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.
Nothing To Me
G-Eazy Lyrics
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No, it ain't nothing to me
You talking loud 'cause I'm not around
Yeah, that's something to see
Say I'm the man and I'm winning now
That shit ain't nothing to me
And all these hunnids that I'm pulling out
It's a lot to you but ain't nothing to me
But it ain't nothing to me
It's a lot to you, it's a lot to you
But it ain't nothing to me
You dipped a toe inside that water while I'm chest high
Explains all this basicness that you get impressed by
Tall and lanky so I'm not even a flex guy
Commercial melodies to pay to have them jets fly
No more coach and until the day I die stiff
I am at a level most of y'all be satisfied with
Want some advice well here's my gift,
You're falling off you should go speed up the process
Go somewhere and find a high cliff
Oh, it's all coming back to me now
You saw me hot and got sour now you're actually foul
Time is money I ain't wasting none, it has to be now
The word legend's thrown around so causally now
I want it all, pardon my manners
But you've done nothing that matters
Maybe I am not understanding your standards
See we measured in the money that you made, short
It's not the same league, it's not even the same sport, now
People talk, it's just word of mouth
No, it ain't nothing to me
You talking loud 'cause I'm not around
Yeah, that's something to see
Say I'm the man and I'm winning now
That shit ain't nothing to me
And all these hunnids that I'm pulling out
It's a lot to you but ain't nothing to me
It's a lot to you, it's a lot to you
But it ain't nothing to me
It's a lot to you, it's a lot to you
But it ain't nothing to me
And I remember I was stacking money
Though I wanted clothes and Jordans, leather jacket money
Now I want tobacco money
Where everything you sell, they keep on coming back to money
And I ain't even close to got-it-yet, don't get confused
But everybody got choices, you can pick and choose
These people disrespect the game until it gets abused
They saying Gerald's 'bout to kill 'em, but this isn't news
See, you're a player in the game, but playing different rules
You're struggling, guess we'll just wait to see if this improves
You had a chance at the dance, but was missing queues
You couldn't get the steps down, 'cause these are different moves
Pay attention, life is like a dice game, and your life is like a bike lane
There's more to buy then just a nice chain
New flavor for you 'cause your life's plain
A day inside the life with us could make your life change, yeah
People talk, it's just word of mouth
No, it ain't nothing to me
You talking loud 'cause I'm not around
Yeah, that's something to see
Say I'm the man and I'm winning now
That shit ain't nothing to me
And all these hunnids that I'm pulling out
It's a lot to you but ain't nothing to me
It's a lot to you, it's a lot to you
But it ain't nothing to me
It's a lot to you, it's a lot to you
But it ain't nothing to me
'Cause when you used to it, other people ain't used to it
They only copy when you do do it
'Cause when you used to it, other people ain't used to it
They only copy when you do do it
I'm the realest in it, but y'all don't show it
But in the back of y'all mind, y'all motherfucker's know it
I'm a poet with versatility, Biggie gave me 0 visibility
I wish him and the homie Pac was still alive
If they was, rap would be more live
But they not, so I'm filling in they space
Rap game Mount Rushmore, they carving out my face
I done seen fly by nights on the cover of source and XXL
Me and hip-hop thought about getting divorced and that's for real
But I stay loyal to the broad that saved my life, my wife
If it wasn't for rap, I would've crapped out on the dice
People talk, it's just word of mouth
No, it ain't nothing to me
You talking loud 'cause I'm not around
Yeah, that's something to see
Say I'm the man and I'm winning now
That shit ain't nothing to me
And all these hunnids that I'm pulling out
It's a lot to you but ain't nothing to me
It's a lot to you, it's a lot to you
But it ain't nothing to me
It's a lot to you, it's a lot to you
But it ain't nothing to me
In the song "Nothing to Me," G-Eazy, Keyshia Cole, and E-40 address the issue of people talking behind their backs about their success and achievements. The lyrics emphasize that even though people may talk, it does not affect them in any way since they are already established and do not care about others' opinions. The chorus emphasizes this point, stating that people talk, but it is just word of mouth, and it is not anything to them.
