Jay Bezel (born April 13, 1983), also known as Bezel, is a

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-born rapper. He also has lived in New York as well as Atlanta. Bezel started his career in Philly hitting the streets with mixtapes and doing local DVDs. He quickly made a name for himself. He later signed with

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and

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' label,

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in 2003. He released a few solo mixtapes while with the Diplomats(Phila. Beast Vol. 1 & 2, Certified Gangsta and Savior 2 Da City), appeared on various Diplomat mixtapes and Diplomat albums such as Juelz Santana's "What's The Game's Been Missing"....Duke Da God's "More Than Music Vol. 1 & 2, and Jim Jones "On My Way To Church" where he was the driving force behind such singles as "Best Out and "Certified Gangstas". Bezel's ''The Philadelphia Beast Vol. 2'' was released to stores on January 30, 2007, and featured appearances from

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and

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. Later that year, Bezel teamed up with fellow Philadelphia-area rappers

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and Hedonis da Amazon to produce an antiviolence single entitled "Every Day Is Crazy." After parting ways with Juelz Santana and renouncing his affiliation with DipSet/Skull Gang, Bezel started his own movement called "Doe Stackaz Ent.". Bezel and his partner Alpha has been doing it independently and hitting the streets hard. Bezel released his first project (without a DipSet affiliation) in 2009 entitled "Phila. Beast Vol.4 (Life After Death of the Set) hosted by DJ Lazy K and DJ Alamo (Doe Stackaz Ent.'s official DJ). This mixtape was a huge success for Bezel. This mixtape included features from artist such as Nicki Minaj, Pusha T, Soulja Boy and more. In February 2008, Bezel signed a contract with

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. He has also recently collaborated with fellow Dipset member 40 Cal on a new track about the rap collective's possible demise. Bezel helped produce Lil Wayne's album ''

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"The Carter III" Is Closer to Release

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. Published January 9, 2007. Retrieved August 5, 2008. and also made an appearance on

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's album, ''The Supreme Poet''.

Discography

Mixtapes

*''The Philadelphia Beast'' *''Savior 2 da City'' *''The Philadelphia Beast Vol.2'' *''The Philadelphia Beast Vol.3'' *''The Philadelphia Beast Vol.4'' *''Philly Raised Me'' (2013)

Singles

*2008: "Fresh Dressed" (featuring

)

Appearances

*2006: "Wanna Do" (from the

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mixtape ''Mic Destruction'') *2006: "Gangstas & Murderers" (from the

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mixtape ''Streets Wanna Know'') *2007: "Gladiators" (from

album '' More Than Music Vol. 2'') *2007: "Get Ya Grind On" (from

mixtape ''Dipset All Day'') *2007: "A Champ Is Like" (from the

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mixtape ''The New Season Vol. 2'') *2007: "Sleep" (from the

mixtape ''I Am the Future Part 2'') *2008: "Pussy MVP" (from the

mixtape ''Wayne's World 7: The Finale'') *2008: "G'd Up" (from the

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/ DJ Lust mixtape ''The Pandemic'')

References

External links

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