got lost in translation, damn
They didn't understand the situation and it caused problems
Disconnecting from communication
I'm disconnecting from people and communication
Everything I say it gets lost in translation
People always misunderstand and misinterpret what I say
Really doesn't pay anymore it's quite amazing
Trying to communicate with people doesn't pay off anymore and it's surprising
Never talk to friends only talking to a stranger
I don't talk to my friends anymore, only strangers
Feeling like my words are in a permanent hex
I feel like my words are cursed and it's impossible to make anyone understand me
The way it's getting turned is seeming like a curse or it's blessed
People are turning my words into something that's either very negative or very positive
Getting scorned all the roasts in turn are burning my flesh
People are making fun of me and their jokes feel like they're hurting me physically
It's hard to push the motive further I deserve to get next
It's difficult to keep trying to communicate when no one understands me and I deserve to move on to something else
I deserve to be in a bottomless pit
I feel like I deserve to be punished and suffer endlessly
My mind is captured in a box like I'm Roddy but rich
My thoughts feel trapped like I'm in a box, similar to how the Rat Pack's Rodney Dangerfield was, except I have wealth and success
Is not describing me you pussies are devising a list
People are making a list of things that aren't true about me
To drag me down into a spiral leave me crying and shit
They're trying to bring me down and it's making me upset
Not abercrombie and fitch but I'm getting worn out
I'm not a brand like Abercrombie and Fitch, but people are still using and abusing me until I'm worn out
They see me torn down, I'll face the music bitch I'm reaching more clout
People see me as defeated, but I'm still making music and gaining fame
It's pessimistic but I've gone a distance hope it turns out
I'm being negative, but I hope that all the work I've put in will pay off
That people saw all my lyrics and didn't translate them into something that they shouldn't be
I hope people understand my lyrics and don't misinterpret them
The distance that i've gone is misdirected intercoms
The progress I've made has been misdirected and wasted
I'm getting twisted to these songs to try and wish away my wrongs
I'm putting all my emotions into my music and hoping to forget the mistakes I've made
Every time I get notoriety I'm praying that a child will see it as so inspiring
When I get famous, I hope that children will see me as an inspiration
Wanna build a dynasty but my friends are giving me anxiety
I want to build a successful career, but my friends are causing me stress and worry
Clowning all my milestones entirely
They're making fun of all my achievements and successes
I see it as some irony because I'll say the same shit to them
It's ironic because I talk to them the same way they talk to me
But flip the script and then it feels like it is shots at me
When they talk to me the same way I talk to them, it feels like they're attacking me
Make a joke and they'll think that I'm pompous
If I make a joke, they'll think I'm being arrogant or conceited
Maybe it's my insecurities tryna overcompensate for garbage
Maybe I'm only acting that way because I'm insecure and trying to compensate for my flaws
Or maybe they think I'm retarded, or just like the thought of it
Maybe they think I'm stupid or they like the idea of thinking that way
Barricade the jealousy disguising you're self conscious
They're covering up their jealousy by acting like they don't care, but really, they're self-conscious
Ego filled society we'll never get along
In a society that's full of egos, we'll never be able to get along
Everywhere I go I carry a rosetta stone
I'm always carrying a translation tool with me, so I can communicate better with people who don't speak my language or understand me
Leave in my solo wanna be left alone
I want to be alone and left to myself
No one can be hurt in this little zone
In this zone of isolation, I can't be hurt by anyone
Never thought about change
I never considered changing myself or the way I act
Every single day is a guessing game, ohh
Every day is unpredictable and I don't know what will happen
Cause now you're all the same
Everyone is becoming the same and blending in, losing their individuality
Everything I say gets lost in translation
No matter what I say, people always misunderstand me or misinterpret my words
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Written by: Adam Clinch, Blake Grossman
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