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ZZ Ward

Ward was born in Abington, PA where she lived as a child before moving to Roseburg, OR where she joined her first band at the age of 12. She moved to LA and signed to E. Kidd Bogart's Boardwalk Entertainment Group after which she began work on her debut album which included work with Theron "Neff-U" Feemster, Ryan Tedder, Pete Rock, Ali Shaheed Muhammad, and Fitz of Fitz and the Tantrums. While making the Criminal EP, Ward also began work on Eleven Roses, a free mixtape on which she offered her interpretations of recent tracks by Kendrick Lamar, Childish Gambino and Tyler, the Creator. For "Criminal" she borrowed the beat from "Oil Money" by Freddie Gibbs, who was so impressed by Ward's remake that he asked to contribute a guest verse to the official version on the EP. The Criminal EP was released in May 2012, and features the songs "Til the Casket Drops" (featured in the TV promo campaign for the current season of ABC Family's Pretty Little Liars), "Put the Gun Down", "Move Like U Stole It" (featured in the Season 2 finale of MTV's Awkward), and "Criminal" (feat. Freddie Gibbs). Ward's debut album, Til the Casket Drops was released October 16, 2012.