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How did these four lives come together? Hailing from Atlanta, GA, Brooklyn, NY, Milwaukee, WI …Da'LaBoraToury (pronounced Lab-bor-ah-tor-ee) consists of Ray Wonka, Jocey, Rizzo Gun, and Scotty. They began performing together while apart of Riverdale High School’s step teams M.O.D. and Kunfuzion. While they honed their performance skills, they created a bond with each other that would continue on for years to come. Along with performing with the step teams, the musical interests strengthened the teens friendship. Along the road to stardom, they met with bumps along the road with conflicts of member changes, robberies, cross country moves, and even college. The Laboratory had their share of mishaps but instead of letting it set them back, they used it as a motivation to become successful and inspiration for their music.

Having a sound mixed with Hip Hop, R&B, and Pop there is no genre The Laboratory is afraid to crossover to and flourish in. With Scotty taking the head of beat production and Ray, Jocey, and Rizzo taking on the writing...all of The Lab’s music is done in house. Inspiration comes from everywhere and everything IN the lab. No topic is too farfetched in the Laboratory’s world, from being “Invisible” to simply looking fly and "Caking With My Boo", to paying homage to video game “Mortal Kombat”.

Largely influenced by Beyonce, Missy Elliot, Michael Jackson, and Kanye West for their performance styles, innovative music videos, edgy fashion and for simply being the best and in control of what they do. “Control of our music, direction, and everything we do is important to each of us and we all have specific duties in The Lab” says Rizzo. Scotty handles the production, Ray Wonka being the musical director, Rizzo takes the reign of the imaging and Jocey taking charge of the marketing and business. Jocey stated “Along with the lab being where we created music, it took us a few tries to get the right mixture of not only the members but also the right elements of all the greats who came before us and I believe we FINALLY got it right…now it’s just time to show everyone”. Armed with razor sharp focus, determination, and hard work Da'LaBoraToury is destined for great things to come.