YZ (rapper)
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YZ is a rapper
from Trenton Hills, New Jersey
. He is best known for his two early-1990s albums.
YZ is the owner of Blackworld Entertainment, a management firm. He re-entered the personal management field and is managing recording artists Daddy-O
, of Stetsasonic
, X-Clan
, Sonny Bonoho, Tray Chaney
, Met Bronson, Ozara Ode, Jeni Fujita, producer/artist Bobbie Fine; and producers: King Midas and DJ Cozmos. Additionally he brokers for Stic.Man of Dead Prez
and is the managing Consultant for the record labels NREG (Nappy Roots Entertainment Group) based in Atlanta; and Team Maverick/700 Block, based in New Jersey.
YZ discovered such acts as Poor Righteous Teachers
, Agallah
, Urban Thermo Dynamics, a group feat Ces, DCQ and Mos Def
.
YZ expanded his entertainment realm by getting behind the scenes of the television and radio world. He is the creator, executive producer, and host of the TV show Comin at Ya Live and the Internet's first hip-hop talk-radio show The After Thought.
In 1999, he appeared on two tracks on Aim
's album, Cold Water Music
.
Rapping
Rapping refers to "spoken or chanted rhyming lyrics". The art form can be broken down into different components, as in the book How to Rap where it is separated into “content”, “flow” , and “delivery”...
from Trenton Hills, New Jersey
New Jersey
New Jersey is a state in the Northeastern and Middle Atlantic regions of the United States. , its population was 8,791,894. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York, on the southeast and south by the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Pennsylvania and on the southwest by Delaware...
. He is best known for his two early-1990s albums.
YZ is the owner of Blackworld Entertainment, a management firm. He re-entered the personal management field and is managing recording artists Daddy-O
Daddy-O
Daddy-O is a 1958 B-movie starring Dick Contino. It was directed by Lou Place and written by David Moessinger. The film is notable for its soundtrack as being the debut film score for composer John Williams...
, of Stetsasonic
Stetsasonic
Stetsasonic was an American hip hop group formed in 1979 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York. It is remembered as one of the first hip hop crews to use a live band, and the group's positive, uplifting lyrics made it forerunners of alternative hip hop and jazz hip...
, X-Clan
X-Clan
X-Clan is a hip hop group from Brooklyn, New York, originally consisting of Grand Verbalizer Funkin' Lesson Brother J, Professor X The Overseer, Paradise the Architect, and Sugar Shaft the Rhythm Provider...
, Sonny Bonoho, Tray Chaney
Tray Chaney
Tray Chaney is an American actor. He appeared on the HBO program The Wire as Poot Carr.Chaney began his entertainment career as a dancer at the age of four winning competitions at the Apollo Theater. He appeared in the 2003 music video "My Baby" by rap artist Bow Wow. He later appeared in The Wire...
, Met Bronson, Ozara Ode, Jeni Fujita, producer/artist Bobbie Fine; and producers: King Midas and DJ Cozmos. Additionally he brokers for Stic.Man of Dead Prez
Dead Prez
Dead Prez stylized as dead prez is a hip hop duo from the United States, composed of stic.man and M-1, formed in 1996 in New York City, New York. They are known for their confrontational style, combined with socialist lyrics focused on both militant social justice and Pan-Africanism...
and is the managing Consultant for the record labels NREG (Nappy Roots Entertainment Group) based in Atlanta; and Team Maverick/700 Block, based in New Jersey.
YZ discovered such acts as Poor Righteous Teachers
Poor Righteous Teachers
Poor Righteous Teachers is a hip hop group from Trenton, New Jersey, founded in 1989. Often referred to as PRT by its fans, Poor Righteous Teachers are known as pro-Black conscious hip hop artists, with musical content inspired by the teachings of the Nation of Gods and Earths. Wise Intelligent, as...
, Agallah
Agallah
Agallah , born Angel Aguilar, is a Puerto Rican and Filipino-American rapper who was a member of the The Diplomats-affiliated group Purple City and the group Propain campaign. He was formerly known as 8-Off Agallah, but changed the name because it was controversial; 8-Off is a variation of the name...
, Urban Thermo Dynamics, a group feat Ces, DCQ and Mos Def
Mos Def
Dante Terrell Smith is an American actor and Emcee known by the stage names Mos Def and Yasiin Bey. He started his hip hop career in a group called Urban Thermo Dynamics, after which he appeared on albums by Da Bush Babees and De La Soul. With Talib Kweli, he formed the duo Black Star, which...
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YZ expanded his entertainment realm by getting behind the scenes of the television and radio world. He is the creator, executive producer, and host of the TV show Comin at Ya Live and the Internet's first hip-hop talk-radio show The After Thought.
In 1999, he appeared on two tracks on Aim
Aim (musician)
Aim is a British musician, DJ and producer, who was born in Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria. Aim's sound is a blend of funky electronic music and hip hop beats, a sound which typified the Grand Central Records label...
's album, Cold Water Music
Cold Water Music
-Track listing:# "Intro" – 0:55# "Cold Water Music" – 5:44# "The Force" – 4:05# "Sail" – 5:14# "Downstate" – 4:14# "Ain't Got Time to Waste" – 4:08# "Fat City " – 0:38...
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Discography
- 1990: Sons of the Father (Tuff City RecordsTuff City RecordsTuff City Records is a New York-based record label founded by journalist Aaron Fuchs in 1981. Initially concentrating on hip hop music, the label's roster expanded to include doo-wop, dancehall, and hip hop-jazz fusion, and releases included reissues of music from as far back as the 1940s.Fuchs was...
) - 1993: The Ghetto's Been Good to Me (Livin' LargeCold Chillin' RecordsCold Chillin' Records was a record label that released some important music in the golden age of hip hop from the late 1980s to the early 1990s. A producer-and-crew label founded by manager Tyrone Williams and run by Len Fichtelberg Cold Chillin' Records was a record label that released some...
/Tommy BoyTommy Boy RecordsTommy Boy Entertainment is an independent record label started in 1981 by Tom Silverman.-History:...
/Warner Bros. RecordsWarner Bros. RecordsWarner Bros. Records Inc. is an American record label. It was the foundation label of the present-day Warner Music Group, and now operates as a wholly owned subsidiary of that corporation. It maintains a close relationship with its former parent, Warner Bros. Pictures, although the two companies...
) - 2002: YZ Presents the Legend of Floyd Jones (Reservoir Records)
- 2009: Muad'Dib (Blackworld Entertainment)