Doze
Doze (born 31 October 1991), is a Swiss hip-hop singer and producer.
Born Giancarlo in Geneva, Switzerland from Italian parents, Doze grew up with music.
Since his youngest age, his father, who released a rock album (Wot's Up) with the Wot?, and played several gigs in the Geneva region, educated him in a musical environment introducing him to various instruments and to music in general.
At the age of 12, Doze started playing piano and guitar, before discovering hip-hop at the age of 14. He started producing hip-hop beats and then he started rapping on them in Italian, then in French and finally in English. By the age of 16 he had already released 6 auto-produced, recorded and mixed songs with the participation of local rappers like NJ and Mister H.
He also participated at the local "Café Cabaret" gigs at the Lycée International de Ferney Voltaire where he graduated in sciences in 2009.
In 2010, Doze studied composition at the Brighton Institute of Modern Music.
He has collaborated with artists like Charly-B and Morad from the Scred Connexion.