Chu’Zu If it is one thing that the South knows how to do very well, it’s party. And everybody knows it. Each and every year, folks flock from all over the country to southern cities just to get loose and have a good time. Whether the magical Memphis in May month-long parties to the freaky forays of New Orleans’ Mardi Gras or the much-talked-about Labor Day in Miami, below the Mason-Dixon line is where America comes to let her hair down. Providing the perfect musical soundtrack to every jam-packed club, backyard bar-b-que or a romantic night with your lady friend, with his swagger-ific flavor and hypnotic sound, 20-year-old Texas-bred musical wonder Chu’Zu is all about putting a smile on your face and making the you feel good. He became a mainstay around east Texas after giving party people just a swig of what he’s sipping on with runaway single “Cranberry and Vodka” and The Smash Hello Kitty that flooded the southern states airwaves. His latest release (Mix tape) Called Mind Of A Pimp Vol. 2 was a banger for the streets mixing it up from club music to R&B! His next project dropping in 2014, he plans to re-create his image and give the world the new Chu’Zu! “Me and my homies just like to go out to the clubs and have fun. And we got that southern playa swag so I make music for people like us,” relates Chu’Zu. Soon to be Released Single called “She Ready” (Prod. By Brandon Dirty Bird Parrott) is in hopes to be the brand new start he has been looking for. Once they hear that song, it’s a wrap. The club turns into a whole different mood. “The ladies love me” he says. Real name Nigel Ross, the artist most known as Chu’Zu was born into music in Tyler, Texas. Many of his closest friends coming up were aspiring rappers and his family even made music from a studio they built in their home. Chu started tinkering with equipment as early as middle school. And by the time he was 12, the eager, young entertainer had his own studio setup. He mastered the beat-making computer program FL Studio and Pro-tools to produce his own tracks and record and mix and master them himself. He was only in the eighth grade when he put his first few songs on My Space. Unfortunately, he didn’t get the response he had hoped for. “They really didn’t like it. They said it was wack,” Chu admits. “It wasn’t that good but it was a start but all that has changed. They’re all hopping on the team like bullfrogs right about now.” Refusing to give up, he kept making music over the years. And before long, he had gained Internet fans. By the time he had made it to high school, Chu upped the ante and began passing out his homemade mix tapes in school. He would produce all the tracks, lay the lyrics and sit up all night burning CDs on his laptop. By the time he graduated last year, he had so many different mix tapes floating across the school that he couldn’t even keep up with them. After high school he attended The Conservatory of Recording Arts in Mesa, AZ where he learned the professionalism and the know how to really make his music pop from and engineers stand point. “Since I’m not in school anymore,” he says, “I got to hit the streets.” That street grind has definitely paid off. He has had east Texas running drunk off his latest mix tape Mind Of a Pimp Vol.2 And the world will soon be just as intoxicated off his upcoming singles and projects.