Biography
Pez's debut album, A Mind of My Own, was produced by Matik,(DEKAH1) with contributions from members of TZU, The Cat Empire and Blue King Brown. It was released on 4 October 2008 by Soulmate Records (distributed by Inertia) and peaked at #19 on the ARIA Urban albums chart and #8 on the AIR albums chart. The single "The Festival Song" peaked at #14 on the ARIA Australian Singles charts and #1 on the AIR singles chart.
Pez appeared for the first time in a Triple J Hottest 100 with one entry in the 2008 countdown; "The Festival Song" at number 7.
Pez has appeared onstage alongside US hip-hop stars Atmosphere, Mix Master Mike, Peanut Butter Wolf, Vanilla Ice, Lupe Fiasco, Brother Ali, Akrobatik, and Australian artists TZU, Muph & Plutonic, Drapht, Bliss n Eso and Illzilla.
On 11 May 2009, "These Days 2009", a reworked version of album track "These Days" featuring vocals by Hailey Cramer (Blue King Brown), aired on Triple J for the first time. A special edition of A Mind of My Own was released on 6 June 2009 with two new songs: "These Days 2009" and "Ain't Got Time" (Automatik Remix) featuring Dukes of Windsor and Seth Sentry; two videos: 'The Making of "These Days 2009"' and "The Festival Song" as well as new cover art.
At the fourth annual AIR Awards held on 22 November 2009 Pez won 'Best Independent Hip Hop/Urban Album' for A Mind of My Own.
In August 2011, Pez was featured on the Tom Ugly single 'I Was Somebody Else'. He was also featured on the Illy single 'Where Ya Been' released in July 2012.
Pez stated in a recent freestyle that he has been diagnosed with Graves' disease. Pez also stated on Facebook in late 2011 that he was working on a new album and mixtape and was hoping to have it/them released before Christmas, however this did not eventuate.
He announced on his Facebook page that he had established his own record label, "Easy Records". The first release on the label was the iTunes single "Perfect Couple, Pt. 2" by Fozzey & VanC.
On 4 December 2012, Pez's new single 'The Game' premiered on Triple J. It was later announced on a SoundCloud page where the single could be heard that it will be released by Soulmate Records on iTunes on December 14th, 2012.
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