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G-Eazy

G-Eazy (Gerald Earl Gillum, born 1989, Oakland) is an American rapper known for the James Dean-style persona, indie-to-RCA rise, These Things Happen, and hits Me, Myself & I, Him & I, and No Limit.

G-funk

G-funk (gangsta funk) is a laid-back 1990s West Coast gangsta rap subgenre built on 90–100 bpm funk grooves, deep synth bass, and high-pitched Moog leads, defined by Dr. Dre's The Chronic and Warren G's Regulate: The G-Funk Era.

Gabber

Gabber, also known as early hardcore or Rotterdam hardcore, is a fast electronic dance music style with heavily distorted kicks that emerged in Rotterdam in the early 1990s.

Gabber Eleganza

Gabber Eleganza is an archive and art project founded by Italian artist and DJ Alberto Guerrini in 2011 to document European hardcore and gabber rave culture.

Gaboro

Gaboro, stage name of Ninos Khouri (also Ninos Moses Khouri), was a Swedish masked rapper from Norrköping known for BOGOTA and SUAVEMENTE; shot dead 19 December 2024, with his killer later sentenced to life.

Galantis

Galantis is a Swedish electronic dance music project, originally the duo of Christian Karlsson (Miike Snow, Bloodshy) and Linus Eklöw (Style of Eye), known for "Runaway (U & I)", "No Money", and "Heartbreak Anthem", and led by Karlsson since Eklöw's departure around 2020–2021.

Gallhammer

Gallhammer is an all-female Japanese blackened crust trio formed in Tokyo in 2003, blending Hellhammer-style black metal, UK crust punk, and doom; signed to Peaceville Records in 2006.

Gallows (group)

Gallows is a British hardcore punk band formed in Watford, England, in 2005, fronted by Frank Carter until Wade MacNeil of Alexisonfire replaced him in 2011.

Gamma Ray (band)

Gamma Ray is a German power metal band formed in 1989 in Hamburg by ex-Helloween guitarist Kai Hansen; debut Heading for Tomorrow (1990), landmark Land of the Free (1995), Teutonic sound pillar with ten albums by 2010.

Gammer

Gammer is the performance name of Matt Lee, an English electronic music producer and DJ from Northampton who emerged in the UK hardcore scene in 2002 as half of Dougal & Gammer.

Gang Signs & Prayer

Gang Signs & Prayer is the 2017 debut studio album by British grime MC Stormzy, the first pure grime album to reach number 1 on the UK Albums Chart.

Gangsta Boo

Gangsta Boo (Lola Chantrelle Mitchell, 1979-2023) was a Memphis rapper, the only female member of Three 6 Mafia, with solo albums Enquiring Minds and Both Worlds 69, and a blueprint for Southern female rap.

Gangsta's Paradise (album)

Gangsta's Paradise is the second studio album by American rapper Coolio, released in 1995, anchored by its Grammy-winning title single built on a Stevie Wonder sample.

Garrison XR (musician)

Garrison XR, born Garrison Briggs, is a Detroit-based DJ, producer, and promoter working in techno, electro, and breakbeat, and founder of the XOXR party brand and clothing line.

Gary (개리) (rapper)

Gary (개리), real name Kang Hee-gun (강희건, born 1978), is a South Korean rapper of the duo Leessang, whose 2011 album Asura Babalta topped all Korean charts, and an original Running Man cast member (2010–2016) who released the solo album 2002 in 2015.

Gary Beck

Gary Beck is a Glasgow-born Scottish techno producer and DJ who emerged in 2007, releasing on Soma, Drumcode, and Cocoon, and founding his BEK Audio label in 2009.

GaTa

GaTa (Davionte Ganter) is an American rapper, hype man, and actor born in Los Angeles; Tyga's longtime hype man and Lil Dicky's real-life and on-screen hype man on FX's Dave, where his bipolar-disorder storyline made him a breakout star.

Gathering of the Juggalos

The Gathering of the Juggalos is an annual four- to five-day festival organized by Psychopathic Records for Insane Clown Posse fans, held every year since 2000 (first in Novi, Michigan), combining concerts, wrestling, camping, and Juggalo family culture.

Gawne

Gawne (Luke Gawne), born 1997 in Oak Park, Illinois, is an independent Midwest rapper; solo albums Gawne Lane through Rainy Days, collaborations with Shaquille O'Neal, Tech N9ne, Atlus.

Gecko (Overdrive)

"Gecko (Overdrive)" is a 2014 single by Dutch DJ Oliver Heldens featuring vocals from English singer Becky Hill, which reached number 1 on the UK Singles Chart.

GELO

GELO is the rap moniker of LiAngelo Ball, an American rapper and former basketball player, brother of Lonzo and LaMelo, who broke out with "Tweaker" in 2025.

Gelo Rivera

Gelo Rivera (Angelo Troy Rivera), Filipino singer-rapper-actor, leader of P-pop group BGYO under Star Magic; debut "The Light" (2021), solo single "ZEALOUS (Gã săn mồi)" with Vũ Thảo My (2026), first lead film role 2025.

Gem and Jam

Gem and Jam is a three-day music and arts festival held each winter in Tucson, Arizona, during the Tucson Gem, Mineral & Fossil Showcase, with camping at the Pima County Fairgrounds.

Gene Farris

Gene Farris is an American house music DJ and producer from Chicago, active since 1994, who founded Farris Wheel Recordings and collaborated with Green Velvet on the 2019 Beatport number one "Galaxie".

Generik

Generik is the DJ and producer alias of Tyson O'Brien, an Australian house artist from Melbourne discovered by Calvin Harris, with Las Vegas and Ibiza residencies.

Genevieve Artadi

Genevieve Artadi is an American singer, songwriter, and composer from Los Angeles, co-founder and lead vocalist of the electronic jazz-funk duo KNOWER with Louis Cole.

Geoff Barrow

Geoff Barrow is an English producer and multi-instrumentalist from Bristol, founding member of Portishead (Dummy, 1994, Mercury Prize), also of Beak>, Quakers, and Drokk, scoring Ex Machina and Annihilation with Ben Salisbury and running Invada Records.

George Kollias (Greek drummer)

George Kollias (Γιώργος Κόλλιας) is a Greek drummer, born in 1977 in Corinth, best known as the drummer of the American technical death metal band Nile since 2004.

George Watsky

George Watsky (George Virden Watsky, born 1986) is a San Francisco rapper, slam poet, and author; Brave New Voices 2006 champion, viral 'Watsky Raps Fast' video, six albums, NYT-bestselling essayist.

Gerd Janson

Gerd Janson is a German DJ and journalist who co-founded the house and techno label Running Back in 2002 and holds a residency at Frankfurt's Robert Johnson club.