G.T. on Growing Up in Detroit's Red Zone, Near Fatal Car Accident & More

Jan 31, 2023

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Detroit's own GT talks about his early days, his rise, fashion, new project, Vezzo, Babyface Ray, fatherhood, and more.

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00:00 Intro

0:05 G.T. speaks on growing up in the "red zone" in Detroit, losing his father when he was in the 8th grade

3:10 G.T. on people thinking he was weird for wearing Rick Owens in the hood in 2015, winning best dressed in school, wearing Versace in the 1st grade

4:40 How most of his memories of Detroit being before the economic downfall and says there wasn't a lot of beef coz everybody had money

5:50 G.T. says Los Angeles used to be a nice place to come to but now it's like Detroit

6:50 G.T. on being in the background when Adam was interviewing BandGang

7:45 Transitioning from being more into fashion, to focusing on music and winning the school talent show

11:00 Adam asks for G.T.'s ethnic breakdown, choosing a birthday over a bar mitzvah

12:50 G.T. on always making music with Vezzo and Babyface Ray since they were kids, knowing Babyface Ray since the 7th grade and being in the school band with him

15:30 Adam says that there's gotta be some excellent Detroit group chats and G.T. says that group chats are messy

16:30 G.T. speaks not wanting to take people for granted and reacts to Adam's other career

18:30 G.T. on how Peezy was one of the first people he was around to gain traction in the music industry

20:00 The impact of the Flint sound in the rap game and gives his take on Rio Da Yung Og

22:30 G.T. speaks on longevity being the main goal for a lot of artists in Detroit and being inspired by Curren$y and Larry June

26:10 G.T. on when he first felt like he was having success of his own within music

28:00 G.T. speaks on signing his first few artists in Detroit to "Money Counter Music"

28:50 The noticeable difference in the songs he's featured on, compared to his music on his solo projects and what those features did for his career

30:50 G.T. on his fans being happy that he's been making music consistently again and not sounding like everybody else in Detroit

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