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Gerome Alexander Nash, Famously known as “GOLDEN G”, is a 27-year-old Canadian hip-hop artist from Toronto, Canada (Oakville, GTA) area. As a predominantly rap based artist, he also blend elements of R&B and Pop into his music. His sound combines mastered lyricism with melody, cadence, and flow switches that forge a unique sound. The combination of a thorough understanding of rap, and the ability to switch between many different sounds, sets him apart and allows him to stand out often immediately grasping attention when his music is heard.
Who are your biggest musical influences?
My biggest musical influences are Eminem, Drake, and Earl Sweatshirt. From my beginnings, I studied Eminem’s lyricism, flow, and ability to change the sounds of words and make words that don’t necessarily rhyme, rhyme by how you deliver them. I learned a lot about cadence and pacing myself with nonchalant omniscience on records from Drake. Being from Canada and from the Toronto area, he is a big inspiration for the melody in my sound, my narrative like structure, and the Torontonian aura around my hunger for success. Earl Sweatshirt influenced my vernacular. I have a degree in English…
