Fariz Yazid, born on 18th September 1993 in Subang Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia .better known by his stage name, Altra is a music producer, songwriter and a rapper. At the age 16, Altra spent the first 3 years with his 4 band mates in a pop rock band (The Reefz) as a drummer and percussion. Momentarily they began to split to their own paths because of studies.

But that doesn’t stop this avid music lover, by the age 18 when Altra voyaged to Melbourne, Australia he was enticed by the multihued colours of street arts, Graffiti. Influenced by the art nature around him, he was moved to a different genre and made him to write some librettos in a piece of paper but in the sound of hip hop. “While Eminem writes about his life, i write about what’s up-to-the-minute" he says.

He dugs up the strong influences and inspirations from his all-time favourite local rappers and Dj’s from his hometown Malaysia such as Joe Flizzow , Dj Fuzz , malique , Sonaone , Karmal , Altimet , Sayla ,etc… While others such as DJ Spooky , DJ Pref , Lil Wayne , Eminem , Kanye West , Wiz Khalifa , Clipse , Sir Lucious, Travis barker etc…

Started randomly on Christmas, he started to spend most of the time chopping beats and scratching the decks in his own small studio until he come up with some groove. Came from a pop rock and smooth jazz genus background, Altra soon combined it into his hip hop tunes which now he call it his own.

Not so long afterwards, Altra came out with his very first promo mixtape, ‘snoozin’ (2012) which consist of his new collaborations and remixes from various record labels and featured artists. Attaining new aficionados each day through the internet, Altra shared a strong message within his lyricism to the youth these days and something to have down pat. Not a professional yet but he will keep staging up in the forthcoming.

For more new songs and info just drop by his facebook page (http://www.facebook.com/frzyzd)