Bugzee

BugzeeOne was born Ben Frank Velez on 4/21/1982 in Long Beach, CA. Age 2, his folks moved him to a town called Gilroy, south of the Bay Area. Moved to Pomona at 15 where he met up w/long time friend Cisk One who taught Bugzee to write graffitti. At 17, his Moms moved him to Whittier, hoping that would help keep Bugzee outta touble.

After being on probation for 5 years, at 18 he was finally taken off. Before this time, he only freestyled & battled other emcees for attention & girls. By 19, he took it more serious, saved up & bought a digital 4-track, drum machine, cd burner, & a mic. Within 3 weeks he cut his 1st album, "Breakin' Tha Stereotype" under the name Bugzee Alone. Sold cd's outta pocket while working at a fast food Chinese Restaurant. At 20, his 2nd album called "Non Filtered". At 21, he cut his 3rd record, "the BalsOut album". At 22, "Real Recognize Real". All beats were made by either himself or his boy Delux. Delux served as a mentor for Bugzee to help keep focus & encouragment. Unfortunately Delux's parole led him to leave the country. That's when Bugzee hooked up w/Frontier High classmate, Centek. Centek produced Bugzee's 5th solo record called "Bugzee Vs. Centek/Uncontrolled Substance ep". The next 2 years, the cut 2 group albums under the same name, "the LP" & "Polar Opposites". Meanwhile, Bugzee spent those 2 yrs. cutting his 6th solo "No Apologies". Produced by himself. Making music for money was never really a motive. Bugzee spent more than he made, that's why he always had a job.

Now, Bugzee is recording a new album w/production by Inertia for mypersonalproducer.com. Featuring artists like Centek, Pawz1 of IZRL Records, The Real Estate Crew (E.Soto/TheButcher/HawkCastro/Pawz1), & a few new kids from around the way. Hoping to press the album by this Fall...it's called "Mic Wise" the LP.