About Craze

There is more than one artist with this name: 1) ＣＲＡＺＥ was a Japanese rock band consisting of vocalist TUSK (Tasuka Itaya, 板谷祐; ex ZI:KILL) guitarist CIPHER (Ichiro Takigawa, 瀧川一郎; ex D'ERLANGER) bassist Seiichi Iida (飯田成一; ex ZI:KILL) and drummer Tetsu Kikuchi (菊地哲; ex D'ERLANGER, ZI:KILL). They played their final live without TUSK on 9 January 2006. 2) DJ Craze (Arith Delgado) is a DJ who plays hip hop, breaks, drum n bass, and practices turntablism. He is the only solo DJ in history to claim the World DMC Champion trophy 3 times consecutively. Originally from Nicaragua, he now resides in Miami, Florida. The style of his music carries many of his past musical influences. Initially influenced by the Miami Bass movement when he was younger, Craze has gone on to incorporate elements of hip-hop, drum n bass, and breaks in his turntable routines. Recently, Craze has shifted his emphasis to DJ'ing and producing drum n bass with his own record label "Cartel". Craze has released two of the most popular battle records ever, "Bully Breaks" and "Bully Breaks 2". Championship titles: * World ITF Scratch Off Champion '98 * World DMC Champion '98, '99, '00 * USA DMC Champion '98 * ITF Western Hemisphere Scratch Off Champion '98 * Winter Music Conference Scratch Off Champion '96, '97, '98, '99 * East Coast DMC Champion '97 * East Coast Rap Sheet Champion '96 * Zulu National Champion '95, '96