Big Homiie G on Being Authentic in His Music: ‘If You Want to Rap, You Gotta Tell the Truth’ (EXCLUSIVE)

great homily G he is one of the artists with the future of Memphis on his shoulders. Luckily, his shoulders are broad and he’s ready to go the distance. “I want to go far,” G says when he talks to hollywood life at Sei Less in New York. The “G Next” rapper met HL after he moved from Queen to Manhattan, and as it turns out, G was ready to go to the Bronx, Staten Island and beyond. “I want to go as far as possible. I want to cross. If I have to cross, wherever this music takes me, I want to go with it,” he says with that undeniable charisma.

talk to Does not know days after the video for “Don’t Wanna Be Famous” was released and just before the deluxe edition of speak g, the 2022 project that helped establish him as one of the brightest rising stars in the hip-hop galaxy. The project adds a whopping nine new tracks, giving fans who may have slept through the release a chance to catch up and die-hard fans another reason to stream the project.

when they listen speak g, they will find the honest voice at the heart of it all. “I didn’t want to wear extravagant clothes,” she says of the “Don’t Wanna Be Famous” video, arguably one of the project’s truest songs. “I didn’t want to wear a lot of jewelry. I wanted to show my kids, show the real me, because I wore it because it’s like a costume,” she says, pointing to the expensive chains and IV she’ll be wearing to the reunion.

Releasing a song called “Don’t Wanna Be Famous” while his fame continues to grow is a bold choice. But if Big Homiie G is anything to go by, that’s honest. With lyrics about the changing world around him after he finds some success and how he’s trying not to “let that shit go to your head / what if you ain’t got a brain,” it’s a vulnerable statement that shows there are layers in the art of Gran Homie G.

“It was natural. It was the plain truth,” she says of the song. “I’m working to get the money or something, but I don’t like to be paid much attention. You can’t go anywhere. You can’t do anything. Rap ​​people say, ‘Hey and stops you and — whatever, whatever, whatever. I like to mind my own business, basically.

How do you plan on dealing with this as your fame continues to grow? “You have to know your moves,” she says. “You have to know what you are going to do, what you are about to do. It’s okay, I know if I’ll walk through the crowd. I know that’s what they’re going to ask, so basically I have to prepare.”

While G may keep his guard up when he’s trying to live his life offstage, don’t expect him to have his walls up when he enters the booth. “If you’re going to rap, you have to tell the truth,” she says. HL extension “So, you know what I’ll give you to me. I will give you my all. I will give you everything. I’ll give you the good, the bad, the ugly. I’ll give you all this.”

What is he giving to his fans? Speak Up G (deluxe) they’re “energy songs,” he says. “I have a lot of energy there. I have a song, something like “Don’t Want to Be Famous”. It’s called “Hear Me Now”. In fact, this is my favorite song on my tape.”

“I got BIG30 AND KCarbon. These are some of the resources I have there, and it’s active. It’s on. You’ll love it,” she says with a smile. “You know who I am. Get to know G. You’ll like it.

Big Homiie G has been making the world aware of him ever since he signed with Nless Entertainment. It was the last chapter in his story, which began when he was in a rap group with his cousin, Bring me the money, AND black guy. But the group disbanded, each focusing on their individual careers. Like Moneybagg and Youngsta, G focused on his music and created a stir in his hometown of Memphis. That buzz reached a fever pitch when he joined I havelot of money me and 42 Dugg for a remix of “Tick”. The music attracted attention and suddenly the eyes fell on G.

before launch speak gBig Homiie G said his intention with the project was to make people take him more seriously as an artist. “What I meant by that was people were always seeing me with Moneybagg,” he tells HL. “They never knew I was rapping or anything. They always see me with him as a hype man and with him on stage. They knew I never did my own thing. Here’s what I mean by being taken seriously. Look, this is G, the artist. That became G, the artist. Not what you saw on the mic, hype man and stuff.”

While speak g intends to present him as a serious artist, he still manages to have fun. “You have your serious moments. There are times when you write, sometimes you have to tell a joke,” she explains. “You can’t always be angry or serious, or have to joke about it. You have to have fun. This is what you do. You have to love it.

If there’s anyone who’s going to make sure you don’t get too serious or take yourself too seriously, it’s your child. G is a proud father of a daughter and a son, which he showcases in the “Don’t Wanna Be Famous” video. “Fatherhood made me push myself further,” he says. My kids, I really appreciate them and I want to be the cool parent. I don’t want to be the parent who can’t or won’t do it next time. No, what we have to do, we will do. We’ll buy it and enjoy it.’”

“My daughter, she just had a birthday,” she shares. “She was telling me that she has her own sleepover this weekend. But of course I won’t be there as I’m out of town on business. And she was like, she was like, ‘Dad, don’t be a father at my sleepover.’ It’s ‘I’m like, I’m going to be amazing.’

When asked if her daughter has a favorite song of hers, G says, “She sure does. But my son? Every song. He even listens to my features. If I appear in a song, he’ll go crazy. Love is real, so I appreciate it more than anything.”

G’s son is scared because his father told HL Speak Up G (deluxe) That’s not the only music he’s releasing this year. “I’m ready to go and go [Speak Up G (Deluxe)]I’m switching to this project because I’m already working on it,” he says. “I have already started my next project. I just don’t know what name it will be. I’ll get that out of the way and move on to the next project.

At this point, Big Homiie G is focused on the future. “I certainly am [thinking] legacy,” he says. “I want a platform, lead my platform. Let ’em know it’s me. I also have artists. You know what I’m saying? I want all types of acts and all artists. I will help with the development of artists and with my legacy I have to do everything.

While some smaller performers can crumble under pressure, Big Homiie G doesn’t crumble. “I know what I’m doing and I know where we’re going with this,” he explains. “As far as when I say we, ‘we’ is me and my label, and I know what we’re trying to do. It’s like with other artists: we’re trying to build a platform and take it to the top. I know we started from scratch and I know we are here. I know we can take it to the next level with a little help from me and others, we’ll make it to the top.”

In an industry that is relentless and insists it’s “every rapper for himself,” where does that nature come from? “I always played in the back row. Do you understand what I mean?” explains G. “I’ve never been forward or anything like that. I’ve always tried to fall behind. Make sure he was right. Make sure everyone was right. I keep doing this because I make sure I’m okay too. But now I put myself first and everyone else second. I’m trying to get everyone involved with me.”

At a time when it seems the world is more divided than ever, Big Homiie G’s message of unity is a lesson everyone can learn. Another thing the rest of the world can learn from G and his hometown of Memphis? To be honest.

“Memphis artists, let’s be authentic, authentic, authentic. we are like real serioussays Big Homiie G. “Some of them are closing, but a lot of them are really living what they’re talking about.”

Speak Up G (Deluxe) is now available.

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