Before They Were Famous

Joey grew up around the corner from the Macy projects in Brooklyn. Initially he had his sights set on becoming an Actor and was enrolled in the drama class at his school. There he met up with his future Pro Era collaborators and they would rap at lunch, in class, after school pretty much all the time. He knew about Kendrick Lamar and J. Cole before 99% of the world did and studied them as they were coming up. He would find success early when a video of him rapping at 15 would catch the attention of Jonny Shipes from Cinematic Music Group.

Joey grew up around the corner from the Macy projects in Brooklyn. Initially he had his sights set on becoming an Actor and was enrolled in the drama class at his school. There he met up with his future Pro Era collaborators and they would rap at lunch, in class, after school pretty much all the time. He knew about Kendrick Lamar and J. Cole before 99% of the world did and studied them as they were coming up. He would find success early when a video of him rapping at 15 would catch the attention of Jonny Shipes from Cinematic Music Group.

Arianny Celeste-Penelope Lopez Marquez was born on November 12, 1985 in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States. Her father was of Filipino descent and her mother Mexican. Growing up here family was very strict. Her father passed away when young Arianny was just 4 or 5 and it was just her and her mother, and her sister scrapping by to stay on top of the bills.

Arianny Celeste-Penelope Lopez Marquez was born on November 12, 1985 in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States. Her father was of Filipino descent and her mother Mexican. Growing up here family was very strict. Her father passed away when young Arianny was just 4 or 5 and it was just her and her mother, and her sister scrapping by to stay on top of the bills.

G Eazy who used to go by the name Generic and later Young Gerald grew up the only child of a school teacher lesbian mother who didn’t mind smoking a J from time to time, she also didn’t mind her son wearing baggy clothes and having all his friends over after school to record music all night long in his bedroom. G Eazy took his passion for music to Loyola University enrolled in Music Industry Studies taking classes on production, business and marketing. When he wasn’t in class he was hustling his mixtapes. Things took off for him before he completed school getting to tour with Drake. Following this everything looked like he was gonna get signed before he was dropped by producers and left in L.A. not knowing what to do next.

G Eazy who used to go by the name Generic and later Young Gerald grew up the only child of a school teacher lesbian mother who didn’t mind smoking a J from time to time, she also didn’t mind her son wearing baggy clothes and having all his friends over after school to record music all night long in his bedroom. G Eazy took his passion for music to Loyola University enrolled in Music Industry Studies taking classes on production, business and marketing. When he wasn’t in class he was hustling his mixtapes. Things took off for him before he completed school getting to tour with Drake. Following this everything looked like he was gonna get signed before he was dropped by producers and left in L.A. not knowing what to do next.

Frank Ocean would lose his recording studio in Hurricane Katrina, following which he dropped out of University and made the move to Los Angeles.
Frank Ocean worked an assortment of jobs including that of a washing cars, mowing lawns, walking dogs, Subway sandwich artist, and later processing insurance claims for AT&T.
Frank Ocean got his early big breaks in music industry as a ghostwriter for Justin Beiber, and Beyonce.

Frank Ocean would lose his recording studio in Hurricane Katrina, following which he dropped out of University and made the move to Los Angeles.
Frank Ocean worked an assortment of jobs including that of a washing cars, mowing lawns, walking dogs, Subway sandwich artist, and later processing insurance claims for AT&T.
Frank Ocean got his early big breaks in music industry as a ghostwriter for Justin Beiber, and Beyonce.