Before I got into stand-up, I used to be a hip-hop dancer in a crew, and my name was J. Smoove, and my partner was J. Groove.

Since I was a kid, I was listening to hip-hop.

I’m not hip-hop

I’m the closest that hip-hop is getting to God. In some situations I’m like a ghetto Pope.

Hip-hop is a perfect mix between poetry and boxing.

You Have This Ability In Hip Hop To Be Invincibly Cool, And That Is A Part Of G-eazy.

I see myself as a hip-hop artist, but I never wanted to make music for a specifically white audience. Thats not what I grew up around.

Hip-hop and country aren’t too far different: They got shiny suits and the boots and the guitars with their names on it. I was infatuated with that type of stuff.

I’m trying to make music that I like, and I love hip-hop.

In New York, my dad raised me to listen to everything like hip-hop, rock and country music. When I moved to Dallas, I started listening to whatever I wanted to listen to.

Hip-hop is very diverse, but if you only focus on one aspect of it, then what you get is this image of Black America that is completely contrary to what actually goes on.