‘Caged Lion’ is a hip-hop meets reggae/dancehall collaboration between Rwandese Hamilton bassedrapper Raiza Biza, and Zimbabwean and Wellingtonian, Max, member of prominent dancehall/hip-hopcrew, ‘Yung Shottaz’

Max and Raiza first linked up musically in 2009 when Raiza featured on a couple of Shottaz tunes,most notably “Fly Away” which was later included on one of the crew’s mixtapes. Raiza and the Shottazwould subsequently link up at various gigs, where they would invited each other on stage to performtheir collaborated songs. Whilst looking to release a new mixtape, Raiza decided to record the projectat S.O.A studio where he enlisted Max to record and mix the entire project. A few studio sessions intothe project “Caged Lion” was born when Max voiced the chorus for “Said and Done”, meant for Raiza’smixtape, which resonated with both artists. This prompted them to record another song together,then another etc. The duo have performed songs from the project, on several occassions, to garnerawareness for the release.