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Zak Bonzie (born April 18, 1988) better known by his stagename Zone is an American rapper/songwriter from Norman, Oklahoma. Zone is an underground rapper poised to take center stage and the music industry by storm through the likes of his inspirational ideology along with his indelible musical talent. His business and marketing campaigns are auspiciously innovative and influential. With his latest musical project looming, Zone’s popular E.A.T. campaign has garnered the attention of major record labels, but is suspicious of an easy come up. With the spotlight nearing the Oklahoma region, Zone is set to reign king upon an otherwise unvoiced demographic.

Early Life Zone was born in 1988 in Norman, Oklahoma. His father, a native of Ghana and a prominent attorney in Oklahoma, and mother a successful mechanical engineer. Zone has two younger brothers. As a 6'8 standout basketball prospect, Zone decided to give up one passion for another. In 2006,He gave up basketball in order to pursue a rap career. Although his early life is depicted as a financially stable one, Zone has definitely had to pay his dues. Generally rappers are required to have a ghetto inception that preludes his voice’s attempt to relay the workings of the inner city. Zone prides himself in shattering this stereotype and defying these constraining characteristics of the unsaid rapper rubric. Coming from a successful household, Zone is unashamed of his identity nor does he attempt to hide it from the public. Instead he is motivated by the intrinsic values of American capitalism. This ideology of being whatever you want to be weighs heavily on his approach to his music and way of life.

2008-2012: Musical beginnings
Zone began to write rhymes at the age of 16, and then made his first musical relationship with a group out of Killeen, Texas by the name of Tightworkz. He then joined a group called SRC out of Oklahoma City, the group eventually went different ways. After Zone and SRC parted ways he then met up with some DC rappers named SOS to collab on a mixtape called Grind House which is what put Zone on the map in his home state. After being noticed in the town he resided in, a local favorite DJ Drama boy reached out to Zone to host a project that soon became his first official mixtape "Im in the building". In 2010 Zone team up with University of Oklahoma's very own DJ View where they dropped his next mixtape titled Z.O.E (Zone Over Everything), the state then began to notice they had a new rapper in the city emerging but not fully convinced just yet. Zone and others formed a group called Knight Life which inspired his then next mixtape KnightLife but due to differences Zone then left the group where he decided to focus on his solo career in full. During early 2012 Zones uncle who had been a major part of his life passed away which drove his focus right where it needed to be. This influenced the confidence and drive to create the mixtape Animal on 10-11-12 which then fully gained the respect of his state and his region, the buzz started forming.

2013-Present Day
During 2013 Zone started releasing remixes of hot songs on his website at the time,but began calling them Zmix's which took to his fan base. After a year of Zmix's and a few originals he made the choice to start on his newest project titled E.A.T ( Eliminate All Troubles) set to be released early 2014. E.A.T is also a clothing line that was created by Zone to help build his brand and give the people something extra to stick on to along with his music. Www.iamzone.com