G-Eazy's verse emphasizes his journey in the music industry, starting from stacking money to buy clothes and Jordans and now wanting tobacco money. He also states that people disrespect the game until it gets abused and that he is playing by different rules, and those who cannot keep up will fall behind. The lyrics also point out that life is unpredictable, and one has to be prepared to change their ways to stay ahead.
E-40's verse, on the other hand, focuses on his place in rap history and how it has affected his career. He claims that he is the realest in the game, but people do not recognize it, and they only copy him when he has achieved something. He also regrets that icons like Tupac and Biggie Smalls are no longer alive, and their absence has affected the rap industry.
Line by Line Meaning
People talk, it's just word of mouth
The things others say about me are just rumors and don't affect me.
No, it ain't nothing to me
I don't care what people say about me because it doesn't matter.
You talking loud 'cause I'm not around
People only talk behind my back because they are afraid to face me.
Yeah, that's something to see
It's interesting to see how people behave when they think I'm not around.
Say I'm the man and I'm winning now
Others may think that I'm successful, but this doesn't validate my worth.
That shit ain't nothing to me
I'm not impressed by people's opinions of me, as my success is self-defined.
And all these hunnids that I'm pulling out
The money that I have may seem like a lot to some, but it doesn't define me.
It's a lot to you but ain't nothing to me
Just because others value money highly, doesn't mean I do.
You dipped a toe inside that water while I'm chest high
Others may have a small level of success, but I am far more experienced and successful.
Explains all this basicness that you get impressed by
The things that others find impressive are unimpressive to me because they lack uniqueness or substance.
Tall and lanky so I'm not even a flex guy
I don't need to show off or flaunt my success because it's not a defining factor for me.
Commercial melodies to pay to have them jets fly
My success may bring me material things like private jets, but they are not what truly matters to me.
No more coach and until the day I die stiff
I've moved beyond the basics of life and will continue to strive for better until I die.
I am at a level most of y'all be satisfied with
Others may think my level of success is impressive, but it's merely a stepping stone for me.
Want some advice well here's my gift
I have advice to give based on my experience and success.
You're falling off you should go speed up the process
If someone is losing their success or stagnating, they need to work harder to keep improving.
Go somewhere and find a high cliff
If someone is not willing to work hard for their success, they should just quit and find something else to do.
Oh, it's all coming back to me now
I remember what it was like to struggle for success and how far I've come since then.
You saw me hot and got sour now you're actually foul
Some people were envious of my success and turned against me because of it.
Time is money I ain't wasting none, it has to be now
I am driven to succeed and won't waste any time in doing so.
The word legend's thrown around so causally now
The term 'legend' is used too much and has lost its significance.
I want it all, pardon my manners
I am ambitious and strive to achieve everything I can, even if it seems impossible to others.
But you've done nothing that matters
Some people have not achieved anything noteworthy or impactful in their lives.
Maybe I am not understanding your standards
I don't understand how someone can be content with a life of mediocrity.
See we measured in the money that you made, short
Many people only value success based on the amount of money earned, which is a shallow perspective.
It's not the same league, it's not even the same sport, now
Comparing levels of success is pointless when they are in completely different fields or industries.
And I remember I was stacking money
I worked hard to earn my success, even if it meant sacrificing things I wanted in the moment like clothes or sneakers.
Though I wanted clothes and Jordans, leather jacket money
Despite wanting material things, I still prioritized my finances towards building my success.
Now I want tobacco money
My goals have shifted from wanting material things to wanting to build long-term wealth and financial stability.
Where everything you sell, they keep on coming back to money
The success I pursue will not only come from making money, but also building a loyal following and reputation.
And I ain't even close to got-it-yet, don't get confused
Despite my success so far, I still have a long way to go and won't let complacency set in.
But everybody got choices, you can pick and choose
Everyone has the power to choose their own path in life and what success means to them.
These people disrespect the game until it gets abused
Some people only value a field or industry once it's been exploited and overused.
They saying Gerald's 'bout to kill 'em, but this isn't news
Others may be threatened by my ambition and success, but this is nothing new to me.
