Larry earned a degree in engineering and Fonce Mizell earned a degree in music from Howard University. While there they formed and performed in a jazz vocal quartet, the Vanlords. In the early 1970s, Larry and Fonce Mizell moved to California to start their own company, Sky High Productions.
Larry and Fonce Mizell, who had backgrounds in engineering and music respectively, formed a jazz vocal group called the Vanlords at Howard University. They later moved to California in the early 1970s to start their own company, Sky High Productions.