Battle MC. Medical Student. Poet. Storyteller. Visionary. Revolutionary.

Having
sold close to 10,000 copies of various mixtapes, Lazarus has made
himself a Detroit icon in the hip hop scene and continues to grow in
the streets and on the internet. What separates this Pakistani American
from the typical spitfire lyricist in the industry is his undeniable
ability to write songs and catchy hooks of subject matter from every
range of the spectrum. Having a father who's a hustler, an older
brother who's a heavyweight boxer from the Kronk Gym, and a
crack-addicted Uncle, Lazarus speaks on what he sees in his life in the
realest, most creative and passionate way that it can be delivered:
through wordplay, vocabulary, and vast amounts of emotion. Lazarus
comes off as versatile in his range of rap styles, the way he shifts
from calm to hard to lyrical, and then from slow-paced to fast. Lazarus
has an incredible amount of shows under his belt, from performances at
St. Andrews, to the Bull Frog, to the Majestic Theatre, to headlining
for the Ruff Ryders, Industry Night at Club Rain, and at the Vote or
Die campaign at Wayne State University to name a few. Lazarus also
rapped at Joe Louis Arena prior to a G-Unit performance. Having
defended his freestyle skills on many stages and after retiring as
battle champion on Freestyle Friday on radio station FM 95.5, Lazarus
continues his journey into song-writing. With two articles in the
Promoter Magazine, and articles spreading from Wayne State University
to Michigan State University, the name continues to spread. Lazarus
recently got the chance to be one of three MCs (alongside Ill Uno and
Hush, who is signed to Geffen Records) to be featured in a worldwide
documentary on the Discovery Times Channel hosted by 2-time Pulitzer
Prize Winning New York Times writer Charlie LeDuff. The big buzz
generator for his being chosen for the documentary was his song
Godflow; The song, consisting of 100 bars, made Lazarus the first
2-time hall of famer on detroithiphop.com, gave him the hip hop
quotable, placed him as Artist of the Month on detroitrap.com and
nominated him Lyricist of the Year at the Detroit Hip Hop Awards. On
top of that, the song became a regularly played track on the number 1
radio station in Detroit, FM 98 WJLB. Canadian radio stations, along
with Detroits FM 102.7, and FM 89.3 followed and continued banging
Godflow every week since it was made and continue to do so. The song
also continues to spread via DJs across the country. Dream of a
Hustler; a song about how Lazarus's father came to America from
Pakistan with 50 dollars in his pocket, was next to hit the radio
stations. Struggle of a 16 Bars and O Brother followed next. With 4
tracks getting radio play, Discovery Times got a hold of him to put his
story out for the world to see: on Cable Television. What started as a
dream behind a hungry battle MC is steadily unfolding to the mission it
was intended to be: to revitalize the essence of hip hop music and let
the world see passion, energy, and determination like never before.
Currently, Lazarus works with engineer/producer Detroit guru IV Duncan
of Music Brokers to finish his first major LP "Chapter 1: The Prince
Who Would Be King" and is in the process of hosting DJ Butters new
mixtape "Lazarus For President". Detroit legend Royce Da 5'9 has been
featured in the project on a political track entitled Born To Die.
Currently in medical school, Lazarus wants to show the type of impact
that hip hop, as an art form and as a form of music, can have on an
audience and showing how he is more than capable of making an album
that will be appreciated amongst the hip hop classics. In breaking
stereotypes of his race, and in standing for hip hop and education,
Lazarus marches past the borders of Detroit, out to America, and out to
the world. Its time for a revolution.