See, you're a player in the game, but playing different rules
Some people may be succeeding, but they are not playing by the same standards as me or others.
You're struggling, guess we'll just wait to see if this improves
For those struggling to achieve success, time will tell if they are able to improve and reach their goals.
You had a chance at the dance, but was missing queues
Some people had opportunities to succeed, but failed to take advantage of them due to poor decisions or strategy.
You couldn't get the steps down, 'cause these are different moves
Some people may not be able to achieve success because they are unfamiliar with the methods and strategies needed to do so.
Pay attention, life is like a dice game, and your life is like a bike lane
Life is unpredictable like a game of chance, and your level of success may be based on the environment or circumstances you are in.
There's more to buy then just a nice chain
Success means more than just buying material possessions to show off to others.
New flavor for you 'cause your life's plain
Some people may be stuck in a monotonous or unfulfilling life, and need a new perspective to achieve success.
A day inside the life with us could make your life change, yeah
Being around successful people may inspire others to make changes in their lives and pursue success.
'Cause when you used to it, other people ain't used to it
Once someone achieves success, it may seem normal to them, but others may still be impressed by it.
They only copy when you do do it
When someone achieves success, others may try to emulate them in hopes of achieving success themselves.
I'm the realest in it, but y'all don't show it
Despite my authenticity and realness, others may not recognize or appreciate it.
But in the back of y'all mind, y'all motherfucker's know it
Despite not showing it, others may still recognize my authenticity and success in the back of their minds.
I'm a poet with versatility, Biggie gave me 0 visibility
Despite my talent and versatility, I may not have the same level of visibility or recognition as other successful artists.
I wish him and the homie Pac was still alive
I respect and admire the late Notorious B.I.G. and Tupac, and wish they were still alive to inspire new artists and fans.
If they was, rap would be more live
If Notorious B.I.G. and Tupac were still alive, the rap genre would still be evolving and growing with their contributions.
But they not, so I'm filling in they space
Since Notorious B.I.G. and Tupac are no longer alive, I am continuing their legacy and contributing to the genre they helped shape.
Rap game Mount Rushmore, they carving out my face
I aspire to be remembered as one of the most iconic and influential figures in the history of rap music.
I done seen fly by nights on the cover of source and XXL
Some people have achieved success quickly and temporarily by getting featured on popular media platforms like Source and XXL.
Me and hip-hop thought about getting divorced and that's for real
At times, I've struggled to balance my love for hip-hop and achieving success in the industry, and may have considered leaving it altogether.
But I stay loyal to the broad that saved my life, my wife
Despite the challenges of the rap industry, I remain committed to pursuing it and contributing to the genre that has given me so much success and fulfillment.
If it wasn't for rap, I would've crapped out on the dice
Rap music has provided me with opportunities for success and fulfillment that I may not have found otherwise in life.
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
Written by: Christoph Andersson, Daniel Johnson, Earl Stevens, Gerald Gillum, Glenda Proby, Keisha Cole, Paris Jones, Vinay Vyas
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
@gombcarlos
Holy fuck that first verse broke everything down, G doesn't want to stop he wants nothing but the world. Music like his can earn it.
@goatproduxionsreacts7195
Keyshia cole is fire with her part.
@fares3550
People: "WHY IS HE POSTING IT AT 3 AM?"
G-Eazy: "When its dark out"
@Bioxed
+Fares Lutfi You read another persons joke and now you're like I'll just copy it and get likes.
@thicktoploader
+Bioxed plus it's not even dark out and anyone with a brain cell would know his album dropped like 14 hours ago and that's why he did it
@Bioxed
CRAZYCLOWN97
exactly
@kemiadekoya1576
+Fares Lutfi in America, in England it was 8 am sooooo i was in school
@daigejoshuabertucci9420
its because his album came out right on the 4th and they follow the time
@LoP3Z818
The songs on this album are completely perfect. The collaborations only make it so much better, the songs wouldn't be what they are without the featuring artists.
@casperrrrrrrr
it would be fine without them tbh