I see myself as a hip-hop artist, but I never wanted to make music for a specifically white audience. That's not what I grew up around.
I had a job since I was old enough to work - since I was, like, 14.
My mom was a single parent.
Touring is starting to feel more like home than home does.
When you're around somebody like E-40, all you can do is watch and learn, and soak up game.
Keeping in touch with the people that matter is important.
I hate picking out clothes.
I'm on Tumblr all the time.
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.
You have this ability in hip hop to be invincibly cool, and that is a part of G-Eazy.
I'm not on the radio all day long. I'm not on TV.
My whole career has been from scratch, so I never took it for granted that people care and support what I do.
Something I stand for is being brave enough to invest in creative ideas that I firmly believe in and bringing those to life.
It was inspiring to see local legends like E-40 and Keak da Sneak break out with 'Tell Me When to Go.'
Music isn't selling like it used to, but the one thing you can't steal or download is a live show experience or a T-shirt.
Touring is a tough plane to get off the ground, and it takes a lot of hard work and a lot of investments.
The thing is, I've always wanted to be a star. I've always wanted to be an Elvis Presley or a Tupac - like, a huge icon.
The gatekeepers don't control the gates, and the powers that be aren't as powerful.
The Bay area made me who I am, and it only felt right to go back there.
Performing music live, there's a certain magic to it.
New money is something fun to celebrate if you never had it.
My mom would always play me a lot of late-'50s, late-'60s rock.
My friends put me on to Mobb Deep when I was a little kid. I've always been a big fan.
Music is only special when it's coming from a genuine place - it's just energy trapped in a bottle.
Much respect to Eminem - he's the greatest.
London, from the architecture to the culture to the fashion to the accents, feels like it's a special place.
