Richard Mason and Laz are Evening Athletes, a Miami-based dance-pop duo. Both have been close friends since attending senior high school in close by Hialeah. As associates of Illusion Dilemma, Mason and Laz competed over the X Factor’s initial period in the U.S., in 2011, but had been removed by judge Paula Abdul. 2 yrs afterwards, the duo reappeared as Evening Athletes and released their debut melody, the zippy golf club track “Solitary.” An EP was after that planned to get a 2015 release day.