75M Views Later… DJ G Smallz Talks Addiction, Garage, and Fame | “I Never Told Anyone This Before…”
DJ G Smallz sits down for a deep, unfiltered interview covering UK garage culture, pirate radio, nightlife, DJing, fame, addiction, recovery, and his viral livestream success. From early days in London’s underground scene to building a massive online audience, he breaks down the real story behind the music, the lifestyle, and the struggles no one saw. This is a powerful conversation about evolution, survival, and second chances in the UK music scene. Chapters: 0:00 intro 1:36 Streetlife out now Shizzio X Uk Apache X Devlin 1:58 Welcome G Smallz / Dj Name 3:32 fully active & outside 4:57 born & Bred / can you fight? 7:42 always outside / turn off the internet 9:38 current night life scene is dying / evolution 11:58 young vs older audiences / staying on trend 15:21 cheat code song to play / party vs club dj 17:13 what song breaks all boundaries? 18:59 one cheat code song? / Robin S 20:00 school 22:05 ADHD late diagnosis 26:41 dopamine chase 29:12 self learning via diagnosis 31:46 ADHD medication good or bad? 33:39 getting into Djing 36:19 DJ suited me mixing 37:40 decks / direct Vs belt drive 39:14 building a name / signature mixes 42:08 leaning to mix 44:22 can anyone be a DJ? 47:34 DJ Shizzio? / Celeb DJ’s 50:44 CT Crew / live & radio shows 55:00 Garage DJ / best garage songs 56:08 Dj name 57:38 mic skills / radio vs club bangers 1:01:11 breaking records 1:02:48 songs that should have blown up 1:03:46 playing it safe 1:06:45 Deja Vu & Passion FM radio / Mad Stuntman 1:13:57 why did Garage die? 1:14:57 what started Grime? 1:16:24 what song changed it all? 1:18:04 Grime wasn’t for me / Garage was best era 1:21:01 substance abuse took over / games 1:24:14 addiction habits explained 1:26:22 I never told anyone this before / 1:28:34 hiding addiction from kids 1:29:40 understanding addiction 1:30:50 escapism 1:31:45 consequences / come downs 1:33:18 the shame of being an addict 1:34:38 fighting back from addiction 1:37:08 turning point to stop drugs 1:39:41 trying sobriety / CA / AA 1:40:54 chasing other things / running 1:42:09 other forms of addiction 1:45:05 who were you? / running 1:46:50 I broke / dry drunk / family effect 1:49:36 12 steps of recovery / sorry 1:52:14 relapse / food addiction 1:56:01 advice for anyone struggling with addiction 1:57:42 being a recovery advocate 1:58:30 building a name after sobriety 2:00:59 going on BGT 2:04:34 livestream inspiration 2:06:00 livestream / DJ AG 2:11:15 first livestream set / dad saw me 2:13:24 building a livestream name / haters 2:14:34 picking livestream areas / setup 2:15:38 DJ AG helped me / noticed 2:17:29 happiness to others / Barrymore / recognised 2:23:07 shizzio is amazing / pressure to turn up 2:26:19 struggle to say no / self loyalty 2:32:18 be delusional / taking time off / healing 2:35:44 back outside live-streaming / no team 2:38:14 team expansion / AG collab 2:41:28 who did it first? / AG block 2:44:32 Mak 10 / Preshus 2:47:37 money made 2:49:40 security threats when outside 2:51:18 police issues / personality wins 2:53:29 I don’t tell people where I’ll be 2:54:50 75M + views / wrong name 2:57:04 BGT audition 2:59:58 getting buzzed off BGT 3:02:39 future plans / parody songs 3:04:18 AI Q’s / garage end / P Radio 3:05:26 garage myth / changes / blackballing 3:07:08 live stream / police / clout 3:09:24 streaming / kick / radio vs street 3:14:17 quick fire Q’s 3:19:28 final msg / thank you G Smallz