Gerald Earl Gillum

American rap artist G-Eazy began life as Gerald Gillum, born in Oakland, California in 1989. He started out as a record producer whilst still at university in New Orleans and began performing and building up credibility as a performer in the east bay hip-hop scene associating with fellow artists such as Lil B and The Cataracts. Gillum's early mixtapes had very limited success until he recorded 'The Endless Summer' in 2011. It was released as a giveaway in order to promote Gillum's work and it contained a reworking of Dion's hit single 'Runaround Sue' with an accompanying video directed by Tyler Yee. The song garnered over four million YouTube views and kick-started Gillum's rap career.In 2014 he released his major label debut album, a collection of 16 tracks titled 'These Things Happen'. The album topped the Billboard Hip-Hop Charts, went to number three on the Billboard 200 and was certified platinum in the process.Although Gillum is a successful hip-hop artist, his off-stage life has been been marred by controversy including an incident in 2018 when he was found guilty of assaulting a security guard in Sweden as well as being in possession of narcotics. © ©Copyright Music Story 2020