Open Space: 22Gz | Mass Appeal

"My ass was facing life," says Brooklyn rapper 22GZ of Blicky Gang ENT. "That's when I knew God was good."
Born and raised in East Crown Heights, the artist best known for hard street records like "Suburban" and "Where Ya Blixky At" had a close call when he was arrested in Miami on homicide charges. "Allegedly I got into a fight over a parking spot," he explained during a recent visit to MASS APPEAL HQ. "I was arrested for murder. Feel me? Things sorted itself out. God is good. It's nothing really. I'm not one to put my business out there."
Speaking on the incident during his Open Space interview, 22GZ explained his side of a story that's been blasted all over the internet. "What I want people to know is: I had no codefendants," he emphasizes. "So... yeah, THAT way. You feel me? And my case was dismissed. I got locked up. Came home and I checked the videos. If you read the comments, it's a whole bunch of craziness. Throwing salt on my name."
Check out the latest Open Space interview to find out how the Blicky Gang built their wave from street rap to SoundCloud, what his experience in Florida jail was, how the young artist has bounced back since this brush with the law, and what he's doing differently this type around. Check out the latest episode of Open Space right now.
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[@SpiritGvn]

I can sense good energy in this man

[@Slim545]

Vital OOZ yea he’s just in a bad environment

[@kingflyron8482]

Yo I’m from Flatbush bro so I got nothing but respect for your grind and I hope you keep dropping bangers

[@filmswavestudios]

Dope artist

[@johnathancruz8190]

New York up Again

[@duronbryant9463]

Johnathan Cruz he from Brooklyn

[@petrusjean1299]

duron bryant Brooklyn is In New York so idk why you had to say all that

[@johnathancruz8190]

Smd

[@duronbryant5921]

Johnathan Cruz you talking Real Reckless and further more Brooklyn not the whole NY

[@vitastraughter390]

real one

[@savetheleaves]

Better than dj glad interview keep working tutu I deff support 💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾🙏🙏🙏

[@xKrylonify]

YEAAA LETS GO MASS APPEAL DOING GOOD THINGS

[@sewage.1315]

🌀 my guyyyyy

[@heirplanez8620]

smart kid, he dodged all the blicky questions, diss records and bs he really tryna clear his name and come up

[@NakaiFly]

s/o to flatbush ! Brooklyn

[@davidjean-louis8885]

Nakai Fly ocean avenue stand up all day

[@ftwdamfseyg]

21st stand up from newkirk to woodruff

[@akindele13]

He can articulate himself very well. He has acting in his future, if he stays on the positive path.

[@JeeeeeZ289]

akindele13 yeah and smart enough not to talk about details or cases

[@firespot2009]

Of course. He grewup in Flatbush. He is also of West Indian descent. Flatbush and Canarsie Brooklyn black people talk more proper than anyone around the plain areas of Brooklyn. Prime Ex: Joey Badass, Flatbush Zombies, Safaree, etc.

[@zaytime4156]

romel cashtro yeah I noticed they more articulate than the other bk artist

[@krakboston4659]

22 ft Sheff G - Brooklyn anthem .!

[@krakboston4659]

Yung Cjay that’s the point nigga putting the beef aside to make good music together

[@slicklifestyle45]

🔥

[@MitchRappEnt]

Dem ways🌀🌀

[@marikapalot5149]

Nikka said u feel me like 100 times😂

[@kingshu6146]

FYB Pablo so fuckin what

[@marikapalot5149]

Im from new york 2 but damn😂

[@DepressedRockstar]

Das a fact that's how we talk

[@jay2k703]

FYB Pablo shit hella annoying

[@izzy2296]

FYB Pablo I rather hear that than you smells me

[@ASAPSCOTT]

BLIXKYYYY! WE TWIRLINNNN

[@loneyokai]

My son moving up man

[@josiahd.7203]

YURRRRRR

[@nolimitmark8476]

That beat in the intro gets me tight type shit😂i swear they doin this on purpose

[@yungkage7339]

Da blixky da blixky da blixky🌀🌀🌀🌀🌀

[@vpxmptac4308]

YUNG KAGE free them twirlers free them blixky

[@nevisamerican]

YUNG KAGE GDK

[@evelynreyna8319]

YUNG KAGE gdk

[@LeadBullets]

GdK

[@lud__joe1030]

da blixky wayyyyy

[@Twinn144]

BLIXKY BLIXKY

[@sirrajthescroller5107]

Da General

[@justhewop]

22gz with the FBG Duck shout!

[@ajjosh8264]

🌀🌀🌀 da blicky da blicky

[@bigstooley3010]

Gang gang gang.

[@vpxmptac4308]

Bend blocks the blixky way🌀🌀😈

[@vickyvirgin163]

mass apppeal... got sheff g and tutu....media opps

[@beretta673]

Vicky Virgin 😭😭😭 DeadAss

[@rochester5852]

🌀🌀🌀🌀

[@josephupnext6584]

blixky gang know we go merkup

[@moodihoefrmig5052]

Ayeeeee

[@shamills974]

MoodiHoe Frm IG wassup

[@BIGOPP718]

#GLTTTTTT Nyc shit

[@waviiboiitrey6]

🙌🏿🙌🏿🙌🏿🙌🏿🙌🏿 blixky gang tutu the general

[@robblixky4104]

Blixky Ways 🌀🌀🌀🌀🗣

[@kernellwarner6322]

Son says you feel me after everything😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@anthonycasnyc]

New York No Cap🌀🌀🌀

[@greydeath4273]

22 always keep shit 💯 he said i dont even click on that shit, what is that shit about

[@vansshoes1798]

Ya feel me ?¿ em leef ay

[@beretta673]

😭😭😭

[@finewine2441]

