G-Eazy Net Worth (Updated 2023) – Bio Overview

G-Eazy is an American rapper, songwriter, and record producer from Oakland who has a net worth of $12 Million US as of 2023. His real name is Gerald Earl Gillum, better known by his celebrated name G-Eazy. He established himself as one of the most popular hip-hop artists in the world.

Eazy immediately grabbed the attention of several popular labels just after he started his music career. He rose to fame after the release of his first major-label album called, These Things Happen in 2014. The project was commercially successful reaching number three on the US Billboard 200.

The rapper has collaborated with many high-profile artists such as Cardi B, Bebe Rexha, Britany Spears, A$AP Rocky, Big Sean, as well as his ex-girlfriend Halsey. The album features a hit single titled I Mean It which also hit the charts peaking at number five on the US Billboard 200. He has received numerous awards for hit singles and albums throughout his career. 

Net Worth 2023

Early Life

Gerald Earl Gillum was born on the 24th of May 1989 in Oakland, California to parents of Ukrainian ancestry. His father Edward Gillum a professor of art at California State University located in Fresno and his mother Suzanne Olmsted was an artist and a teacher. He also has a younger brother named James who is a musician.

His father had an affair when Gerald was in his first grade, from where his parents were divorced and he his brother and his mother moved to Berkeley, California to live with his grandparents. His mother then worked two jobs as a teacher to keep food on the table.

Early Career

He later relocated to North Oakland where he attended Berkley high school where a group of his peers had a Billboard hit titled Vans as the Hip Hop act known as The Pack. From there he began making mixtapes at home with the aid of a $150 microphone and a free internet program at the time.

He sold his mixtape for $5 a pop along with Telegraph Avenue. He started doing a job at Mcdonald’s when he was just 14 years old. Gerald smoked weed for the first time at the age of 12 or 13 and got drunk with a bunch of college kids for the first time when he was in the 8th grade.

After school, Gerald enrolled at Loyola University. He took production, marketing, and business classes before graduating with a BA in Music Industry Studies in 2011.

Beginning

Gerald initially started rapping under the name Generic and later Young Gerald. His sound was influenced by the rowdy style of hip-hop from Northern California but he later chose to slow down the pace and adopt additional Southern bounce music. 

He had released several songs on their Myspace page. G-Eazy put them with several mixtapes including “The Tipping Point” (2008) “Sikkis on the Planet” and “Quarantine” both in 2009. That same year he released a download-only LP called “The Epidemic”.

By 2011 G-Eazy was scraping by as a student but all his work online and his touring started to bring him some attention. His songs Waspy and Candy Girl had received 400,000 plays on his Myspace page. As his reputation had grown he was offered spots to open for acts including Lil Wayne, Snoop Dogg, and Drake.

Breakthrough

G-Eazy began his music career by releasing his first mixtape, The Bay Boyz, in 2009. He then released two more mixtapes, The Outsider and The Endless Summer, before signing with record label RCA Records in 2012. The mixtape called The Endless Summer featured the hit single Runaround Sue which is an updated version of Dion DiMucci’s 1961 single. 

In the very next year, G-Eazy’s full-length debut album Must Be Nice came out which hit the Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop album chart peaking at number 33. He then embarked on his first overseas tour “From the Bay to the Universe” which included dates in Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. He recorded the entire tour through his YouTube channel.

Eazy’s second album, When It’s Dark Out was dropped in 2015 with guests including Big Seann, E-40, Chris Brown, Bebe Rexha, and Keisha Cole. It debuted at #5 on the Billboard chart and was certified platinum. Its lead single Me, Myself & I (with Bebe Rexha) reached number seven on the Billboard Hot 100 Chart, becoming his first top 10 single. 

Further Success

Eazy’s singles “Me, Myself & I” and “No Limit” have both been certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America. In early 2017 he dropped a single Good Life which came out from Britney Spears’ 9th album and was a collaboration with singer Kehlani. The song quickly went viral on YouTube and garnered over 13 million views within the first month.

