Johnny Z aka JDevilleBio
Born and raised in Vallejo, California, Johnny Z aka JDeville
had a major role in shaping the Northern California Bay Area Hip
Hop sound. It began in high school where he played guitar in various
rock bands, but later shifted his talents towards rap music when
he met and collaborated with DC The Brain Supreme (Tag Team) on
underground rap tapes at Sacramento State college. After graduating
with a Bachelor of Science degree in Management and Marketing
in 1989, Johnny moved back to Vallejo where he and high school
friend Tim Lyon (TL aka L-Train) hooked up with Jim Trujillo (Jay
Tee) and began writing, recording, and performing rap songs as
3Deep. From this, Rated Z Recordz and Productionz was born and
a 4-track studio was built in a downtown Vallejo building.
At a KMEL radio Christmas event, 3 Deep came
in second place to a little known rapper at the time, MC Sway,
who later became famous as an MTV reporter. After numerous demo
tapes, live shows, a name change, and Johnny Z becoming the producer
and no longer a rapper in the group, Rated Z signed a production
deal with Cory Robbins and Profile Records for N2DEEP. The album
and single, Back To The Hotel, was released in 1992 and within
a month established the group and Johnny as major players on radio
and in sales. The album and single would soon go gold and help
establish Johnny Z as a producer to watch.
His career continued to soar as Johnny worked
with big name acts, Run DMC, Spice 1, E-40, Baby Bash, Mac Dre,
Scapegoat Wax, and Ron C. Rated Z Studios also became a regular
hot spot for many Bay Area rappers, as well as artists from around
the country.
Many years later and more gold records, Johnny
continues to produce music for artists as well as for movies,
videos, and commercials. He also is always trying to push Hip
Hop into new directions. Rated Z continues releasing records out
of San Diego and Johnny Z continues to work in his private studio,
now called, Dirty Martini Labs.
RatedZRecordz.com
MySpace.com/jdeville
MySpace.com/ratedzrecordz
MySpace.com/dirtymartinilabs
Twitter.com/ratedzrecordz
Artists
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N2DEEP-Profile
Run DMC-Profile
Baby Bash w/ Potna Deuce-Profile
Scapegoat Wax-Grand Royal/Hollywood
E-40-Sic Wid It
Spice 1-Jive
Mac Dre-Romp/Thizz
Chuck Prophet-Hightone/New West
Stevie Salas-Surfdog
Young DRU-Rated Z/Flame Spitter
Ron C.-Profile
Uptown The Stuntman-Rated Z/Harsh Reality
Da Unda Dogg-Cavvy R
Mary Jane Girls
Rappin 4-Tay
RhythmX
T.R.I.B.E.
Mac Mall
Mac Lee
Messy Marv
Dafunkshun
Latino Velvet
DVC
Frost
Tag Team |
Dru Down
187 Fac
Mac Shawn
Brotha Lynch Hung
Messy Marv
San Quinn
P.S.D.
Seff Tha Gaffla
Young Lay
Tayda Tay
Cool E
Rbl Posse
JT The Bigga Figga
Suspects
Riderlife
Boo Yaa
D.A.C.
TruMac
Dena
Nova
Stuck
Just Add Water
SupaSlumpMasters
Stuck
2012
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Accomplishments
Gold Album-N2DEEP-“Back To The Hotel”
Gold Single-N2DEEP-“Back To The Hotel”
Gold Album-Spice 1 “187 He Wrote” |
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Licensed Works
The Real World (Season 2)-MTV Productions-“Back To
The Hotel”-N2DEEP
The Prince and Me-Paramount Pictures-“Freeway”-Scapegoat
Wax
Birds of Prey-Warner Bros. Television-“Freeway”-Scapegoat
Wax
The Animal-Columbia Pictures-“Crawlin”-Scapegoat
Wax
Laurel Canyon-Kuleshov Productions-“Crawlin”-Scapegoat
Wax
Malcolm In The Middle-Fox Television-“Crawlin”-Scapegoat
Wax
Shafted-Bump Films-“We’ve Got Something”-JDeville
feat. Scapegoat Wax
Higher Education-Bump Films-“Deville Nights”-JDeville
Harvest Moon-Cedar Street Productions-“Lifeline”-Stuck
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