Lyrical genius and rapper, Maz, only 20, has closed the distance between aspiring artist and rising talent in a very short space of time.
Roughly three years in the game and he's already playing to larger than life audiences at festivals and renowned music venues across Europe.
His latest show saw him supporting Nicki Minaj at the Rockhal. Maz's lyrical depth and technical verse makes him an authentic wordsmith, while his flow and charisma onstage gives you an insight into his bright future.
: HAS PLAYED
Monkey Week (ES), Crossroads Festival (FR), What’s Next In Music? (LT), Reeperbahn Festival (DE), Mama Event (FR), Ancienne Belgique (BE), Sonic City (BE), Europavox Festival (FR)...
: PRESS QUOTES
“The 19-year-old phenom from Luxembourg who has a lyrical dexterity and confident flow that belies his young age; he’s only been writing and performing for a few years, yet already seems like a veteran.” – Derek Robertson, Europavox Festival
“An authentic wordsmith, there’s a depth and sophistication to his lyrics that’s rare for someone so young. Intelligent too; “Boys Don’t Cry” sees him deconstruct social media woes and toxic masculinity.” - Derek Robertson, Europavox Festival
“Contemporary rap needs people like him, who are willing to go against the grain and ignore stereotypes. The sky is the limit? As if!” “Deep thumping beats, creative use of samples, and pensive deadpan raps that turn into punchy double time attacks” - Silvi Zachanassian, Noizz.de
"Maz is one of the brightest new talents from a forward-thinking country.." - Jemma Stevens, The Line Of Best Fit
"At the forefront of the wave of luxembourgish artists coming through is the rapper Maz who makes lyric-heavy music that toys with timing and delivery as he reels off his impressively dense vocabulary" - Jen Long, The Line Of Best Fit
: BIOGRAPHY
Maz, only 20, has closed the distance between aspiring artist and rising talent in a very short space of time. The English-rapping genius tends towards gloom, inhales melancholy and spits out hope. Old school beats meet the words of the progressive rapper from the future, we’ve been waiting for. His rhymes are spot on and aim right into our wounds. Their content is their message. A raw confrontation with life in brutal honesty. A determination to not only scratch at the surface, but to rip it open. Maz draws from life and there is no life without death. No death without illness. No suffering without an open heart. No healing without vulnerability.
Roughly three years into the game and Maz is already playing to larger than life audiences at festivals and renowned music venues across Europe. In 2018, Maz was awarded Best Performer at the Screaming Fields Competition and nominated for the Best Upcoming Artist for the Luxembourg Music Awards. After performing on all major (Luxembourgish) stages including a support slot for Nicki Minaj at Rockhal in 2019, Maz followed with many other performances outside of Luxembourg at prestigious festivals such as the Printemps de Bourges, Reeperbahn, Monkey Week, Tallinn Music Week, Europavox, and capped off the year with a European tour to promote his new EP Sleepwalker, performing 16 dates in 8 different countries.
With a sharpened musical and visual identity (#mazk), the young rapper wants to give the voiceless not just a voice, but an uncompromising vision. Along with his followers, he seeks to drop the self-imposed mask and all other unnecessary superficialities. Sleepwalker is the dream of an unadulterated reality, the nightmare of a comatose state and the rebirth into a real and honest life.
Maz is the new engine of a more genuine and profound hip hop generation and incarnates a courageous attitude of empathy with a vision towards the future.
