G-Eazy is tired, grateful and grounded. He's also huge
by Allison Stewart, Chicago Tribune
Mar 12, 2018
3 minutes
G-Eazy is tired.
Five years ago, when the Tribune first interviewed him, he was cheerful and talkative, an optimistic, up-and-coming rapper crafting a strange and alluring mix of sample-heavy '50s greaser shtick and West Coast rap.
It's been a long five years: During that time, G-Eazy, born Gerald Gillum and raised in Oakland, Calif., signed to a major label and released three Top 10 albums (the latest, the Fitzgerald-inspired fame lamentation "The Beautiful & Damned," dropped in December). He worked hard, toured constantly
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