He said that they had just gotten to Los Angeles that night. At that point, I started wondering if I should even stay in LA, or should I just go back to North Carolina. I flew to LA, where I was supposed to stay with a friend. I saw it would be a great opportunity to work with someone close with Dr. KING MEZ: A producer named Dawaun Parker reached out to me when he saw the "Can't Let Go" video on MTV. INDY: Why was your move to Los Angeles so tumultuous? Just two days after the release of Compton, or one of rap's biggest events in memory, Mez talked about what changed and how he became part of Dre's day. Not long after he touched down, though, his plans went awry. Before the pressure of that position started to build, he got a buddy pass from one of his friends at Southwest Airlines, jumped on a plane and landed in LA.
In fact, he is the first person you hear on Compton's opening assault, "Talk About It." He appears on three of its 16 songs and has songwriting credits for 12, the most of any other contributor.īefore King Mez left Raleigh for Los Angeles last year, he had risen to and pushed against the proverbial ceiling for local rappers, thanks to a string of steadily improving albums. Last week, the West Coast rap icon finally issued that album's long-awaited follow-up, Compton: A Soundtrack By Dr.
Morris Wayne Ricks II, better known as King Mez, remembers the first time he used his own money to buy an album.
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