G-Eazy Biography: Height, Age, Wife, Parents, Net Worth, Albums, Songs, Kids

Biography

G-Eazy (born Gerald Earl Gillum on May 24, 1989, in Oakland, California) is an American rapper, singer, and record producer who rose to prominence in the early 2010s with a sound that blended hip-hop with rock influences and a cinematic, retro-cool aesthetic.

He studied music business at Loyola University New Orleans, where he began building his brand independently before signing to RCA Records.

His breakthrough came with the 2014 mixtape These Things Happen, which debuted at number three on the Billboard 200 and established him as a serious commercial force.

He followed it with When It’s Dark Out (2015) and the blockbuster The Beautiful & Damned (2017), the latter featuring the chart-topping single Him & I with Halsey, with whom he was also in a high-profile relationship at the time.

Known for his sharp suits, slicked-back hair, and a lyrical obsession with excess, ambition, and self-destruction, G-Eazy built a persona as much as a discography. He has collaborated with Cardi B, E-40, Yo Gotti, Bebe Rexha, and Carnage, among others. Beyond music, he has ventured into fashion, film, and entrepreneurship, including involvement in the cannabis industry.

His later work, including Everything’s Strange Here (2020) and These Things Happen Too (2021), showed a more introspective side, though he remains most associated with the polished, hustler-romantic sound that made him a mainstream name.

American rapper, singer, and record producer
G-Eazy
Wiki Facts & About Data
Real Name:	Gerald Earl Gillum
Stage Name:	G-Eazy
Born:	24 May 1989 (age 36 years old)
Place of Birth:	Oakland, California, United States
Nationality:	American
Education:	Rudsdale High School, Loyola University New Orleans
Height:	1.93 m
Parents:	Suzanne Olmsted, Edward Gillum
Siblings:	James Gillum
Spouse:	Not Married
Girlfriend • Partner:	Lana Del Rey (2017), Halsey (2017-2018), Christina Roseann Ray (2018), Yasmin Wijnaldum (2019), Megan Thee Stallion (2020), Ashley Benson (2020-2021), Maika Monroe (2022), Jenaye Noah (2023)
Children:	N/A
Occupation:	Rapper • Singer • Record Producer
Net Worth:	$12 million (USD)

Early Life & Education

Gerald Earl Gillum, known professionally as G-Eazy, was born on May 24, 1989, in Oakland, California, United States.

His birth date places him under the Gemini zodiac sign. He is of White (Caucasian) ethnicity and was raised in a loosely Christian household, though religion has not been a defining public element of his identity.

His early life was shaped by instability and absence. His parents separated when he was very young, and his father, Edward Gillum, largely disappeared from the picture, leaving his mother, Suzanne Olmsted, a visual artist and college professor, to raise him and his brother, James Gillum.

Suzanne did her best to hold the household together, but financial hardship was a constant presence, and the family often relied on the generosity of Gerald’s maternal grandmother. Growing up in Oakland, a city with a rich but often turbulent musical and cultural history, left a deep imprint on him.

He was surrounded by music from an early age, drawn in particular to the hip-hop from the Bay Area and the classic rock records his mother kept around the house.

He attended Rudsdale High School in Oakland before relocating to pursue higher education. He enrolled at Loyola University New Orleans, where he studied music business, a decision that proved formative.

It was during his time at Loyola that he began producing beats, recording independently, and laying the foundation for what would eventually become one of the more recognisable personal brands in American hip-hop. He graduated with a degree in music industry studies, entering the industry with both creative instinct and a working understanding of how the business operated.

Career

G-Eazy’s path into music began not with a record deal but with a laptop, a growing stack of beats, and the kind of relentless self-promotion that defined the pre-streaming blog era. While studying at Loyola University New Orleans, he began uploading tracks to music blogs and MySpace, building a following through sheer consistency and an image that felt deliberately crafted yet effortlessly cool.

He released a string of early mixtapes, including The Epidemic (2008), Fast Forward (2009), Quarantine (2010), and The Endless Summer (2011), each one sharpening his pen and expanding his reach without the backing of a major label.

The self-released Must Be Nice in 2012 marked a turning point. G-Eazy funded and executed his own national tour to support it, selling out venues on the strength of a grassroots audience he had built entirely from the ground up.

The project earned him critical attention and, more importantly, industry attention. It was a proof-of-concept that he could move independently, which made the eventual major-label deal that much more his own.

He signed with RCA Records and released his major label debut, These Things Happen, in June 2014. The album entered the Billboard 200 at number three, a statement arrival that validated years of grinding. It blended his signature boom-bap nostalgia with polished production and lyrics that oscillated between bravado and vulnerability.

He followed that momentum with When It’s Dark Out in 2015, a darker, more atmospheric project that featured Marc E. Bassy and Kehlani and included the single Me, Myself & I, which became one of the biggest songs of his career, spending months on the charts and crossing over into mainstream radio.

The Beautiful & Damned, released in December 2017, became his most commercially successful album. It debuted at number three on the Billboard 200 and produced several major moments, among them Him & I, a duet with Halsey that reflected their real-life romance and became a top-ten hit, and No Limit, a remix featuring A$AP Rocky and Cardi B that leaned hard into trap territory and dominated club playlists. The album was a portrait of a man at the height of his powers and the edge of his excess, themes he leaned into with full self-awareness.

Through the late 2010s, G-Eazy maintained a prolific output, dropping collaborative projects, loosies, and features at a steady pace. He worked with Yo Gotti, E-40, Carnage, Bebe Rexha, Ty Dolla $ign, and BlackBear, among others, cementing his position as a connector figure across hip-hop and pop. His production credits extended beyond his own work, and he remained an active presence in the studio for other artists.

