Friendzone has been played over 20 times on NTS, first on 19 February 2017. Friendzone's music has been featured on 20 episodes.

Friendzone was an American instrumental hip hop duo based in East Bay, California. It consisted of producers James Laurence and Dylan Reznick. On January 30, 2017, it was announced that James Laurence had died at the age of 27 from undisclosed circumstances.

The duo produced Main Attrakionz' "Chuch" and "Perfect Skies", featured on the 2011 mixtape 808s & Dark Grapes II. In 2012, they released Collection I, a compilation of rap instrumentals and original songs.

In 2013, they landed their first major label placement, producing the song "Fashion Killa" for ASAP Rocky, which appeared on his debut album Long. Live. ASAP, and also released the compilation Kuchibiru Network 3, which included contributions by several notable producers including Ryan Hemsworth, Skywlkr, DJ Kenn, and Jerome LOL.

They released the album, DX, on October 9, 2013. The music video for "Poly", the song off of the album, was premiered by Vice on the same day.