Laze & Royal: Biography

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• Discography
• Biography
• Related Artists

• Pretty Ricky
• Bow Wow
• Shwayze
• Young Rome
• Chris Brown

Genre:

Rap & Hip-Hop Music

Decades Active:

2000's

The sons of latterday Platters member Elmer Armstrong, twin brothers Bennett Armstrong (Laze) and Justyn Armstrong (Royal) are a selfcontained songwriting and production duo who, as grade schoolers, caught the attention of producer Christopher "Tricky" Stewart. As 2XL, they recorded 2007's Neighborhood Rapstar, an album released on Tommy Boy that featured some production assistance from Scott Storch and a pair of guest appearances from E40. Reinventing themselves as Laze Royal, they later secured a deal with Warner Bros. via a rock/reggae/poprap hybrid single titled "Like a Pistol," which Warner released the following year. They toured the U.S. with Shwayze that fall.

- Andy Kellman, All Music Guide