Hailing from Fort Lauderdale, Florida, rapper Hi-Rez produced a name for himself in 2013 with mixtapes that mixed party monitors and more earnest, uplifting music. Influenced by performers like Chris Webby and Machine Weapon Kelly, a 17-year-old Rez produced his debut this year 2010 using the mixtape Early Discharge. The mixtape A Walk to keep in mind implemented in 2011, while 2012 noticed him drop the introspective The Screen, a mixtape filled up with slower paths and even more reflective lyrics. In 2013 he produced his standard debut using the EP Impatiently Waiting around.