G-Eazy has recently explained that, despite popular perception, he doesn’t believe he “fell off,” preferring to take responsibility for his perceived regression from the Hip Hop game that made him famous.
In an interview with Wild Ride with Steve-O, which dropped on Thursday (May 30), the rapper revealed that it was his decision to remove himself from the spotlight temporarily, following years of hard work and his mother’s death in 2021.
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“So I was burning out, really,” he said at the 1:01:00 mark. “Like, when you go that hard for that long? And we had a great run. It was three albums in a row that went platinum, you know?”
He continued: “It’s like overwhelming, overstimulated. And then, my mom passing and all that? I needed to reset from the business side of it. I changed management, I moved to New York … I had to grieve.”
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Check out the interview below.
This isn’t the first time that G-Eazy mentioned his determination to come back following the difficulty he had with his mother’s death.
Last year, the “Him & I” rapper discussed his mindset, and how it’s influencing his professional decisions.
“My intentions are clear,” he told Something About Rocks. “I want to reclaim the spot that was mine and I’m coming for it with aggressive, direct intention, but you have to balance that with humility and self-awareness as well.”
G-Eazy lost his mother, Suzanne Olmsted, in late 2021 – just two months after dropping his These Things Happen Too album. She was his biggest supporter, and the lyricist penned a vulnerable eulogy to commemorate her on Instagram.
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“The shock still won’t let me accept the feeling that I’ll never get to hug you in person again,” he wrote. “My queen, my hero, my everything…my mom.
“The tears won’t stop. My eyes hurt, my face hurts, my body hurts, everywhere hurts. There’s no safe place to hide and there’s no way to lay, sit, or stand that doesn’t hurt. The pain is enormous. But I know you’re out of yours and that brings me peace.”
