What happens when two immovable forces like the New York hardcore scene and the hip hop world collide?  What does the intersection of the two very different, yet very similar genres look like?   Look no further than Danny Diablo.  Danny is the "Lord" of his musical empire, he is singer, he is actor, he is entrepreneur; he is more than a person, Danny Diablo has successfully built and marketed himself as an underground icon and a product.     
 
Born as Daniel Singer, but known worldwide as Danny Diablo and Lord Ezec, Singer grew up in the Jackson Heights section of Queens, a backdrop musically known as the mecca of the hardcore world, a backdrop that proved integral to his musical career.   Like most kids, Singer participated in sports, but would eventually abandon much of the athletics he played as a child, and turn to both hardcore music and graffiti.   He would often frequent the famed and now closed CBGB's along with his friends in the Dirty Money Syndicate, and as the face and name of Lord Ezec spawned and increasingly gained recognition in New York, both in it's clubs and on it's buildings, so too came some of the trouble that would force Ezec to seek the solace and refuge a hardcore band can provide.   It was in 1994 that Ezec's younger brother committed suicide and trouble was also beginning to find some of his fellow DMS'ers.  Normally trouble begets trouble, but for Ezec, trouble begot fame.
 
After following the hardcore scene since the late eighties, Danny turned from fan to performer in 1994 when he started the acclaimed Crown of Thornz.   Crown of Thornz released the Train Yard Blues E.P. in 1995 and their only full length, Mentally Vexed , in 1996.  Although Crown of Thornz disbanded in 1998, Lord Ezec was well on his way to international recognition.  (Read Entire Bio)