- published: 11 Aug 2011
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Doze, born Giancarlo in 1991 in Geneva, Switzerland, is an Hip-Hop singer and producer coming from the expanding Geneva musical scene.
Born in Geneva 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 environnement 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 in Brighton where platinum selling band The Kooks graduated a few years before. He has collaborated with famous artists like Charly-B and Morad from the Scred Connexion.
"Doze" Niu Chen-Zer (Chinese: 鈕承澤; pinyin: Niǔ Chéngzé; Wade–Giles: Niu Ch'eng-tse; born: June 22, 1966) is a Taiwanese actor, film director, show host, screenwriter and producer. As a film director, he is best known for the Taiwanese film Monga.
Doze started his career as an actor at the age of 9 and was nominated for his first Golden Horse Award for the best supporting actor in 1983 (Growing Up) when he was 17. The early success that he had did not help him that much as he grew older. At the age of 19, Doze could not find any roles in films and started squandering his time away. He started hanging out with the so-called "corner brothers" and improved his Taiwanese tremendously. By speaking fluent Hokkien, he was able to get along with the islanders even though the origin of his family is Beijing. Hardship was familiar to Niu as he had endured many difficulties and depression ever since he was young. At the age of 12, his dad was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. This disease, the same disease that troubled Stephen Hawking, put Doze's dad on the bed for 25 years. His dad died when Niu was 36. During Doze's school years, he was often bullied because of his celebrity status and because of his size. The bullying stopped when Niu became friends with a notorious classmate nicknamed "teapot". Similar to the plot of Monga, teapot's dad was also the head of one of the gangsters. Eventually, Doze went to find his bullies with teapot and was surprised to see the bullies' reaction. The bullies stood still in front of them and addressed Doze in a polite manner.
Inchworm, Inchworm
Messuring's are merry gold
You and me together, you merry are go far
Inchworm, Inchworm
Messuring's are merry gold
You and me together, how beautiful they are?
2 and 2 are 4
4 and 4 are 8
8 and 8 are 16
16 and 16 are 32...
(repeat all verses)