Mr Eazi

Oluwatosin Ajibade (born 19 July 1991), also known by his stage name Mr Eazi, is a Nigerian-born, Ghana-based singer. He is the pioneer of "Banku Music", a sound he described as "a mixture of Ghanaian bounces, Ghanaian Highlife, Nigerian chord progressions and Nigerian patterns"."emPawa | About". Eazi founded the African talent incubation enterprise, emPawa Africa, in November 2018.
Joeboy recalled to Rolling Stone, "I met Mr Eazi in 2017. I was reading for exams in Unilag at that point. Then I got a message from a friend that Mr Eazi had just commented on my Instagram page. I honestly thought my friend was lying because it sounded so impossible it was funny. I checked the account that commented, and I knew it was real, like he actually commented on my post. I was thinking about what to say, and immediately I got a DM from him saying he loved my sound and everything. The next thing, he dropped his personal phone number. It was shocking. Straight up, he asked me if I wanted $5,000 or to make a song and shoot a video that he'd promote. I didn't even have a bank account. Most people told me to just collect the money because, really, he didn't owe me anything. So I called him and told him that I'd rather make a song and shoot a video. That song was "Faaji". From there, he spoke to me about the emPawa foundation and told me to apply, and I did. I was like Top 10, and that was where I got the money to shoot "Baby", and before you know it, it blew up. There and then, we decided to have an official agreement, and it's been really good.Solomon, Robert (26 May 2022). "'There's So Much Greatness Ahead of Me': Nigerian Star Joeboy on Why He's a 'Young Legend'". Rolling Stone.
In another interview, Joeboy told Flaunt, "I remember that day vividly. Eazi sent me a DM on Instagram, I went to check if it was really him and, if his profile was really verified, because I thought I was dreaming. At that point, nobody knew who I was. I didn't send the video to him, my friend sent the video and she didn't tell me. She told me "Yo, I'm going to send this video to a bunch of artists. Let's see which one of them will get a response". I got my mind off it. Three days later I get a notification saying "Mr Eazi sent you a DM". That was one of the best days of my life, I realized that this could actually be serious. I could do this for a living. Before then, it was just for fun, something I did to enjoy myself". He recalled the best advice he received from Eazi was, "He always said be true to yourself. Be consistent regardless of the results. You will not always get positive results all the time, but you have to keep going. If you keep going, you'll get something right. You can't try out something once and move on. One thing that I always picked from his advice is to be consistent regardless of results. The industry can be very challenging too".Ju, Shirly (3 February 2021). "Joeboy | 'Somewhere Between Beuaty and Magic' & Best Advice from Mr. Eazi". Flaunt.
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