New Industry Artists
Posted by: New IndustrySt. Laz is an underground rap legend from the Brooklyn. He’s featured on tracks with 50 Cent, Young Buck, Prodigy, Mobb Depp and many other major artists. Hard-hitting, in your face lyrics, drops and beats are classic St. Laz. Many determined rappers emerge from State Correctional Facilities of New York but few achieve recognition beyond their own borough. Brownsville Brooklyn’s St. Laz is the notable exception. Constant appearances on the hottest Mixtapes, Mixtape track collaborations with major rappers, music playing on US, European and African radio stations, features on underground rap DVDs, videos featured on several US video shows and major HipHop websites, and licensing songs to Sony Pictures, Showtime and Fox Sports.
DJ Fade, GET’ EMs Most Valuable Player in 2007, is a major force in independent urban music. Fade’s fans rewarded his flawless ear and unwavering support of independent talent by selecting him as the 2005 Southern Entertainment Awards innovative Mixtape DJ of the Year. Fade has moved over 500,000 mixtapes and is a member of the Allout Allstar DJ’s, The Mixtape Cartel, The Mixtape Kingpins, and the Lord Gang DJ’s. Fade has risen from the Dirty South to worldwide fame in Underground Hip Hop. He was recently profiled in Juice Magazine in Europe as one the most innovative Mixtape DJ’s in the world.
New Orleans native PeeWee Dread combines reggae, roots, dancehall music with hip hop for an original show. PeeWee has played all over the US and has shared the stage with Third World, Afroman, Bone Thugs N Harmony, Yellowman, Sister Carol, Marley Son’s, Elephant Man, Justin Hines, DMX, Tony Asher and many more. Peewee’s band Dread I Dread has twice been honored as the Minnesota Reggae Artists of the Year.
Opium aka “The Hangman” embodies New Industry’s commitment to real hip hop. A hard hitting rapper from the streets and an original member of Pottersfield, Opium is driven by an unwavering commitment to breaking down barriers for impoverished artists and creating opportunities for what he considers “slaves of the ghetto.”