"Watch how I make it look easy clipping them 3rays like C.P " -22Gz

[@jxthvn324]

Fine wine24 clippin em treys like i’m cp **🌀

[@rodtooniceb7776]

AMEN

[@boogiebang142gb]

Lil 🌀🌀🌀 up next

[@jalinsanders2035]

Why is this dude keep saying ya feel me😂😂😂

[@tonyhendo]

Ayeee Blixky Shit 💪🏽

[@johnappleseed8146]

BLIXKY THE BLIXKY THE BLIXKY

[@playitbacc6931]

Show me what the blixky do

[@pilotflytv1116]

Brooklyn

[@josiahd.7203]

GLLLLLTTTTT BOW

[@darrylpowell3568]

Folk held it down ya heard

[@shirleyfritos2726]

blicccccyyyy

[@kscrilla4571]

🅰️🅿️‼️ Lmaoo

[@josepraderes646]

🌀🌀🌀🌀🌀🌀🌀

[@MessengerKeyson99]

Yeah God is good

[@tylerstone3526]

What brand is the hoodie?

[@hegotgreen238]

lyfestyle

[@okbwestside1768]

I’m the 3k🤣 moving gang k

[@keithrenaud6199]

How come the majority of the rappers on here don’t talk about the music that much. Too much back story talk on their personal lives which seems to be more important. Anyway I’m happy dude didn’t have to do life.

[@ant2official221]

Keith Renaud thats the point nigga

[@nocapdog1696]

Because they never got asked about tht dummy

[@keithrenaud6199]

Slime nah the interviewer seems never be too interested in asking em music stuff as if these dude won’t have much interesting stuff to offer.

[@keithrenaud6199]

Lor AP noooooo shit

[@ant2official221]

Keith Renaud he said what he likes to rap about and that he working ona mixtape , what more do u wanna hear 😂

[@niaeeeglo5568]

Young General 💡 you don't talk much 🌀

[@prezidentbop]

Cali tapping in fucks with tutu the general

[@iqtv2432]

HBlizzy run the city Endless hits.

[@painchampagne9935]

Take a shot every time he say “you feel me “

[@malikmitchell2068]

Justice Jefferson a nigga gone be drunk asl😂😂

[@kingjonny8919]

malik mitchell or on the floor

[@nolimitmark8476]

U trynna kill a nigga bro😂😂

[@youngdontomm770]

Blixky Blixky Blixky

[@thfeehhbdfgh8063]

boi smirking while talkin about the murder him or his man's did over some petty shit smh

[@chicagomycity]

Right. And everybody in the comments praising him and calling him a "real one". Just shows how fucked up the black community is. People like him are praised, then we wonder why our communities are shit.

[@bash4214]

MissChicago shut the fuck up, cops be beating cases every year foh

[@Noname-pv8if]

LMFAOOOOO stfu saints

[@gaasboyron]

22gz real name is E.T 👽

[@jayservices9692]

😂😂

[@prodicalone4337]

My son ashy af

[@Gloryboyz13]

Michael Vohouegla its the lighting

[@easymoneysniper8066]

U can tell this nigga got his head on straight 💯💯

[@rapplug3866]

Nigga talking his shit dem wayz

[@aintmoto]

If I had a dollar for every time he said “you feel me “ I’ll be rich

[@goodgasruss]

Hottest Nigga In Brooklyn 🔥🔥🔥 Blixky da Blixky da Blixky 🌀💪🏿🌹

[@Gloryboyz13]

I heard big moose say blicky first he from jersey

[@duronbryant9463]

Gloryboyz13 big moose from Bmore not Jersey

[@stainblixky7791]

god is good rip sosa

[@antblizzy5508]

Stain Blixky nigga Sosa still alive unless u talking about Sammy Sosa

[@wantutri7225]

*yuhfeelmi*

[@pilotflytv1116]

U asked the same question vlad asked

[@kingflyron8482]

We got another New York rapper make way for my nigga

[@laimarsmithsr7307]

Shout out to folks he shouted out all some dope chi town rappers PML

[@gman2503]

Marzee Mar Mar ✡✡✡✡✡✡

[@hugosauriat7726]

you feeme?

[@breesjohn2521]

Lol

[@aomo680]

THEY GOTTA INTERVIEW ENVY CAINE THAT NIGGA DEF TOP 3 IN NYC

[@davidjean-louis8885]

I don't know on vlad tv he has no personally. He is just s street dude

[@CTidda23]

Nigga look like Curren$y son

[@iqtv2432]

TuTu !!!

[@mako7697]

he gonna stay a underground rapper forever

[@MasterMark14]

zGriM3y and u gonna stay in the comment section

[@withoutone000]

*youfeeme?*

[@QwonoBandzz]

Was he on big opp amerika?

[@deemoney4823]

What line did it say when they dissed him

[@deemoney4823]

JahKnowsTV .

[@brianjones8072]

22gz dat boy is a baby

[@QwonoBandzz]

Yea they said his name on there , but in one line they was like “ they like Gz why you do that”

[@harlembronxdrillent9626]

Jaqwon Scott “ Who The Fuck is 22gz? Who the fuck is 16? Who the fuck is Kush n Khay “

[@icebergbrim6579]

Boy blicky is blood lingo!*

[@PassFissn]

:D

[@jaybanks3466]

22 is a snitch he did not beat da murder charge

[@gbast2341]

Ya feel me?

[@icebergbrim6579]

Bloods been saying that since the late 90s and early 2000s that's old U.B.N BLOOD Lingo so I don't know what the fuck 22gz is talking about on that note! Anyway I like a few of his songs but he way wrong with that where blicky kame from!

[@goon2676]

🌀🌀🌀🌀🌀

[@boogiebang142gb]

🌀🌀🌀