CRUZMATIK
Heavy Bandz
About CRUZMATIK
Meet Cruzmatik, a collaboration of two veterans from the music world who have come together for the first time and put together a fresh new sound that will most surely appeal to fans of all kinds of music. Featuring rapper/producer FMZ and singer/songwriter JWillz, these two lifelong friends are bringing their unique styles together to create an album that will rock the clubs as well as the streets, and make you bob your head. Reggie Stephens, who also goes by the name Famouz, or FMZ, is a former player for the New York Giants and the Arena Football League’s Nashville Kats. FMZ gained notoriety for being the first person to legally sample a Jon Bon Jovi song on a hip-hop track (“Bad Name,” and get clearance for David Bowies (“FAME “) from his debut album, Ghetto Passport). In addition to Bon Jovi, FMZ has worked with the likes of E-40, Bun B, DJ Unk, and Rankin Scroo. Jason Williams, aka JWillz, has been the lead singer of the group Ribsy’s Nickel for 12 years. Growing up in one of California's premiere surf towns (Santa Cruz), JWillz and Ribsy’s have been playing their catchy surf/reggae/rock music up and down the California coast for close to 12 years, sharing the stage with bands like Slightly Stoopid, Pepper, The Expendables, Fishbone, Travis Larson Band and The Chop Tops. FMZ and JWillz have known each other for years, and FMZ, recognizing the talent JWillz possessed as an artist, encouraged him to come into the studio and see if they could create some magic. Their first song together, “Not Gone Wur Bout It,” which they have performed to raucous crowds at a few Ribsy’s Nickel shows, sparked their creativity, and the rest was history. Now, with their debut album set to drop, Cruzmatik is set to shake up the music world and give fans a taste of the talent that exists from the 831.
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