BIZZ BIO

BORN AND RAISED IN NEW JERSEY, BRANDON “BIZZ” STOKES WAS BRED TO BE AN ENTERTAINER. GROWING UP WITH BASKETBALL AS HIS MAIN FOCUS, AFTER A FEW SERIOUS INJURIES HE HAD TO GIVE IT UP. AT THE SAME TIME HE ALREADY HAD A LOVE FOR HIP-HOP. HE RAPPED IN CIPHAS AND BATTLED OLDER HEADS FOR FUN AT THE TENDER AGE OF 15, BUT BEGAN TO SEE HIS POTENTIAL AFTER PERFORMING @ A SHOWCASE AT A JERSEY CITY COLLEGE. HE DID TWO PERFOMANCES AND WON 1ST  AND 2ND PLACE AWARDS. 

KNOWN FOR HIS TERRIFIC WORDPLAY, PIN-POINT FLOW, AND LAID BACK AND HUMBLE PERSONALITY, HE RIDES IN A LANE BY HIMSELF. “WITH ME I JUST STRIVE TO MAKE UNIVERSAL MUSIC AND BE AS VERSATILE AND ORIGINAL AS POSSIBLE. PLUS IT DOESN’T HURT TO STAY TRUE TO YOUR OWN LIFE EXPERIENCES.” IN THE FALL OF 2004 BIZZ WAS INTRODUCED TO RHA-SUN C.E.O OF BLAKGLOBE RECORDS INC. IN THE SPRING OF 2005, BIZZ SIGNED WITH BLAKGLOBE RECORDS AND BEGAN TO FURTHER HIS CAREER AS AN ARTIST. LATER THAT YEAR BIZZ’S SINGLE “DROP IT” WAS FEATURED ON “WELKOME TO THE HOOD”, BLAKGLOBE RECORDS FIRST ALBUM. IT WAS A SMASH IN THE STRIP CLUBS AND WAS ALSO CHOSEN FOR THE SCORE OF STERLING FILMS “EAST NEW YORK”, FEATURING REMY MARTIN AND KILLA PRIEST. IN ’05 BIZZ PROMOTED HIMSELF BY PERFORMING @ NYC VENUES AND A FEW LOCAL RADIO STATIONS.

IN 06 BLAKGLOBE RECORDS RELEASED A COMPILATION IN STORES TITLED “BLAKTRILOGY” WHICH TOUCHED TOWER RECORDS AND MANY OTHER STORES ON THE EAST COAST INCLUDING ONLINE SITES SUCH AS CDBABY.COM & CHAMBERMUSIK. BIZZ’S SOLO “PART OF ME” WAS ONE OF THE FEATURE TRACKS ON THE ALBUM. PEOPLE COMPARED HIS WRITING TO NAS HIT “GAVE U POWER”. AFTER THE RELEASE OF THE ALBUM BIZZ KEPT PUSHIN BY PERFORMING @ VENUES SUCH AS THE CUT SHOWCASE (NYC), ACE OF SPADES SHOWCASE (NYC). RIGHT TO LIFE GUN VIOLENCE CONCERT (PHILLY), CLUB CLEMENTES (NY). DON HILLS (NY), AND CLUB HYPERLINK (RICMOND, VA), TO NAME A FEW. WHILE IN RICHMOND, VA, BIZZ WAS A GUEST ON POWER 92.1 FM WITH DJ STREES.  IN 2007 BIZZ RELEASED HIS SOLO MIXTAPE TITLED “STRICTLY BIZZNESS” VOL.1 WHICH SPARKED A CRAZY BUZZ IN THE STREETS AND ONLINE. IN JANUARY, THE MIXTAPE COVER WAS FEATURED IN RAP FANATIC MAGAZINE. BIZZ ALSO WAS INVITED TO PERFORM @ A PARTY ON JAN 13TH HOSTED BY RAP FANATIC MAGAZINE @ THE CHOCOLATE CAFÉ. AFTER HIS PERFORMANCE, BIZZ RECEIVED LOVE FROM THE CROWD INCLUDING LEGENDARY HIP HOP ARTIST DMC. IN THE SPRING OF ’07 BIZZ WILL BE FEATURED ON BLAKGLOBE RECORDS UPCOMING DVD. HE IS ALSO WORKING ON  RELEASING HIS SINGLE “GET IT CLOSER” FEATURING OMILLIO SPARKS AND CO-PRODUCED BY PLATINUM PRODUCER 4TH DISCIPLE, WHO ALSO PRODUCED ON THE BLAKTRILOGY ALBUM.


4TH DISCIPLE - CO-PRODUCER

4TH DISCIPLE PRODUCER OF HITS SUCH AS JUDGEMENT DAY T2 (METHOD MAN) OLDER GODS ( WU TANG FOREVER) DAMAGE (OL DIRTY BASTARD) NASTY IMMIGRANTS (NUTTY PROFESSOR SOUNDTRACK) BIBLE (KILLAH PRIEST) AND MANY MORE. 4TH PRODUCTION ON THE TRACK "GET IT CLOSER" ADDED THE SOUND THAT WILL MAKE THIS TRACK A SMASH SINGLE FOR '07 .