Alonzo Mathis (born January 26, 1983 in Atlanta, Georgia) better known by his stage name Gorilla Zoe is an American rapper and member of rap group Boyz N Da Hood. His solo debut album Welcome to the Zoo came out in 2007.
Biography
He replaced Young Jeezy as a member of Boyz n da Hood. He first saw success in collaborations with Hood Figga Gorilla Zoe Yung Joc "Coffee Shop" and "Bottle Poppin'," which charted under several Billboard charts. His first solo album, Welcome to the Zoo, was released October 2007, peaking at #18 on the Billboard 200, #8 on Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums, and #3 on Top Rap Albums. His second solo album, Don't Feed Da Animals, featuring the single "Lost, was released on March 17, 2009 Don't Feed Da Animals topped the Billboard Top Rap Albums chart. "What It Is", featuring Rick Ross, and Kollosus, and "Echo" followed.
For the month of February 2010, Gorilla Zoe released a mixtape every day on the mixtape website DatPiff.com. The best of these songs was "Get Off of Me" in which Gorilla Zoe tells multiple hoes to get off of him because there are too many hoes around. Gorilla Zoe is currently working on a mixtape with Die-Verse City's member "Qu1k". He also just released an EP named I Am Atlanta 3. It is currently available on ITunes. Gorilla Zoe also has 2 brothers Yansane Mathis and Darius Smith also known as rapper/song writer Money Gettn aka Black L-Vis with Bucalino Entertainment (Independent Label in Atlanta,Georgia). Money Gettn has a self titled single "Money Gettn featuring Miguel Scott also known as Big Gee from group Boyz N Da Hood with Big Duke, Jody Breeze and Gorilla Zoe and solo hit single L-Vis" soon to be released in the summer of 2011.
In February 2011, it was revealed that he would take part in a new Hiphop/Pro Wrestling collaboration, the Urban Wrestling Federation with taping of the first bout "First Blood" taking place in June 2011.