Mozzy started rapping in 2004 under the name Lil Tim.
22 Facts About Mozzy
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Mozzy eventually changed his stage name to Mozzy in 2012.
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Mozzy received little attention until the release of his 2015 album Bladadah, which was ranked as the 22nd best rap album of 2015 by Rolling Stone and which gave him the "best run" of 2015 according to Complex Magazine.
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Mozzy grew up on 4th Avenue, in Sacramento's Oak Park neighborhood.
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Mozzy's parents were not in his life, so he was raised by his grandmother Brenda Patterson-Usher, a Black Panther party member, who owned several homes throughout Oak Park.
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Mozzy attended Sacramento High School, but eventually dropped out and earned a GED.
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Mozzy worked various local jobs until he decided to pursue his music career full-time in 2010.
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Mozzy first began rapping at age 16 alongside his uncle Genaro "GP the Beast" Patterson.
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In 2010 under the stage name "Lil Tim", Mozzy released a single titled "U Ain't Really Like 'Dat", his first release as a full-time musician.
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In 2016, Vallejo rapper Nef the Pharaoh released the album Neffy Got Wings, featuring a track with Mozzy called "Devil's Team".
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In 2019, Mozzy released a full length collaboration album called Chop Stixx and Banana Clips, with Gunplay.
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On September 30,2021, Mozzy was featured on the song "Last One Standing" by Skylar Grey, along with Eminem and Polo G, featured on the soundtrack for the film Venom: Let There Be Carnage.
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Mozzy released his first solo mixtape in 2011 under the title Money Means Mozzy, and had released ten other mixtapes by 2016.
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In 2016, Mozzy moved from Sacramento to Los Angeles, California and released the album Gang Related Siblings, featuring his fellow Oak Park native and producer June.
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On September 23,2020, Mozzy returned with his second project of 2020, Occupational Hazard.
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Mozzy described it as his favorite project and said the album goes back to his "old" style.
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Mozzy started 2021 by releasing the single "Bompton to Oak Park", which was a collaboration with fellow California rapper YG.
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On February 10,2022, Mozzy signed his major-label contract in a joint venture with CMG and Interscope Records and shortly after, released the single "Real Ones" featuring Roddy Ricch.
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In March 2014, Mozzy released the track "I'm Just Bein Honest" which sparked a feud with local rapper Lavish D However, there had been an ongoing feud, which started in Meadowview and G Parkway in Sacramento, that put Guttah Team and Starz against Oak Park gangs like Fab and Stunna Gang.
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Between 2005 and 2008, Mozzy was arrested three times by the Sacramento Police for possession crimes, including illegal possession of a firearm and evading police.
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In July 2018, Mozzy was arrested during a traffic stop in Las Vegas for gun possession.
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In July 2022, Mozzy pled guilty to a charge of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon and was sentenced to one year in prison, as well as a $55,000 fine.