G-Eazy has mastered working from his Hollywood home remotely.

The Everything’s Strange Here rapper, 32, gave archdigest.com a tour of his 1979 Spanish colonial home in Los Angeles as well as his custom, two-story recording studio, which he refers to as “an entirely different universe.”

 

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As Gerald Gillum, better known by his stage as G-Eazy, says, “Music is my passion and a major aspect of my life.” “Since my life and my work are intertwined, it made perfect sense for me to create a space where they could do so.”

In order to create a warm atmosphere, the artist worked with interior designer Melody Jimenez to purchase the Spanish colonial in 1979 for $1.75 million. “Taste is a very nuanced thing,” he says. I value aesthetics, but I also want a home’s interior design to reflect its spirit and attitude.

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Four bedrooms were originally included in the home, but G-Eazy turned one of them into a sizable closet to store his “more than 500 pairs” of sneakers. He continues, “I wanted it to seem like you were strolling through a museum.

The rapper discussed the need of having a “separate space” for working as he headed out his front door to an elevator that he and Jimenez had rebuilt with red velvet walls, Moroccan tile, and alabaster lighting.

The second-floor lounge of G-Eazy’s home studio is bathed in fluorescent light and decorated with his accomplishments and a framed Kobe Bryant jersey. “Kobe Bryant was my hero,” he clarifies.

“This was a birthday gift a few years prior to his passing,” he recalls. “We met after a game, and his first words to me were, ‘Yo, youthful Elvis!’ Then he instructed me to pursue the Beatles, to never give up, to always strive for greatness, and to remember the Mamba mentality.

The “Provide” artist pointed out a note that reads, “Do the phenomenal,” alongside the signature of the late L.A. Laker. “Imagine passing by that every time you enter the studio,” he continued. “How could you not want to be great?”

After the quarantine began in March, his sanctuary became the studio located downstairs. “Initially, nobody could see anyone, so I was alone down here,” he explains. “I had to relearn how to be an engineer. I had to relearn how to generate the majority of my music. I am literally alone in this room, seated at the piano and composing music from scratch.”

G-Eazy also mentioned that he is “big on rugs,” particularly in his studio, where he likes to recline on the floor and listen to his finished songs.

The California-born rapper stated that he recorded the majority of his 2017 album The Beautiful & Damned and his forthcoming seventh studio album These Things Happen Too in his private studio.