IamCruz

His story begins with chronic asthma. Born with this disease, breathing has always been an obstacle, and yet all he ever wanted to do was rhyme. His name is Carlos Cruz but most people call him Charlie, Cane, Cruz or Los. He was born and raised in Washington heights & Dyckman all his life to Dominican parents with 2 brothers and 2 sisters. He has been a hip-hop head since the late 80’s and early 90’s. He grew up listening to a lot of great hip-hop artist such as Nas JAY-Z Common Black Thought Mos Def Talib Kweli Dr. Dre Souls Of Mischief Boot Camp Click Heltah Skeltah Smiff ‘N’ Wesson KRS-One Rakim Kool G Rap Skyzoo Conway the Machine Westside Gunn Benny The Butcher and the list goes on. At the young age of 17, he started taking rap seriously. He started performing in different showcases and venues all around New York City. With places like The Bowery Poetry Club, Mojitos, Snitch, Sugar Bar, Nuyorican Café, SOB's, City College, Negro Claro, Mimosa And Many others. He decided to record his official mixtape in 2011 called “Raising CanE”. With moderate promotion, a few self made videos, and a heavy street buzz, the mixtape had a lot of positive feedback to then drop Cruz Control on 2013. Now he's currently working on 2 mixtapes (The Vintage Tape Part UNO AND DOS) AND his official album titled Vintage Moments with hopes to release Late 2021. Executive produced by Himself, this album will be straight underground from the raw and rugged beats produced by Brownwater Productions!