We’re excited to introduce you to the always interesting and insightful Gazbe Debonair. We hope you’ll enjoy our conversation with Gazbe below.

Alright, Gazbe thanks for taking the time to share your stories and insights with us today. Alright, so one thing we think people don’t talk about nearly enough is investments – either time or money. What’s one of the best or worst investments you’ve made and what did you learned from the experience?

Best investment was into myself. My hopes, dreams, goals, aspirations and plans apart of my blueprint.

My investment in stocks was a dream to achieve to which I’m grateful for I get paid and loan stock. My next greatest personal achievement in terms of investments is real estate. When I invested in real estate properties everything doubled.

If it wasn’t for my music none of my money would flourish to do all I dream of doing. First and foremost. From there was my clothing company overall umbrella company publishing and music as well which Nemic Brand and Nemic Brand Publishing. I used my money from my music to build and expand my company, invest in stocks and real estate properties as well as so much more.

Ironically double edged sword my worst investment was going to college only for the main fact I paid 100% cash out of my own pocket to go and it took a huge impact on the growth of my money. Over 23,000 pure cash. I didn’t get a 100% return of my money as a tax write-off I never gained that money back. Hindering more than planned. I learned and gained knowledge but it literally wasn’t worth my money but the experience was cool. That money could’ve been further invested into me and my craft which could’ve expanded ten fold in this time existentially, but live and learn and profit

My Next Worst Investment is still a good investment it just had a bad turnout I own 3 now 4 cars but anyone that owns a car knows just as much as one who doesn’t own a car knows owning a car gets to be expensive.

So that’s my best investment and my worst investment

Gazbe, before we move on to more of these sorts of questions, can you take some time to bring our readers up to speed on you and what you do?

For all you readers out there I go by Gazbe Debonair I’m a hip hop artist songwriter I have produced beats as well for I curate all my albums alone. Much love to the fellow producer throughout my journey and legacy that sent and gave me beats they just let me do what I do and that write create wonderful music almost feels like a movie. The music started my path to start up my umbrella company Nemic Brand which is not only a clothing company but publishing company media and entertainment with the clothing company being the headline as well as the flagship. Nemic Brand I started in 2007 “Nemic” is my Graffiti name growing in brooklyn New York I was around and all over wherever I went being myself and tagging up, met legendary graffiti artist along the journey, i paint too so designing wild styles, throw ups, etc. made me design and soon create for my company. NEMIC stands for Newly Eclectic Mind In Creation (or Creativity) I can stop creating whether in writing my books, making my music or my music videos publishing my albums creating more abstract paintings, filming my documentary of Nemic Brand, mixing mastering my music everything I do I do myself. It’s good to have people but my journey has only occurred or procured individuals in passing more than joining on or jumping ship. But grateful for the encounters along the journey of business and moments.

What sets me apart is my capabilities
My impact
My range
My goal
Vision I put to my creations
From new line of clothing in my company to music to how I support
To the love I receive and give back.

Mentoring some on videography, video editing or mixing and mastering music
Helping people invest in stocks and build their wealth
Changing lives for the better
Teaching as much generational wealth as I can.
Connecting with other black businesses

That’s what I do aside of my passion and dreams within my business which is completely separate

The power of being able to have the ability to not have an idea or vision exist until I create it is an incredible power. If I don’t make it or create it or show it to the world, it doesn’t exist and I have absolute control in making that happen and have it inspire or aspire inspiration is an incredible power.

To my fans, thank you for hearing me, believing in me, buying from me, sharing downloading etc that first penny made… made sure I never stop going on and on and on in hip hop as well as everything else from my video game to my streaming platform to bring to album streaming and downloading over 1 million plus+ worldwide on my album “Fun Prints: Bigger Picture” and over 300k streams and downloads worldwide of “Nemic Brand Vault” with over 100 more songs the world to enjoy and more to come, god bless.

Let’s talk about resilience next – do you have a story you can share with us?

Well my family and my environment never supported my music or anything I ever done throughout my journey and career it’s been those outside my environment and my family as well as environment has contributed to the direct or indirectly deterred my money which sometimes (before it didn’t effect my plans) slowed up a lot plus old romance and others outside costing me becoming liabilities or setting me back or attempt to distract my mission or goals

Times for me weren’t sweet in life I just don’t speak on it

But I take my accountability in my lack of putting myself first and making a few poor financial decisions from saving my family from getting evicted, to helping get out o credit debt, to helping my ex get a license to helping pay off a debt for her to go to a better college to helping someone move out and settle in their new place and environment to bit more than I was able to chew I took it on anyway and it too was also a double edged sword being all the money lost but more than that how all the people I helped or placed my time towards to treat and switch up and do things behind my back but that was all after the fact and again I take accountability being knowing and learning and experiencing all after the fact. if i hadn’t had such a good heart I wouldn’t have been in any of those situations especially if i just made the sacrifices to become selfish and do what’s best for me instead of doing what can be best for others knowing or without knowing the loss financially mentally or in life it would turn out to take away. It taught me more than I can explain made me happier of my knowledge acquired. taught me another for of resilience. I take it as lessons and I’ve leaned for the better god bless.

