Picking up the pen at the age of 12, Chaz Burney, also known as Psycho Pilla, developed a strong liking for writing songs as his passion grew deeply for music. Travelling from state to state gave Pilla an opportunity to experience many different walks of life and encounter diverse cultures. Pilla was heavily influenced by his military family and an older brother who wrote music daily; Pilla followed in his brother’s footsteps closely. As his passion for music grew, he also became fascinated with his brother’s night life; which led him to becoming gang affiliated at the age of 15. Although Pilla was a pretty good student, he found himself constantly in trouble. His criminal behavior sent him back and forth in the court system which almost landed him federal time. Fortunately, there wasn’t sufficient evidence to convict him on any charges. When his brother’s throat was cut by the same gang that he was affiliated with, Pilla decided to quit the gang scene. He made up his mind that, “You can be a one man Army; instead of riding for an existence that isn’t all the way 100% loyal”.

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Psycho Pilla became his name as he chose to take his craft and passion seriously in 1999. Psycho, was chosen because his styles are crazy, and Pilla stands for “Pray Infinitely Lord is Liable to Answer”, a bold statement. His first group out of Chicago, Illinois was called “Fin Elite Squad”, which would explain his fast rapping abilities. Upon returning to Georgia, he formed a group called “D.P.S” meaning, Dead President Society, with ex-military friends Wayne C, Da Coach and Latex. While grinding as a solo artist and doing shows throughout the region, Pilla linked up with DJ Neko of MBM, Coast to Coast & Slip N Slide DJs elites and pinned remixes and songs on mixtapes to include Rick Ross, Lil Wayne, and Blood Raw. Pilla has also been featured on songs with multi-platinum artists TI & Gucci Mane.

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In 2005, Pilla was back and forth hustling and grinding CDs and doing shows when bumping into the city’s well known, Absolute tha Truth. While forming an effective and strong promo team, Pilla joined Lute on the road and quickly recognized the same grind and passion that he had for music. While affiliated with family ties Gutta Records Ent., founded by Jiggolo Joe, Sapp Reefa & Crosby Lanham and sponsored by Eightball & MJG, Pilla expanded his grind and network in the ATL area. Before a collaboration CD could be formulated, Money Rome was murdered in Columbia, SC and Lil Hip was in and out of incarceration, Jiggolo Joe, fiancé’ of Pastor Troy’s artist Rhonda (Help Me Rhonda) passed which eventually left only Sapp Reefa on the label. Tired of ups and downs of the industry, Absolute formulated a master plan starting up a record label called, No Deal Entertainment, and quickly applied knowledge and skills to market while teaming up with Red Hott Records, a mutual business partner’s company. With the grind and rank after helping move over 20,000 units only counting Georgia, Pilla would get elected as Vice President of No Deal Ent. Features such as “Cook Up” on DJ Khaled’s titled “Boss Status” mixtape by Absolute, shows his lyrical capability and diversity as he rides the track to perfection. His first album, Psycho Pilla “Til the World Blow”, only warmed up the city streets but when he dropped “305 meets 706” he sold over 15,000 units out the trunk and continued to appear almost everywhere from Georgia to Florida setting stages and corners on fire with his impeccable grind to move crowds as well as CDs.

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In late April 2011, Absolute opened a studio in Augusta, Georgia to bring together all of the motivated and most active record label bosses of the city. After a collaborative meeting with the heads of 6 record labels, a title was voted on to become the now well known & growing Powerhouse Muzik Ent. Being that strength comes in numbers, the name would perfectly fit the team in its entirety. The company now functions like an umbrella family effect; showcasing Street Skrilla Ent, No Deal Ent, FE Ent, Red Hott Records, Kang Koopa, and the Phantom Muzik Group.

 

In late 2012, dropping "Psycho" and rebranding solely as "Pilla", using his God-given talents, he decided to branch off & form his own Independent label, Elite Empire Entertainment.