“There's only so much you can do on a physical level trying to tour or pass out mixtapes. Although that matters, I realized that you can reach more people putting your music on Soundcloud and networking with blogs to write about you. It really comes back to the music and what you release.”

American rapper and singer-songwriter, born 1989

G-Eazy, born Gerald Earl Gillum, is an American rapper and singer-songwriter based in Oakland, California. He began his career in 2006 and came to wider attention with his major-label debut, These Things Happen, in 2014. Before signing with RCA Records, he released two studio albums on his own. These Things Happen reached number three on the Billboard 200, and the single "I Mean It" became his first Billboard Hot 100 entry and was certified triple platinum by the RIAA.