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Lanze who entertains by his government name was born in Boston, Massachusetts on August 9th, 1987. Lanze first developed a passion for music and entertaining when his mother and father would play VHS tapes of Michael & Janet Jackson, LL Cool J, and his favorite R&B group which was from his hometown of Boston, New Edition. At the age of 3 Lanze, which everyone in the family called L.J., would watch their videos every day imitating their moves and reciting their lyrics. At all the family functions and cookouts little L.J. would be the one entertaining his family with his passion for music and dance. Lanze did his first talent show at the age of 5 at his school with his best friend Cyrus. Ever since that first performance he loved being on the stage. Lanze later developed his skill of rhyming from both his biological father, who he calls dad, and step-father, who he calls paps. His father was a very talented poet which is where he learned the true meaning in how to create a visual world with his words that the reader could feel and see at the same time. From his paps he learned how to freestyle when he was 9 when they were in the car and he seen how fun it was to try and rhyme of the top his head and still try to make sense. 
At age 12 Lanze moved with his mother and step-father to Chandler, Arizona. Age 16 Lanze started recording music with his best friends in high school. They first started making songs on his friends computer on a program called Cool Edit Pro. At this time Lanze was going by his nickname that they gave him in high school, L.jizzle. L.jizzle was in a rap group that he is still a part of called Y.O. which stands for Young’nz Official. Y.O.’s other 2 members consist of Sleep and Jaybo. Young’nz Official became known around the city of Chandler by performing in talent shows and releasing their first mixtape in 2004 self titled, Young’nz Official. Y.O. went around the city handing out their mixtape for free to all their friends, family, and people they did not know. They realized that people actually liked the young and energetic music that they were creating and decided to record an actual album in a professional studio. The albulm was titled “It’s Official” and had 13 original tracks produced by Mayham a.k.a. Mister Hampton in 2005. 
Summer of 2006 Lanze’s life took a change that no one could have predicted for his future. Lanze was diagnosed Bi-Polar in the summer of 2006 because he started having manic episodes. Lanze was checked in more than several times in a mental psychiatric ward hospital between the years 2006 -2009. In 2007 L.jizzle released his first mixtape titled Bi-Polar. L.jizzle decided to make the best out of his situation and mental illness by titling his mixtape Bi-Polar because he was not ashamed of his mental illness and knew that there are a lot of people who have been diagnosed with this illness who can relate. Bi-Polar consisted of 19 tracks which were all recorded in another one of his best friend’s home studio. Bi-Polar was produced by Mayham a.k.a. Mister Hampton. L.jizzle and Mayham burned 700 copies of Bi-Polar by themselves and handed them out for free all over the city. The response from the mixtape was taken in very well. 2010 L.jizzle decided to switch his stage name to his real first name, Lanze. He decided to go by Lanze because he was convinced by two of his friends that Lanze is more original and has a unique sound to it when you say it. To this day Lanze is still in the studio working and getting ready to release his second mixtape titled “Bi-Polar vol.2.” Be on the lookout to see him and his rap group Y.O. become the next artists out of Arizona to make it big.