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| Shizzi |
Born
Sheyi Akerele from Oyo State. He’s been known for hits like the controversial ‘Ekaette’ by Maye Hunta and the brain
behind Africa’s biggest Television show Big Brother Africa 5 theme song, but
the Oyo-born producer also learnt how to produce, “I really love music; I played
musical instruments in church while I was young I had a friend who had the
fruity loops program so I installed it in my system and ever since I have been
producing. I like a lot of people. I can’t mention all of them. So, the love I
had for music made my interest in production grow strong. Since then, I’ve been
improving by the day. I started producing from 2004. Then I left for South
Africa, which later became a positive turnaround in my career. I moved back to
Nigeria later on but due to some challenges I faced I had to return to South
Africa even though Davido told me to stay, but I wanted to leave not until he
dropped Dami Duro; and the reception
gained from the song made me realize that it was time for me to come back for
good.”
Relating
to how he copes with artistes, “Honestly, I enjoy recording sessions. If an
artiste comes with a song, I’d make a beat with my idea for the song. It might
not be thoroughly the same with the artiste’s, but we’ll sort it out.
On
the music industry; ‘The music industry is growing rapidly but as for we the
producers we don’t really gain a lot from it because how we get our money is
just from selling beats only and seeing that the song gets completed. We don’t
actually have rights to the song and that is not good for us. That is no
royalties because the structure is not good enough.”
His
hobbies are meeting new people, watching movies, listening to music and playing
basketball.
He
advises young and upcoming music producers, “Never give up; there was a point
in my career where I almost gave up. Try to do your own thing don’t copy any
other individual.”
You can follow him on Twitter @iamshizzi