The pandemic era brought a more reflective chapter. Everything’s Strange Here, released in June 2020, was a stripped-back, introspective project recorded in isolation that showed a rawer, less guarded side of him.

He followed it with These Things Happen Too in 2021, a spiritual sequel to his 2014 debut that revisited the themes of ambition, loss, and self-reckoning that had always underpinned his best work. While neither project replicated the commercial peaks of The Beautiful & Damned, both were received as evidence of an artist willing to grow rather than simply repeat himself.

Beyond recorded music, G-Eazy has built a career spanning fashion, film production, and brand partnerships. He launched his own creative agency and has been involved in the cannabis industry, aligning his brand with California culture in multiple directions.

He has performed at major festivals worldwide and remains one of the more enduring figures to emerge from the mid-2010s wave of independent-turned-mainstream hip-hop artists.

Social Media

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Personal Life

G-Eazy is 36 years old, born on May 24, 1989. He stands at 1.93 m (6 feet 4 inches) tall, a height that has often made him a physically commanding presence on and off stage.

He has never been married and has no wife. Despite a string of high-profile relationships over the years, Gerald has consistently kept his romantic life at a distance from anything resembling permanence, and there is no confirmed record of him having any children.

His dating history is one of the more tabloid-heavy chapters of his public life. He was linked to singer Lana Del Rey in early 2017, with the two spotted together at Coachella that April, though neither officially confirmed a relationship. Rumours persisted that their brief entanglement soured quickly.

Later that same year, his most defining romantic chapter began when he and singer Halsey went public in August 2017, shortly after releasing their duet Him & I. The relationship was passionate, public, and turbulent.

They broke up in July 2018, briefly reconciled, and split for good in October 2018, with reports citing infidelity on his part. Halsey went on to write Without Me in the aftermath, widely understood to be about him, and has since described the relationship as abusive and toxic.

Following the fallout, he was briefly linked to production designer Christina Roseann Ray in late 2018, then began dating Dutch Victoria’s Secret model Yasmin Wijnaldum in February 2019. They went public that April and walked the red carpet at Rihanna’s Diamond Ball together in September 2019 before reportedly parting ways by the end of that year.

In February 2020, he sparked a media frenzy after a video surfaced of him kissing rapper Megan Thee Stallion at a Super Bowl weekend party in Miami, though Megan was quick to clarify it was not a romantic situation.

By May 2020, he had moved on with actress Ashley Benson, who had just ended her two-year relationship with model Cara Delevingne. The two were frequently spotted together, collaborated on music, and appeared to be a serious couple, but split in February 2021.

He was subsequently linked to actress Maika Monroe in 2022, though neither confirmed the relationship. His last publicly known relationship was with French model Jenaye Noah, whom he began dating in January 2023, though their status became unclear by the end of that year after she reportedly scrubbed several of their shared posts from social media.

As of 2026, G-Eazy has not publicly confirmed a new relationship.

Net Worth

G-Eazy’s net worth is estimated at approximately $12 million, according to the most widely cited industry sources. He has built his wealth primarily through music sales, streaming royalties, touring, and record production.

His financial foundation was laid during his independent years, when he funded his own tours and retained ownership of his masters before signing with a major label. The commercial success of albums like These Things Happen, When It’s Dark Out, and The Beautiful & Damned significantly boosted his earnings, with the latter period representing the peak of his mainstream commercial activity.

Beyond recorded music, touring has historically been one of his biggest revenue drivers, with years of headline shows and festival appearances across the United States and internationally contributing substantially to his income.

Outside of music, he pulled out of a lucrative H&M sponsorship deal after controversy over a racist advertisement surfaced, a decision that cost him financially but aligned with his public values. He has also founded the Endless Summer Fund, a non-profit focused on supporting young people in the Bay Area.

On the real estate side, he paid $1.8 million for a home in the Beachwood Canyon area of Hollywood Hills in 2016, which he later listed for sale at $3.7 million in March 2025.

His ventures into cannabis, brand partnerships, and creative entrepreneurship have added supplementary income streams, though his net worth remains modest relative to the upper tier of hip-hop’s wealthiest artists, reflecting a career built more on cultural relevance than corporate empire-building.

Discography

Studio Albums

• Must Be Nice (2012)
• These Things Happen (2014)
• When It’s Dark Out (2015)
• The Beautiful & Damned (2017)
• Everything’s Strange Here (2020)
• These Things Happen Too (2021)
• Freak Show (2024)
• Helium (2025)

Mixtapes

• The Epidemic (2008)
• Fast Forward (2009)
• Quarantine (2010)
• The Endless Summer (2011)

EPs

• Step Brothers (with Carnage, 2017)
• The Vault (2018)
• B-Sides (2019)
• Scary Nights (2019)

Selected Singles

• Tumblr Girls (2014)
• I Mean It feat. Remo (2014)
• Me, Myself & I feat. Bebe Rexha (2015)
• You Don’t Own Me feat. Grace (2015)
• Make Me… feat. Britney Spears (2016)
• No Limit feat. ASAP Rocky and Cardi B (2017)
• Him & I feat. Halsey (2017)
• Good Life feat. Kehlani (2017)
• Sober feat. Charlie Puth (2018)
• West Coast feat. Blueface, ALLBLACK, and YG (2019)
• Bang feat. Tyga (2019)
• I Wanna Rock feat. Gunna (2019)
• All the Things You’re Searching For feat. Ashley Benson (2020)
• Running Wild (Tumblr Girls 2) feat. Kossisko (2021)
• Breakdown feat. Demi Lovato (2021)
• Angel (2022)
• Tulips and Roses (2023)

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