Showing posts with label JAY-Z. Show all posts
Showing posts with label JAY-Z. Show all posts

Friday, 5 July 2013

I6-years-old Nigerian-Canadian, Ebony Oshunrinde Created the Beat For Crown on Jay-z's New Album

16-years-old Nigerian-Canadian, Ebony Osunrinde, who goes by the name "Wondagurl" has just been credited as the producer of "Crown," a track on Jay-Z's new already certified platinum album "Magna Carta Holy Grail." 

Wondagurl just finished 11th grade at Chinguacousy Secondary School, Brampton, Ontario, Canada and she started out at producing sounds after watching a video of Jay-Z and Timbaland working in the studio together when she was 9. She decided to become a self taught beatmaker by downloading music software and watching YouTube tutorials. 

"I wanted to do the exact thing that he (Jay-Z) did. Anybody can be successful, it doesn't matter where you are from." she recently told TheStar in an interview. 

At 15, she won Toronto's Battle of the Beatmakers. She won the title the following year and went on to sign an exclusive management deal with Black Box."

Earlier this year, Ebony sent a beat to Travis Scott who happened to be in the studio with Jay-Z when he received it, and when he told her that the beat had made it to the album, she thought he was joking.

The sound that landed on Jay-Z's album began with a reggae song. Ebony sampled the music and added her own twist using computer software. "It has a lot of bass and a lot of bounce." she explained.

She also produced a song for Travis Scott titled "Uptown"

Friday, 10 May 2013

Jay-Z has nailed down details for a seven-week tour including Lagos to spread awareness of the world's water crisis.

Jay-Z has nailed down details for a seven-week world tour to spread awareness of the world's water crisis. The trek will begin Sept. 9 in Krakow, Poland, and run through Oct. 28 in Melbourne. It will be chronicled via the MTV documentary "Diary of Jay-Z: Water for Life," which will premiere Nov. 24 on the network.

"In the beginning, when I was going out on a world tour, I was going out to play music," the Def Jam president said earlier this month. "But I said to myself, I can't go to these places I've been and not go out and see the people that have been touched by my music for over 10 years. From that morphed, 'Well, I'm not just going to go over there and rap to them.' I'm going to help and see what I can do in these areas."

Tuesday, 9 October 2012

JAY-Z Rides NYC Subway

Multi-millionaire rap icon Jay-Z made his most shocking purchase ever this weekend in NYC, a METROCARD. riding the subway to Brooklyn with the common folk ... moments before his big concert at the Barclays Center.

Jay and his crew took the "R" train from Canal Street in Manhattan to Atlantic Avenue in Brooklyn on Saturday to mark his final show at the new Nets stadium before basketball season kicks off this month.

Jeezy lucked out big time too -- because he actually found a seat next to a non-raving non-homeless person.