CHOZEâ„¢

CHOZE HAS BEEN A FAN OF HIP HOP SINCE THE MID 90'S "I REMEMBER HEARIN MY FIRST RAP SONG ON THE RADIO WHICH WAS CALIFORNIA LOVE BY 2PAC & DR.DRE" EVER SINCE THEN HE WAS A FIEND...NEVER SERIOUSLY THINKING ABOUT RHYMING AT A EARLY AGE..INSTEAD HE WAS A YOUNG ATHLETE TRYING A ACHIEVE WHAT ALL YOUNG MEN STRIVE FOR.."I WANTED TO BE IN THE NBA GROWING UP" CHOZE REMEMBERS SMILING.."ME AND MY COUSIN WOULD PLAY EVERYDAY..FIERCE RIVALRIES WHICH ALMOST LEAD TO FIST FIGHTS" HE LAUGHS...THEN AT THE AGE OF 12, HIS SAME COUSIN WHO HE USED TO PLAY BASKETBALL WITH DAILY USED TO FREESTYLE WHILE THE 2 WERE WORKIN FOR THE LOCAL PAPER AND HE REMEMBERS ASKING HIM HOW HE COULD RHYME FOR SO LONG.."MASE USED TO RHYME FOR 10 MINUTES STRAIGHT WITHOUT STOPPING AND HIS FLOW WAS ALWAYS ON POINT BACK THEN"..THEN KNOWN AS LIL' M, THE 2 FORMED A DUO RAP GROUP "LIL' PLAYAZ".."BACK THEN MASE WOULD GHOSTWRITE MY RHYMES AND WE WOULD GO TO MY HOUSE AND RECORD ON THE KARAOKE MACHINE" UNDER HIS COUSIN'S TUTORING HE THEN STARTED TO GET BETTER WITH TIME..TO THE POINT WHERE HE DIDN'T NEED HELP WITH RHYMES AT ALL..BUT BAD TIMES CAME WHEN CHOZE DECIDED TO TAKE A BREAK FROM RAP TO FOCUS ON PLAYING BASKETBALL..."I THINK I WAS PUSHING MYSELF TO HARD, TO TRY AND GET BETTER TO FAST, SO I FELL BACK AND FOCUSED ON BASKETBALL.." INSPIRED BY ALL FORMS OF HIP HOP..FROM THE BOOM BAP ERA IN THE LATE 80'S TO THE FLASHY ERA IN THE LATE 90'S...CHOZE HAS ALWAYS KEPT AN OPEN MIND WHEN IT COMES TO CRAFTING SONGS.."THERE WAS A POINT IN MY LIFE, AND I'M STILL TRYING TO GET OUT OF IT, BEING LABELED A MIXTAPE RAPPER, CAUSE I NEVER REALLY HAD A PRODUCER TO BE MY RIGHT HAND MAN AND HELP CRAFT MY SOUND SO I'VE ALWAYS HAD TO DO INDUSTRY BEATS UP UNTIL THIS POINT" NOW GARNERING MORE ATTENTION VIA MYSPACE & WORD OF MOUTH IN HIS HOMETOWN OF PORTLAND, OREGON..CHOZE BELIEVES HE HAS WHAT IT TAKES TO BE THE FIRST PERSON TO BREAK OUT OF HIS STATE.."I REALLY BELIEVE PORTLAND HAS A LOT OF POTENTIAL AND A LOT OF TALENT..THERE JUST HASN'T BEEN ONE BREAK OUT ARTIST YET, I'M TRYING TO BE THAT ARTIST.." WORKING ON HIS THIRD MIXTAPE TITLED "GRIND SEASON" HE DISPLAY LYRICAL GROWTH FROM HIS PREVIOUS 2 MIXTAPE RELEASES.."BACK THEN I WOULD JUST RAP ABOUT THE SAME THINGS I HEARD ON THE RADIO...WHEN MY BROTHER HEARD MY LAST MIXTAPE..HE TOLD ME "SO U REALLY BUST GUNS? U REALLY KILL PEOPLE?" I TOLD HIM "NO, I WAS JUST RAPPING THAT WAY TO GET PUT IN THE GAME" I CREDIT HIM FOR ME STEPPING UP MY GAME LYRICALLY AND CREATIVELY.." GETTING PROPS FROM A FEW PEOPLE IN THE INDUSTRY..CHOZE'S CONFIDENCE IS AT A ALL TIME HIGH.."SWIZZ BEATZ MANAGER HEARD A FEW SONGS HE TOLD ME THEY WAS HOT...GRAFH SHOWED ME LOVE WIT A MIXTAPE DROP..PEOPLE LIKE CONSEQUENCE (G.O.O.D. MUSIC,REMO DA RAPSTAR (ALL CITY DISTRO), GYPSY STOKES (KONVICT MUZIK),CASHIS (SHADY RECORDS) ETC..THEY ALL KEEP TELLING ME TO KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK AND BE ORIGINAL..I THINK I CAN GET RESPECT IN THE GAME.." ALL OF THIS WHILE STARTING HIS OWN NEU BEGININ ENTERTAINMENT RECORD LABEL WITH CO-CEO AND LONG TIME FRIEND SAINT.."I HAVE A VISION FOR THE FUTURE...I TRY TO RECRUIT CATS THAT HAVE BELIEVABLE STORIES, REAL LYRICS, AND JUS AN OVERALL RESPECT FOR HIP HOP CULTURE" BE SURE TO STAY TUNED FOR CHOZE'S MIXTAPE COMING REAL SOON!!