bio: raised in the notorious "brownsville brooklyn" section of new york, st.laz grew up seeing and experiencing a lot of hardships, hardships that molded him into the artist and man he is today. a six year stint in jail and another six years of working hard towards his goal of rap superstardom, st.laz is finally prepared for anything the music business has to offer. filming ten videos and recording over seven hundred songs with his group "pottersfield" while featuring on literally thousands of mixtapes, st.laz proves that you can independently make yourself a commodity in hip-hop. having a worldwide fan base. with cult followings in france, britain, canada, germany and many other countries, laz continues to go against the odds and win. with songs played on new york's infamous "hot 97" by dj greats like "kay slay","whookid" and "green lantern", st.laz' music has been heard by millions of listeners. laz dominates the internet by being one of, if not "the" most sought out indie artist in the hip hop online world. featuring on every single web site you can find, allhiphop.com, hiphopgame.com, datpiff.com, hiphopdx.com and yoraps.com to name a few, it's not hard to find st.laz or any info you need about his movement and progress. hot 97's ralph mcdaniels (hip-hop pioneer) has played several of st.laz' videos on his video show, the legendary "video music box" for twelve million viewers to see. st.laz has performed at major hip-hop events such as the "greekfest" in new york's long island section. st.laz has licensed songs to sony pictures, showtime and fox sports and he currently does the theme song for the fox sports hit show "pride" which can be seen on channel 88 on "time warner cable". laz and rap affiliate mr.reck have recently gained a major summer buzz with their collaboration record "bk madness" which has been all over the streets, radio, dvds, mixtapes and television."we proved that brooklyn rappers can stick together and make positive thing happen"says st.laz, "hard work pays off".dj diggz,big mike, dj 4sho, dj white owl, dj lust and dj scarface are some of the mixtape dj's that constantly support st.laz and his group pottersfield,you can find st.laz' music on any street corner. taking his business to the next level of success, laz joined forces with "cashville's" dj fade and lisa fortunato to create "new industry records". a independent label that promises to change things for the better in the rap community and offer indie artists bigger means of exposure and "know how" of the rap business. signing new artist "chozen few gang" from new jersey and recruiting some of the best indie producers in the world, laz is heading to the top fast."its bigger than just being a rapper, i want political power in this business of music, and i won't stop till i have it" are the words st.laz speaks when asked about his plans for the very near future. you can't help to believe that laz has a few tricks up his sleeve and a few cards that he hasn't played yet, i guess we will just have to wait and see. in the mean time i'm sure we will be hearing a whole lot from the man from brooklyn, just turn on your radio, satellite radio or tv and soon you too will be aware of the st.laz legacy. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.