(PROFILE) 🎩: WHO SAID LIFE IS EASY? WELL, MR EAZI IS BREAKING BOUNDS AND KEEPING RECORDS, IT'S NOT EASY😎
Mmmh!!! Oluwatosin Oluwole Ajibade is a Nigerian born adopted Ghanaian singer, songwriter and entrepreneur better known by his stage name @MrEazi.
The Banku Music fusion sound pioneer of a sound he best describes as a mixture of (Ghanaian highlife, Nigerian chords, progressions and Nigerian patterns. His mix of Ghanaian and Nigerian cultures consequently caused fans to question his real identity.
While during the Ghana music awards, he was disqualified with reasons being that his nationality never permitted him to be nominated in categories for Ghanaian artists, so was dropped and shortlisted under African best act.
But that never stopped the #Zagadat to release mixtapes and songs that gradually built him an international audience. With the of "Skin Tight" and his feat on @Eugy's hit "Dance for me", he has not stop to amaze and provide fans with good sounds.
(Watch @MrEazi and @Eugy live in London show) 👇👇.
He released his debut mixtape " About to blow" in 2013 and "Accra to Lagos" in 2016, that got him nominated for many awards and toured Africa and the world. As this inked him a deal with @Wizkid's Starboy Entertainment in May 2016.
Entrepreneurial in his game, he revealed in an interview his business adventures in @TheGuradian "I established a party and promotion company called #SwaggaEntertainment, used the platform to book shows and promote events at the @KNUST where I schooled. Returned to Nigeria at age 23 and opened an e-commerce platform".
He continued;
" My business ventures include soft drinks import, gold mining and food distribution. In all, I started about six business ventures".
In addition, @AfricaFactZone tweeted an addition of his business journeys, see screen shot 👇👇.
In 2016, @MrEazi released an R&B- inspired song "Anointing" featuring Ghanaian rapper @Sarkodie. Which catapulted his career to the next level, as "Leg Over" came and unroofed the music industry stage for him, with awards and shows, making him break bounds.
As @AfricaFactZone facted recently on him as the most streamed, downloaded, digitally selling from Africa and the first artist from Africa to perform on popular US talkshow, The Late Late Show with @JamesCorden.
(Watch performance of @MrEazi at The Late Late Show with @JamesCorden video 👇👇).
See screenshot 👇👇
He is currently being coined as the first African artist to be named "Up Next Artist" by Apple.
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Yeah... @MrEazi has taken things easily to the top though through the uneasy roads and build an audience and style of music.
These musical breakthrough's should inspire more African upcoming acts and artists to believe that there are still opportunities out there for every one.
Just believe and work hard, its not easy but you can do it if you believe.
Nirva Naa.