Buzzcity zay

Zay, go ahead and introduce yourself real quick

I was born Isaiah Capers. My music name I go by Buzzcity Zay representing the Charlotte Hornets, that’s where I’m from, Charlotte, North Carolina. The type of music I do I would describe as, you know, Pop, Dancehall, a little Reggae, Hip Hop a little bit. But less rap and more like pop. Fun music.

Being that your name represents where you’re from, tell us about your city and why it makes you want to carry its name.

Charlotte is home. I learned everything, good down to the bad. I learned how to read, write, count money, play basketball, play football, baseball. Poetry classes in school. Just, I feel like wherever I go, when people realize I’m a great person and cool to hang out with, it’s important that they know Charlotte is what raised me.

When did you start making music?

My actual first song I put out back in 2014. That was the first time I ever really got in the studio. I still wasn’t taking music seriously then, but I still got introduced to the real studio as far as being able to record, mixing and mastering, and everything like that. But I would actually say 2019 was the year for me as far as “you know what, I’m going to get an

LLC, I’m gonna get my name Patented and Trademarked, I’m gonna buy my beats. As far as trying to make a living off of it and turn it from a hobby to a career. So I would say last year was the starting point for me.

And what has your music career been like since you’ve decided to focus on it as a business?

Aww man it’s been great. It’s open different doors as far as like being able to talk to different Djs, getting plugged in with different radio stations, Power98. This past year I actually got the chance to do a “Radio Ready” show with No Limit Larry, who is our #1 radio personality here in Charlotte. I was able to get on his platform and actually perform the song that I’m pushing right now Hot girl Wine. Actually since taking it seriously, and actually investing in myself and putting my own money in it, it just opened a lot of doors and opportunities for me to continue to reach my goals.

How important, as an artist, is it to invest in yourself?

That’s the number one thing. If you believe in yourself enough to invest in yourself, how can you look for investors or ask anyone else to help you reach your goal? Investing in yourself is the number one thing.

Tell us about the single? Honestly, I made the song in 2014. It’s 2020, and I’m getting the most exposure I’ve ever had because I actually started invested in myself. I was online looking for beats. At the time I did this as a hobby, the beat was actually called Hot Girl Wine. As I was listening to the beat, I could hear those words being said on the beat. So I called Chezzyy boy, at the time he was recording everything. So I went to the studio to record the song. He said, “Hey man, you got something. It’s a hit!” I heard him, but I didn’t really, like ‘yea, it sounds good.’ But I didn’t really understand it then. I was like, ok. A song is a song. But the more people I let hear it, they started telling me the same thing. They were like, “Man you need to push it! You need to do a video. You need to do this, do that.” And I’m like, “Ok, I hear you.” But I was in college, I had my first kid, so it never just clicked. But after over the years and every body telling you the same thing, even after years after you made the song. This song still today is still a hit. What you gonna do with it? So bringing it up to speed to today, I got a Distrokid account right around December 2019, and I uploaded the song. After I uploaded on Apple Music, that first week I had 5000 streams. It shocked me. Everything everyone’s been telling me about the song is true. That was amazing to me. As an unknown, to get 100 is amazing, let alone 5000! Now that you see the potential, what’s your ultimate goal with music? Where are you trying to get to? Honestly, I wanna be the best. And that’s why I’m in the lane that I’m in. I’m in my own lane. The closest artist to me right now is Rotimi. He’s giving that same type, that same type of Reggae vibe that I give. Other than that, nobody’s in my lane.

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