Ivan Ooze (rapper)
Ivan Ooze (rapper)
Overview
He started making music when he was 16 years old, but he didn't seriously start pursuing it as a career until he hit 18.
Ivan started out doing hardcore rap shows all around Melbourne. He got his name from the Mighty Morphing Power Rangers movie becacuse he watched it so much as a kid. His friends would call him AZ because he had so many lyrics memorized, he was like a walking AZlyrics.com. He realized there was another rapper named AZ so changed it to Ivan Ooze instead. [2]
Musically, Ivan is influenced by artists like Busta Rhymes, Korn, Limp Bizkit, Rage Against the Machine, Spark Master Tape, Apathy, Cypress Hill, Schoolboy Q, and more. Ivan has dropped six projects since 2014 and accompanied Ice Cube and Cypress Hill on tour when they came by Australia. He also got to support Wu-Tang Clan on their Aussie tour and dropped a track with Ghostface Killah called "Bills". His first large show was at the was at the Enmore Theatre. [1]