G Herbo Is Looking Out For The Youth Of Chicago — With Or Without A Spotlight (Exclusive)

<p>For an artist that released their debut album almost a decade ago&comma; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;listicle&sol;g-herbo-taina-williams-relationship-single&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">G Herbo<&sol;a> has only scratched the surface of his stardom and is looking toward what&&num;8217&semi;s to come&period; At 27&comma; the rapper has released a plethora of projects&comma; each showcasing his ability to defy the odds of his Chicago stomping grounds&period; While candidly reflecting on the trauma that&&num;8217&semi;s plagued his psyche&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>On his 2020 album&comma; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;genius&period;com&sol;albums&sol;G-herbo&sol;Ptsd-deluxe" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener"><em>PTSD<&sol;em><&sol;a>&comma; the rapper reflects&comma; &&num;8220&semi;I can&&num;8217&semi;t sleep cause it&&num;8217&semi;s a war-zone in my head&&num;8230&semi; How the f&ast;&ast;k I&&num;8217&semi;m &&num;8216&semi;posed to have fun&comma; all my n&ast;&ast;&ast;&ast;s dead&period;&&num;8221&semi; In 2021&&num;8217&semi;s <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;genius&period;com&sol;albums&sol;G-herbo&sol;25" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener"><em>25<&sol;em><&sol;a>&comma; he celebrates the &&num;8220&semi;milestone&&num;8221&semi; of reaching his mid-twenties&period; While remarking that &&num;8220&semi;a lot&&num;8221&semi; of his &&num;8220&semi;closest friends and family&&num;8221&semi; didn&&num;8217&semi;t reach that point in their lives&period; In 2022&comma; the rapper details his experience on <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;genius&period;com&sol;albums&sol;G-herbo&sol;Survivor-s-remorse-a-side-b-side" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener"><em>Survivor&&num;8217&semi;s Remorse<&sol;em><&sol;a>&period; &&num;8220&semi;Street life left me scarred&semi; this s&ast;&ast;t broke my heart&period; I ain&&num;8217&semi;t get nothin&&num;8217&semi; back in return&semi; feel like I gave my all&comma;&&num;8221&semi; he raps&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-instagram data-shortcode&equals;"Crelr3fvcNs" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"600" data-captioned><&sol;amp-instagram><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>According to <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;usatoday&period;com&sol;story&sol;news&sol;nation&sol;2023&sol;05&sol;10&sol;chicago-gun-violence-statistics-shootings-racial-disparity&sol;70203340007&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">USA Today<&sol;a>&comma; a recent study reports that the &&num;8220&semi;average age to witness a shooting&&num;8221&semi; in Chicago is 14&period; Additionally&comma; the &&num;8220&semi;average age for being shot&&num;8221&semi; is 17&period; G Herbo — or Swervo as he sometimes refers to himself — has made it a long way from the streets plagued by gang and gun violence&period; However&comma; the rapper remains focused on building a better reality for the youth of Chicago&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The musician and father of three sat down for an exclusive interview with <em>The Shade Room&&num;8217&semi;s<&sol;em> Senior Editor&comma; Jadriena Solomon&comma; where he detailed the goals of his non-profit organization&comma; Swervin Through Stress&comma; how he&&num;8217&semi;s investing in Chicago youth&comma; as well as his plans for attaining global superstardom&period; Furthermore&comma; he also shared advice for up-and-coming artists&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;