Nyzzy Nyce | |
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Background information | |
Birth name | DeAngelo Samuel |
Born |
Fort Wayne, Indiana, US |
January 4, 1988
Genres | Hip hop |
Occupation(s) | Rapper |
Instruments | Vocals |
Years active | 2007–present |
Labels | Hurricane Music Group |
Associated acts | Wiz Khalifa, Big Sean, Soulja Boy, Waka Flocka Flame, Blue Stahli |
Website | www |
DeAngelo Samuel, (born January 4, 1988) better known by his stage name Nyzzy Nyce (aka Nyzzy), is an American rapper from Fort Wayne, Indiana. In his career, Nyzzy has released the mixtape Nothing Nyce which spawned a successful independent string of momentum including national blog coverage, broadcast and licensing. In 2015, he will release several mixtapes including the anticipated Lost in LA and EP entitled Lost in Paris.
DeAngelo Samuel was born in Fort Wayne, Indiana. He attended Memorial Middle School. He attended Snider High School and started a record label called Certiflyyed Entertainment Group which was featured on BET’s 106 & Park. His record label is now called Hurricane Music Group and is distributed via 3D Distribution.
His career began at a young age where Nyzzy began to dabble in the art of rapping and developed a passion for “Rap Battling” that quickly created buzz around the city. In 2007 Nyzzy began to turn his passion into a career and created a label called the CertiFLYYed Entertainment Group. The label spent several years building a local fan based before releasing music videos that expanded their fan base to a national level and garnered over 200,000 views. Shortly after, the Nyzzy found himself on 106 and Park and Blaze the Stage acquiring an even broader following. His record label is now called Hurricane Music Group and is distributed via 3D Distribution.
Nyzzy is also noted as the lead songwriter and artist on one of the largest community driven and collaborative Hip Hop based music projects in the world called HipHop4theCity. The song “My City (Local)” was the result of this project which received over 240,000 views in a market population of 250,000 as well as national recognition and press. Nyzzy then took the project one step further with a national version of the song entitled “My City (National)” which appeared on the front page of VEVO upon its release.
Nyzzy Nyce made his VEVO debut landing him a worldwide exclusive on the homepage of the website for his video and single "I Just Rather". The song received positive reviews within the urban blog network such as VLAD TV, SOHH, B RealTV, and many more. His debut mixtape entitled Nothing Nyce and several video releases led to a string of momentum including national blog coverage, broadcast and licensing with the likes of the NFL, MBL, American Horror story on FX Network (The Axeman Cometh (American Horror Story)), and numerous feature films.