The ALTZ are a group consisting of alts primarily owned by Hailey Lukens and Man M. Mannington and various other real life figures.

The exact starting of ALTZ is unknown, but it is widely agreed upon that the ALTZ started when alt-rapper Lil Sneezy dropped her debut single “RETIRE! A Cody Rhodes Disstrack” a disstrack dedicated to WWE superstar Cody Rhodes. The song was released on February 19, 2024, and was a massive hit and Sneezy quickly signed to James Porkinstein’s record label Marshane Records. On February 23, she announced her second single “Fuck You, San Francisco” and announced a 2024 album. Neither happened.

On February 25, she surprise dropped her second single “Laziest Person! The ANDRE Disstrack”, a disstrack to fellow ALTZ member Andre Damon. The song was also a large success, and she released a disstrack on Gordon Ramsay on March 16, featuring the later-infamous fellow alt-rapper Mil Trida. Sneezy made her debut gaming video in April 3 when she uploaded a Crash of Cars video.

On April 6, Sneezy’s manager James Porkinstein announced that Sneezy had been imprisoned for “controversial statements”. He later stated that she would be released from prison in August and would have to sign a 100 album contract once released.

The media immediately began protesting Sneezy’s imprisonment and began to interrogate Porkinstein, which culminated in Porkinstein responding in a statement on April 17 where Porkinstein completely denies it. The media did not believe the video and continued to harass Porkinstein more.

On April 20, Porkinstein announced his debut album “genre : sneezy”, set to release in 2024, where he would address the allegations put against him in song form. The album was supposed to be 40 tracks and would have features from prominent influences like Porkinstein’s dad Ripley, Cody Rhodes, Andre’s brother Dylan, and Sneezy’s mom. This was further criticized worldwide as a way for Porkinstein to make money off Sneezy’s imprisonment and take her fame for himself, which he denied.

On April 27, Porkinstein’s YouTube channel was censored for harassment, and he proceeded to flip off YouTube CEO Neil Mohan.

On May 1, Porkinstein updated the tracklist for the genre : sneezy album, trimming it down to 21 tracks and removing most of the aforementioned features. On June 9, he released the first single “People got scammed out of concert tickets” and announced the album’s name had been changed to Pork Soda. The song was widely condemned for being tone death, and he faced a lawsuit from Bring Me The Horizon for using a clip of their song in his song without their permission.

On June 15, he officially announced the Pork Soda album would release on August 27, Man’s birthday, and showed another new tracklist comprising of 17 songs, with only 1 of them being on the original tracklist.

On June 25, to celebrate AJR day, he released an AJR disstrack titled “Gen Alpha Music.” which was criticizes for its childishness and lack of direction. Porkinstein confirmed it would not be on the Pork Soda album and that the tracklist had not changed.

On July 2, Porkinstein’s channel was once again censored by YouTube, and he made a rant video about the situation, which was age restricted after release. Porkinstein then crashed out and got super mad at YouTube. Shortly after, Porkinstein released the second single to the Pork Soda album “Sneezy’s Never Getting Out!” featuring Major General Tamas and Front Fried Fo. He also officially announced the cover art, which was the text “Pork Soda” in pink font on a Minecraft pig with a black background.

On July 6, Porkinstein continued, releasing a disstrack on Man titled “MAN SUX”, a 6-minute disstrack. It was widely considered his best and most clever song yet, but he was still near universally hated.

On July 16, he officially cancelled the Pork Soda album, citing lack of funds, but that he would continue releasing singles.

He released his debut country song “PARADISE” on July 30, where he continued to mock Sneezy’s imprisonment and openly admitted that he’s happy that she’s in jail, which led to universal backlash. He then released a dance song called “Borderline” on August 3.

On August 6, Porkinstein’s longtime rival Detsalb launched a disstrack on him titled “Porkinactive!”, of which Porkinstein responded with “Detsalb’s America” on August 19, mocking his presidential campaign. Most people sided with Detsalb in the beef.