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IN 1997 CARLOS NAPPER A.K.A. HALERAZA CARBONE CREATED THE INDEPENDENT POWERHOUSE RECORD LABEL, HALERAZA RECORDS WHICH INTENDED TO BE ONE OF THE MANY VOICES OF HIP-HOP FROM THE CLAIRTON & MCKEESPORT AREAS OF PITTSBURGH, PA. SHORTLY AFTER THE LABEL WAS SET UP, HALERAZA AND HIS TEAM STORMED THE HIP-HOP SCENE IN 1997 WITH THERE FIRST RELEASE, THUG DECYPLEZ, SILENT BUT DEADLY, WHICH FEATURED, ALL OF THE ELITE MCS OF THE LABEL INCLUDING HALERAZA CARBONE, Q45, 2 KRAZE, & THE FALLEN SOLDIER, & KING OF ALL KINGS, BIG WIZ. HALERAZA RECORDS WENT ON TO RELEASE, THE SOLO DEBUT FROM 2 KRAZE, TITLED, MY TIME TO SHINE, AND FOLLOWED LASTLY, BY THE SOLO DEBUT FROM HALERAZA CARBONE, TITLED, ONLY THE STRONG WHICH TOTALS IN AN IMPRESSIVE FOUR RELEASES. AFTER SELLING OVER 13,000 CDS, THE LABEL IS HARD AT WORK PROMOTING THE MOST RECENTLY RELEASED LP, ONLY THE STRONG, RELEASED ON FEBRUARY 14, 2004. THIS RELEASE INCLUDES GUEST APPEARANCES FROM ALL OF THE STAR MCS OF THE LABEL ALONG WITH APPEARANCES FROM MORE PRODUCERS, MC'S, AND SINGERS FROM THE PITTSBURGH AREA. IN 2003 & 2004, HALERAZA RECORDS EMPLOYEED SOME OF THE MOST POWERFUL PRODUCERS, PROMOTERS, & CONSULTANTS IN THE PITTSBURGH MARKET & BEYOND TO DELIVER THEIR NEWEST RELEASE AS WELL AS THE FUTURE RELEASES. IN APRIL OF 2005, THE SECOND SOLO RELEASE FROM 2 KRAZE, TITLED, HOOD, HILL, & VILLE HIT THE STREETS WITH A VENGENCE PROVING THAT HALERAZA RECORDS IS CONSISTANT & HERE TO STAY. BIG WIZ IS NOT SIGNED TO HALERAZA RECORDS BUT HAS MADE MAJOR CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE LABELS DEVELOPMENT FROM THE START. AS THE OLDER BROTHER OF HALERAZA CARBONE, & 2 KRAZE, BIG WIZ'S INVOLEMENT IN THE HIP-HOP CULTURE HEAVILY INFLUENCED THE YOUNGER SIBLINGS TO GET INVOLVED. IN 2005, HALERAZA RECORDS SIGNED LONG TIME AFFILIATED ARTIST, PROFECY. PROFECY HAS APPEARED ON THE MAJORITY OF THE LABEL’S RELEASES AND AFTER BEING SIGNED TO SEVERAL OTHER INDIE LABELS HAS NOW JOINED HALERAZA RECORDS. DURING THE NFL PLAYOFF SEASON, HALERAZA RECORDS RELEASED THEIR HIT SINGLE, “BLACK & GOLD†THAT TOOK THE AIRWAVES BY STORM AS THE PITTSBURGH STEELERS HIP-HOP ANTHEM. HALERAZA RECORDS MOST RECENT RELEASE, “THE CROWNING†IS A CD & DVD RELEASE THAT THEIR FANS WORLDWIDE ARE GOIN’ CRAZY OVER. THE FUTURE RELEASES INCLUDE, THE SOLO DEBUTS FROM PROFECY, & Q45, WHICH ARE CURRENTLY UNTITLED. ON LATE 2007, TRIPLE O.G. BIG WIZ WAS SHOT SEVERAL TIMES IN AN ROBBERY ATTEMPT AS HE PREPARED FOR A BIG HALERAZA RECORDS PARTY AT A LOCAL CLUB THAT NIGHT. WIZ HAD BEEN SHOT BEFORE AND PULLED THREW EVERY TIME, BUT THIS TIME GOD TOOK HIM HOME WITH A SMILE ON HIS FACE AND A MIC IN HIS HAND. BIG WIZ LIVED VERY WORD THAT HE VER WROTE AT ONE TIME OR ANOTHER. HIS FLESH IS GONE, BUT HIS PRESENCE WILL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN. TODAY AFTER MOVING OVER 35,000 UNITS, HALERAZA RECORDS IS CAREFULLY LOOKING FOR AN INDEPENDENT DISTRIBUTION DEAL. IN 2007, THIS INDIE POWERHOUSE LOOKS FORWARD TO ARRANGING A PROMOTION & DISTRIBUTION, OR A JOINT VENTURE DISTRIBUTION DEAL WITH A MAJOR RECORD LABEL. THE ELITE, HALERAZA RECORDS AND IT'S SIGNED ARTIST ARE PREPARED FOR THE FUTURE.
