Entertainment of Tuesday, 25 April 2017

Source: livefmghana.com

Mr. Eazi & Efya’s song ‘Skin tight’ added to spotify playlist

Mr.Eazi and Efya on 'Skin tight' Mr.Eazi and Efya on 'Skin tight'

‘Skin Tight,’ a song by Mr. Eazi featuring Efya was added to a Spotify playlist over the weekend.

The Playlist ‘Get Turnt‘ is accessed by some two and half million people who are subscribed to the music, podcast and video streaming service.

Spotify has 100 million monthly active users, and provides digital rights management protected content from record labels and media companies.

The song was recently featured in a Ciroc advert starring music mogul, Diddy.

It is another first for Eazi whose mixtape Life Is Eazi – Accra to Lagos charted at number four on Billboard World Charts weeks ago, and he also made history when he became the first African artiste to have his song premiered on Zane Lowe’s World Record show on Beats 1 Radio.

Mr. Eazi is a Nigerian Afrobeats artiste born Oluwatosin Oluwole Ajibade.

He was born in Port Harcourt, Nigeria, and received his elementary and secondary education in Lagos, Nigeria.

Eazi is a product of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology with a degree in Mechanical Engineering and Coventry University with a MSc degree in Engr/Management.

He gained mainstream attention in Ghana with his song ‘Bankulize produced by DJ Juls, and has collaborated with the likes of Sarkodie, Pappy Kojo and Efya.

His other hits include Skin Tight, Anointing, HollUp and Shitor.

Eazi was excluded from the 2016 Ghana Music Awards even though he had a good year. Organizers of the award scheme claimed he could not be nominated he is not Ghanaian.

He was awarded the WAMVA Special Recognition Award by WatsUp TV in the same year, and currently signed to WizKid’s StarBoy Worldwide label.

Eazi won the Prestigious Next Rated Act at The 2016 Headies, and Best New Artiste of the Year at the Inaugural Soundcity MVP Awards/Festival 2016.