Andy Mack and AJ Biz met as college freshman at UCSD in the Spring of 2007. They began to hang out, having a common love for music and good times. But the name “The Mack’N Biz” was not coined until Fall 2008 when the idea of the word play on their names suddenly came to them, right before Andy boarded a plane to study abroad in Milan, Italy for the semester. After he returned, the two began recording and playing shows in the San Diego area including a philanthropy event called Flow for the Cure, in which The Mack’N Biz raised over $1000 dollars for Leukemia research. The duo released their first mixtape, “Skateboards and Boatshoes” in December of 2009 and have since released 4 consecutive mixtapes. Their most recent creation, The TreeHouse was released on December 2, 2011 and was recorded in their San Diego home affectionately called “The Sanctuary”. The two graduated from UCSD in June of 2010 and continue to reside in San Diego, California with plans to keep making music, and releasing it on a steady and free basis.
I was born and raised in Los Angeles California. I remember as a young kid, I would build Legos and listen to the rap radio station Power 106 with my older brother. I was around eight years old when I was first introduced to rap – I remember hearing Tupac’s “Changes”, and thinking “damn, that stuff sounds crazy”. And from then on, I really loved Hip Hop. I grew older and my love for Hip Hop blossomed, but I never ever thought of pursuing a rap career until the summer of freshman year in college. I had the opportunity to meet Kanye West on the set of a music video, and after seeing his passion and determination; he inspired me to write raps for myself. AJ and I had become friends in the spring of 2007, and before long his musical background and my love for Hip Hop converged into The Mack’N Biz. As an artist, I try not to stray from the truth, I like to write songs that are fun and funny, but I also really enjoy writing serious songs because sometimes life isn’t all fun and games despite our best efforts. Furthermore, AJ and I, as The Mack’N Biz, create a very unique combination of rap styles and delivery, with both of us having our own individual styles… “and the best part is, is that we opposites, so give us any beat its like a box of chocolates cause you never know what your gonna get” But for the most part we just wanna have fun and make good music
I am a 23 year old artist, skater, surfer, rapper, friend, brother, son and homie. I was born in Long Beach but I grew up all over Souther California. I just graduated UCSD with a degree in Music. When I was 12 I played bass guitar in a punk rock band and I’ve been involved in music ever since. Around the 7th grade I started doing pretty bad in school and I got sent to military boarding school, where I spent the next 6 years. I had to stop skating so I taught myself how to play guitar and how to record and started making my own music. How I ended up rapping with Andy Mack is a complete mystery to me. We met in college at the end of my freshman year. He told me his dream was to be a rapper, which I thought was pretty funny. We became friends and recorded a couple tracks. Before long I realized the potential of our music. I also realized how much fun it was to fully express yourself with music. In September of 2010 we rented out a house in La Jolla with a couple other buddies, which we call the Sanctuary. It’s a pretty sick house with a view of the ocean. Its where we write and record all our music, play beer pong, and just chill.. So all in all, life is really good.