West End Taz is a 27-year-old artist reppin’ the great state of New Jersey. We caught Taz during his first ever stop in Los Angeles, where he sat down with UNDRGRND's Pofsky for Episode 1 of "Artist 2 Artist".

The RnB singer & rapper started making music when he was fourteen years old. He attended the Institute of Audio Research in New York City, however credits his “in-the-field” internships as the experiences that truly prepared him for a career in music. He even spent time as a self-proclaimed “roadie” to Valarie Adams & The Dimensions, a popular Jersey-based RnB band known for performing at large parties like weddings, company events, and Bat Mitzvahs. Taz credits this time as being key in the development of his music technical skillset.

Today, West End Taz has collabed with the likes of Fatboy SSE (New Jersey), BigKayBeezy (Chicago), and Doggi Krazy (New York City). He currently sits at 2.5k monthly listeners on Spotify, and has a variety of impressive music videos available on YouTube (UNDRGRND’s suggestion: “Deep” directed & edited by Benny Flash). 

In July 2022, West End Taz released his most recent album—“Heartbreak Estate”—a 14-track project featuring Flyy the BirD, BlackH3art, M$, and Max YB. The release of the album was followed shortly by a 6-city tour in early October, with stops in New Jersey, Florida, and Connecticut, & Pennsylvania. Aside from working on his craft (“I’m a studio junkie, I’m one of those”) Taz runs the West End Company, a brand committed to music management, fashion, media, and building a community of hard working creatives.

On this debut episode of “Artist 2 Artist”, Pofsky brings West End Taz to The Room Melrose (a recording studio in Hollywood) to chop it up about Taz’s new release, transforming from a rapper to a RnB singer, and why 03 Greedo is his favorite rapper from Los Angeles.    

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Filmed by Gavin Banksy at The Room Melrose recording studio in Los Angeles, Calif. (August 2022) Edited & Written Content by Andrew Mason // UNDRGRND Magazine