On December 15, 2017, G-Eazy released his third album titled The Beautiful & Damned, reaching number three on the US Billboard 200. The album included the hit track No Limit (ft. ASAP Rocky and Cardi B) which hit several charts peaking at number four on the US Billboard Hot 100.

In late 2021 G-Eazy dropped his fourth album These Things Happen Too, which contains tracks like Running Wild (Tumblr Girls 2) and Breakdown with Demi Lovato. In 2018, G-Eazy was named one of Forbes’ “30 Under 30” in the category of music. He has also been nominated for several awards including BET Awards and MTV Video Music Awards. 

Other Ventures

After completing high school graduation his mom allowed him to have his friends come over to record music at the house. There was some drinking and weed smoking going on during his recording sessions but his mom allowed it.

Gerald’s mother was a big supporter of his musical pursuits, growing up she introduced him to classics like the Beatles, Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash, and some other stars. He cites Kanye West, Tupac, E40, and Mac Dre, Lil Wayne, as some of his earliest influences.

He did his first tour during the summer break of 2009 and he traveled from town to town via car. Although he wasn’t able to socialize with the headline acts outside of the shows, the affiliation allowed him to make move to the next level.

Around this time G-Eazy flew out to LA and had meetings with RCA. He was about to get signed but then RCA went cold on him and he was left in LA going what the hell just happened, he had no deal, no flight back home and he was getting threats from his professors that he was going flunk out of school.

G-Eazy also collaborated with various artists including Cardi B, A$AP Rocky, Snoop Dogg, MGK, E-40, Keyshia Cole, Britney Spears, Yo Gotti, Logic, and Halsey.

Legal Issues

Apart from having success in the music industry, G-Eazy faced a lot of troubles while growing up he found himself arrested on May 2, 2018, n suspicion of assault, possession, and use of drugs in Stockholm, Sweden. He was charged after allegedly punching a security guard and was caught having cocaine in his pocket.

On May 4 Eazy pleaded guilty to drug possession, violent resistance, and attack against an official in court. He found himself behind the bars and was sentenced to probation. G-Eazy was ordered to pay a fine of 10,000 dollars and a 900 dollars compensation fee to the security guard he attacked.

Then he was gained arrested in late 2021 and charged with assault in New York City. It was revealed that while at the Boom Boom Room at the Standard, he assaulted two men. 

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Real Estate

The rapper G-Eazy owns a comfortably luxurious house located in one of the posh areas in Los Angeles, California. The house has cozy, functional spaces flowing together in “Gerryland” – his hillside home base – where a musical instrument is never far away and the walls are decorated with the artwork of friends and family members.

The mansion has a saltwater pool which is essentially a massive hot tub with an unobstructed view of L.A. A two-story guest house was converted into a professional-grade recording studio and lounge where G-Eazy recorded the majority of his new album and tracks.

Car

G-Eazy is fond of luxurious cars and he owns various expensive supercars including “Aston Martin One 77” “Ferrari F12 Berlinetta” “Ferrari 488 SPIDER” “Lamborghini Aventador” “Rolls Royce Ghost” “Ford Mustang” “Mercedes G Wagon” and some others.

G-Eazy Net Worth

As of 2023, G-Eazy’s Net Worth is estimated to be around $12 million. He is one of the most popular rappers in the music industry and has dropped numerous hit tracks and albums which led him to become a top artist in the country. The majority of his income comes from the music industry like album sales, live shows, international tours, as well as collaborations with other artists.

He has gathered a vast chunk of money from his successful career and the rapper is just at the beginning of his career it seems in the upcoming years he will be on the list of some high-profile artists in the world. G-Eazy has a YouTube channel where he garnered more than 8.5 million subscribers. 

His source of income also comes from the brand endorsements such as G-Eazy has done television commercials for brands including Adidas, 1800 Tequila, Levi’s, Shoe Palace, RARE Panther, ESPN SportsCenter Random Golden State Warrior version, X Games Aspen, and many more. G-Eazy’s annual income is approximately $1.5 Million. 

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