Meet DZE LIKE RZA

Today we’d like to introduce you to DZE LIKE RZA.

Hi DZE, please kick things off for us with an introduction to yourself and your story.
I started writing parody raps in 5th Grade and it just kept on progressing from there. I dropped my first project in 2015 titled “All That” on Bandcamp. I never had my own personal recording equipment until I started going to CRAS, which at the time was my main reason for going.

Can you talk to us a bit about the challenges and lessons you’ve learned along the way. Looking back would you say it’s been easy or smooth in retrospect?
I think the road has been as smooth as Ive made it throughout the years. At times I feel time was wasted on certain things, but whenever I lock in things always work out for the better. My main struggles came from looking too far ahead in the future. I feel like that made me disappointed if certain expectations weren’t met instead of just taking things as they came. I had to re fall in love with making music because it wasn’t fun for a while.

As you know, we’re big fans of you and your work. For our readers who might not be as familiar what can you tell them about what you do?
I’m a songwriter, rapper, artist and audio engineer. I also do a lot of freelance A/V events throughout the state. Just started my LLC officially last November “BZE Records & Entertainment” mainly
assisting with live event setup, audio visual and audio engineering but we also can offer cover art designs, video edits and script writing/direction. We released our first project at the beginning of last year a 4 song EP , Sensei DZE. Also just released the debut Album last month 3/21 “Hanging Giants” out now on all platforms fully engineered and executive produced in house at BZE Records!

Risk taking is a topic that people have widely differing views on – we’d love to hear your thoughts.
I think taking risk are necessary if you want to take it to that next level. I have taken a few risk, not as much as I should have but to be fair some of those risk did actually backfire on me. I’m probably still too careful when it comes to taking big risk…something I need to work on, but in my defense I have been scammed out of hundreds of dollars trying to navigate my way through the industry as an independent artist.

Pricing:

• Cover Art ($10, $25, & $50)
• Recording&Mixing $30/hr
• Mastering $50 each

Contact Info:

• Instagram: instagram.com/chiefdze
• Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSJTx3b8ry4Tc5pRemMs1Mg
• SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/chiefdze

Image Credits
BZE Records @bzerecords