When a singer from Bronx appeared last year on Royce’s single “Black Savage”, many could not recognise his name. To hear White Gold again on Eminem’s “You Gon’ Learn” later was an indication that this artist deserved more attention.
White Gold has years of experience as a producer, working with Cam’ron, Pusha T, Kevin Gates, and Joe Budden. His transition to a songwriter and a singer set him back to the range of emerging artists, however, things are looking more optimistic now after this massive exposure. In his recent interview with Genius White Gold explained how he got in touch with Shady Records and got involved with Royce and Eminem:
I got involved with them through Royce’s manager Kino [Childrey]. He hit me one day, and was like, “Yo, I heard a song that you did. Would you want to work with Royce?” I thought he meant as a producer because he knows me primarily as a producer. And he’s like, “Nah, Royce is actually producing his stuff. Do you want to go and write hooks and stuff for him?” And I was super surprised because that’s probably one of the first times people were like, “Yo, go write for an artist of Royce’s caliber.”
I went to Detroit in 2018 and I spent like three days with Royce. We started on some ideas, but nothing really came out. I was just being very reserved. I came back in January, and that’s when conversations opened up and we started talking about our kids. We started talking about life more. And that’s when the “You Gon’ Learn” song was made.
It was for Royce initially. I think it was like six months later, Kino called me. He’s like, “Yeah, bro. Em heard it and was like, ‘Yo, I want the record and I want the dude that’s on there as the hook.’” And that was it. I had to keep the secret for six months or so, man. That was one of the hardest things to do.
Listen to “You Gon’ Learn” below:
