Lazaro Mendez, better known by his stage name DJ Laz is a Cuban-American rapper and DJ from Miami, Florida. He hosted the weekday morning "DJ Laz Morning Show" in Miami on WPOW 96.5 FM, branded "Power 96," for 22 years until he left the company in April 2012. Beginning July 4, 2012 the new DJ Laz Morning Show began after arbitration on the newly reformatted WRMA DJ106.7 a Bilingual Dance/Rhythmic formatted station.
He is best known for his albums DJ Laz and Category 6, which charted on U.S. Billboard album charts. He is also notable for the singles "Journey Into Bass" (1994) and "Move Shake Drop" (2008), which peaked at #56 on the Billboard Hot 100.
DJ Laz's Morning Show, "The DJ Laz Morning Show" on LA 96.3 of Los Angeles and DJ 106.7 of Miami, is known for mysteriously getting their hands on exclusive content. DJ Laz is also known for his show's prominent appearance on Fox's Television Show, Dish Nation.
In July 2012, when Justin Bieber made a 911 call to authorities to report paparazzi that were following him, the DJ Laz Morning Show was the first to obtain Bieber's 911 call, airing it on Los Angeles' LA 96.3.
On Tuesday, September 11th, 2012, the DJ Laz Morning Show aired a pre-recorded interview with President Obama. Many Obama critics quickly bashed Obama for making no mention to the September 11th attacks, despite the fact that the interview was pre-recorded. The White House later made it clear that the call was indeed pre-recorded and was supposed to have been played on Monday, September 10th.