But I prevail and still look at all I accomplish despite it all. It shows how powerful I am and exposes where I truly could have been as the latter.

Can you tell us about a time you’ve had to pivot?

Back in 2011 I got Hit & Run by a car and immobilized my whole left part of my body for about 3 months. Took a lot rom me emotionally, mentally, also from the abuse I was getting subtly throughout the time healing and resentment I received from some family and those I thought loved me, but on the other side of that I had great people help and support and old connections and outside family visit me once before through the time check up on me and catch up so it was also a learning lesson spiritually.. No love lost but I tend to my heart as much my mental and uplift the beauty. at least one concrete ground you’ll find a flower growing trough it. through physical therapy I healed quicker and better than doctors predicted. that time I was in midst before the Hit & Run of dropping my first Mixtape “The Fuck?! GAZBE!” on datpiff it was supposed to debut in 2011 but I released it In merge of recovery during my time of physical therapy of February 2 of 2012 while writing with my broken arm my newest mixtape I was recording at the time being all I had to do was Release my first Mixtape which was already complete and ready to distribute.

in 2015
I loss my child due to miscarriage the story is deep and type long so i won’t delve too much however it was a time where I was ready mentally for a child it may have been wit the wrong woman maybe was my runaway excuse of logic from god to why it all happened at one moment and point in my life, so it took a toll on me I worked a lot to take my mind off it, i remember how hard it was for me but I feel I came a long way of healing even from the concept of “wow I’m going to be a father.” to “wow I lost my son and my moment in life to be a father” to “God plans are not my plans necessarily, My plans are major for me, but his is even bigger and I’m just getting started.” and never stopped in my peace of mind, my joy, my happiness since, My self love, self worth, self knowledge and self awareness took flight, skyrocketed, and never looked back. It built My Heart Different My Mind Everything My life And How I See It As Well As The World. “The world is yours’ that’s a cool quote. “the world you create for peace and love” is better of a song and quote to me. That’s what helped me pivot even what and the way i distribute and market my music as well. it taught something.

in 2016 around Thanksgiving I lost my closest oldest cousin Garry Monfiston to cancer and it was heartbreaking as I was still healing over the lost of my own child who I didn’t get the chance to meet. I wasn’t in the loop of knowing what was going on so being my family didn’t necessarily tell me my nephew who is more like my cousin had contacted me to let me know he passed away and that’s how I found out. He was a King a great man. A great older cousin, A funny guy, My video game partner for life. He taught me so much and brought me so many memories I cherished so much while we were together hanging out in the presence while he was alive I was grateful to have him in my life. and I still miss him. He’s the greatest. when you hear his name only feel great because he was amazing of a person, of a human, with a golden heart. He with me forever. Healing from that was a tough time I was still in shock for a while but time and golden memories keep me in tact keep me grounded.

During covid it was bad it was slow but ironically just go outside and grind outside to increment money to maintain al my businesses as well as bills etc. but gladly some of my albums were flourishing at the time and private works were being bought by collectors and or fans which kept me afloat to debut more of my visions as a pivot to keep afloat the vision and promote my clothing and album I made Nemic Brand Vault so I can advertise my clothing as album without having to separate the two building and expanding my sales in my album and my clothing company as well as publishing being my album is published under my publishing company 7 additional lanes of income

Expanded my Luxury line of Nemic Brand
Nemic Brand LuXu
And my special LuXu collection
Called “LuXu Gala Collection”
Which is clothing based off my abstract painting collection which is more expensive
Than the rest of the clothing on the Nemic Brand Line collection

Also my LuXu Gala Collection from my art collection is in a art gallery now. With more aims to have more of my paintings in more art Galleries.

“Tidal Wave” for example a copy of the painting costs $80,000 I don’t disclose the price for the original.

As Nemic Brand “Tidal Wave” sneakers cost $421.00.

I learned to adapt throughout various circumstances under severe circumstances so I am accustomed and more polished as well as groomed into pivoting and staying strong through multiple weight of adversity
I never spoke much or spoke my story but I felt right now would be the perfect time as god makes it that way for a reason. God bless.

Contact Info:

• Instagram: @gbabydebonair
• Facebook: Gazbe Debonair
• Twitter: @debonairgazbe
• Youtube: YouTube.com/Greggcfm
• Other: Solo.to/gazbedebonair Solo.to/nemicbrand

Image Credits
Photography by Gazbe Debonair