Oluwaseyi Akerele, popularly known as Shizzi, is a Nigerian platinum record producer, disk jockey and songwriter.

Music career

2009–2015: Early life and career

Shizzi started out as a drummer in church. He achieved recognition for his work on

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's 2011 single " Dami Duro", and produced six songs on the singer's debut album '' Omo Baba Olowo'' (2012). He produced

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's " Love My Baby", a song from the artist's debut studio album ''

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'' (2011). He has been credited for producing " Skelewu" and " Gobe". He was also the producer behind

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's highly controversial songs "Baby Face" and "Go Low". Shizzi has worked with Sasha, Harrysong, OD Woods, Naeto C, Sauce Kid,

, D'Prince, May D, Danagog,

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, Skuki,

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, and

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, among others. In 2013, he co-produced

's "Tchelete" with Uhuru/dj maphorisa featuring

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. On 26 June 2014, Shizzi worked alongside Davido,

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, Sarkodie,

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and

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to produce

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's Africa Rising campaign song. In 2015, he demonstrated how to make a hit, alongside

at NEC Live masterclass.

2016-19:Sony Publishing, Magic Fingers, and '' The Lion King: The Gift'' documentary

In 2016, he signed a publishing deal with

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as a record producer and a songwriter. Late 2016, Shizzi unveiled his record label and management company well known as Magic Fingers with his first signee

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on 23 December 2019 after the official release of her single "Amen". In 2019, he appeared in a documentary for Beyonce's soundtrack album '' The Lion King: The Gift''. The documentary aired on 16 September on ABC; in it, he spoke about recording songs for the album.

2020–present:The Battle of Hits session, Feud, and Sony publishing deal terminated

In 2020, he teamed up with Sarz for a 2-hour live stream session, titled "The Battle of Hits", on Instagram. On the showoff, they played their biggest hits, with some unreleased songs. Notable viewers who were active on their live are:

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, Spinall, Kel-P, and

, among others. In 2021, Shizzi replied to Teni's tweet, on how she departed from his imprint, after achieving prominence through him, without acknowledging his impact on her career, after using him, he wrote. On 27 April 2022, he announced the end of his six years obsolete publishing deal with

, however, he tweeted, “As of late last year, SonyATV said they were going to let him go only if Efe Ogbeni agrees with terms of termination the contract”, which his ex-manager Efe Ogbeni declined. Shizzi also added, that “his deal with Sony ATV, was a non-favorable deal because Ogbeni never gave him the chance to choose his own attorney to properly inspect the contract back in 2016, he wrote in his post.

Personal life

Controversies

On 16 January 2016, Shizzi accused "Tunde Ednut" & " Masterkraft" for stealing his instrumental to make his song Kosowo which is produced by Masterkraft.

Discography

Accolades

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Shizzi Living people Nigerian hip hop record producers Nigerian songwriters People from Ibadan Yoruba musicians Yoruba-language writers 1984 births