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Midnight Crisis by Lex One Lucian White 
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Lex Cruz a/k/a LexOne embodies the spirit of the modern-day Renaissance man with limitless ambition. The talented Miami-by-way-of-New York artist is a rapper, music producer, deejay, director, event promoter, and indie label owner, known just as much for his wild live shows, as his business acumen. Lex got his feet wet in the music industry in 2006 when he founded GTPS (Get That Paper Son) at the former Hi-Top Studios (a hybrid recording studio and sneaker boutique) in Fort Laude in Fort Lauderdale. When days were slow, he and his musical partner Mike Beatz locked themselves in the studio, perfecting their craft and steadily building a following. While living in New York in November 2009, he received a phone call from the U.K. about a track he cut with Mike and some other friends (under the name Wizard Sleeve) that was blowing up overseas. The song, “Riverside (Let’s Go!),” caught the attention of famed label Ministry of Sound Records, who signed the group for the single, had them re-record it, and asked them to fly to London to shoot a video. What was supposed to be a 12-day, 14-show tour in late 2009 grew substantially, blossoming into a whopping 33 shows in 23 days. At the same time, “Riverside” hit numerous milestones,including becoming a gold record (more than 500,000 copies sold), staying on the U.K. charts for more than 11 weeks, and hitting number-one in multiple countries. That same year, Lex dropped a solo album and a compilation with his Monsters Ink crew, in addition to appearing on another giant single with U.K. dance pioneers, Aquasky/Black Noise. Throughout his career, Lex has worked with a number of Hip-Hop greats both on his own, and as part of his side p and as part of his side projects (Major League, Wizard Sleeve, and Monsters Ink). They include Freeway, Rick Ross, and N.O.R.E. along with super-producers such as StreetRunner and Baby Paul (of Da Beatminerz), to name a few. He has also toured with the likes of Souls of Mischief, Bone Thugs-n-Harmony, Smoke DZA, and has shared the stage with a slew of notable acts, like Curren$y, AZ, KRS-One, Troy Ave, Trick Daddy, Method Man, Inspectah Deck, and Kool Keith, among others. As for his own work, the year 2016 was one of his biggest yet thanks to the release of his great Gold Plaque album, which features notable singles “Walk Alone,” “They Know” (which debuted on Sway In The Morning), and “I’ma Beast.” Those tracks made sizable dents on multiple platforms, including college radio, SoundCloud, and Spinrilla. The record built on what Lex had done with 2015’s solid Almost Gold project and the previous year’s No Prisoners, a collaborative album with Mike Beatz aka Thirdworld Don.

In a short period, the self proclaimed, “Bilingual Beast” has gone from Freestyling, recording demos, to performing in festivals, opening up for big acts like Ice Prince and 2face Idibia, and finally becoming a seasoned performer. He has evolved from a young child in the streets of Dar es Salaam, to a lyrical giant who sees nothing else than Work Ethic and Dedication as being the keys to success. 
After years of commitment and dedication to his craft, Wakazi is poised to become Tanzania’s leading Ambassador in Africa and in the Music World.
His signature Blend of English and Swahili rhymes caused him to be dubbed the “Bilingual Beast”, but his ability to tell a story and clever use of wordplay and metaphors, seem to be his real Strength. His ability to create context for the listeners is unparalleled, and he credits that to his personal life experiences as well as his imaginative part of the brain, which is sometimes more vivid than life itself.
Wakazi believes he has something to prove to first Tanzania, and then the rest of Africa, that he deserves a spot among the Best. With the release of Seven Mixtapes (MYU: The Trilogy, Utatu Mtakatifu, Live From Stakishari, Mtikila, The Massacre) in the past years, “Abacus EP” and his debut Album “Kisimani LP” which dropped early 2018, Wakazi has set the platform with which his dreams could be fulfilled. The sky is the limit for this TZee Emcee.

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