Gregory Skyler Taylor (born December 24, 1982), better known by his stage name Skyzoo, is an American rapper from Brooklyn, NY. He rose to prominence in 2006, with a collaborative EP entitled Cloud 9: The 3 Day High,with Grammy award winning producer 9th Wonder. The project reportedly took a total of three days to complete from start to finish.

In 2009, Skyzoo signed to independent staple Duck Down Records, and his debut album The Salvation was released in 2009 with the singles, “The Beautiful Decay”, “Popularity”, “Easy To Fly”, and “My Interpretation” The album debuted at number 14 on the Billboard Hip Hop charts, and was critically acclaimed upon its release.

Skyzoo has also released a plethora of free online mix tapes throughout the course of his career, usually in between studio album releases, and has toured with the likes of Ghostface Killah, Raekwon, Pharoahe Monch, Black Moon, Sean Price, and Smif-n-Wessun, as well as headlined shows and tours throughout the US, Toronto, Hong Kong, and Beijing.

Skyzoo is an avid basketball fan and is said to still play recreationally in his spare time. He often guest blogs for the online version of the popular Slam magazine, under a column named “Chain Link Champions”.

As a native of Brooklyn who still lives there, Skyzoo has witnessed the changes his city is going through. He shares his thoughts on Brooklyn’s gentrification with us here: