Ethan “Haze” Hayes, 22, started making beats in the summer of 2019, right before his freshman year at Bryant University.
Hayes had a musical background — he’d played the piano from a young age — and picked up the hobby for fun after watching people create their own beats on YouTube.
But Hayes’ newfound past-time would become a lucrative side hustle, then a full-blown music career, while he was still a college student.