Oluwatosin Oluwole Ajibade (born 19 July 1991), better known by his stage name Mr Eazi, is a Nigerian singer, songwriter, and record executive.
He is the pioneer of Banku music, a fusion of sound he describes as a mixture of Ghanaian highlife and Nigerian chord progressions and patterns.
2008
Mr Eazi relocated to Kumasi in 2008 and enrolled at KNUST, where he began booking artists to perform at college parties.
He showed interest in music after recording a guest verse on "My Life", a song that gained traction and became a popular record at KNUST.
2012
The former was released in mid-2012, while the latter was released in 2013.
Mr Eazi recorded the mixtape with producer Klu and released it within a week.
The Fader magazine descrie mixtape as a "heavily dancehall-leaning SoundCloud playlist".
Prior to releasing the mixtape, Mr Eazi worked with producers such as Magnom, Peeweezle, Nshona, Klumonsta, D'Tunes, and E-Kelly.
Moreover, he was featured on Stay Jay's "Baby Lace" and Lousika's "Knockout".
2013
Mr Eazi released his debut mixtape About to Blow in 2013.
He gained an international audience following the release of the Efya-assisted single "Skin Tight".
Mr Eazi released his 13-track debut mixtape About to Blow in July 2013.
It produced two singles: "Pipi Dance" and "Bankulize".
2014
In 2014, Mr Eazi quit being a club promoter after an artist failed to show up for the largest party he attempted to throw.
On 7 June 2022, he graduated from Harvard University in Cambridge, USA.
In July 19, Mr Eazi announced the release of his decade-in-the-making debut solo album on Oct. 27, 2023.
In 2014, Mr Eazi relocated to Nigeria.
He was contacted by UK-based Ghanaian producer Juls, who got a hold of some of his recordings.
Due to not being able to locate the audio files of his old recordings, Mr Eazi's attempt at working with Juls stalled for a long time.
Mr Eazi eventually retrieved his audio files and sent them to Juls, who made a new beat and created the artwork for the mixtape's second single "Bankulize".
The song features vocals from Ghanaian hiplife artist Pappy Kojo and was released in November 2014.
2016
The official remix of "Bankulize" features Burna Boy and was released in September 2016.
Mr Eazi premiered the remix on Ebro Darden's Beats 1 radio show a month earlier.
2017
His second mixtape, titled Life Is Eazi, Vol. 1 – Accra To Lagos, was released in 2017.
Mr Eazi was born in Port Harcourt, the capital and largest city in Rivers State, Nigeria.
He is Yoruba.
He grew up in an entrepreneurial home.
His mother owned a small business and his father is a pilot.
The latter parent established his own private aviation consulting practice.
While attending primary school in Lagos, Mr Eazi had a brief stint in the school's choir.
During his upbringing, he listened to records his dad would play for the family while having breakfast.
At age 16, Mr Eazi relocated to Ghana to further his educational endeavors, enrolling in the mechanical engineering program at Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST).
Mr Eazi started recording music during his time at KNUST.
He contributed guest vocals to the track "My Life", a song that gained traction and became a popular record at KNUST.
Prior to that, he established a party and promotion company called Swagger Entertainment.
He used this platform to book shows and promote events on the campus of KNUST.
When he was 23 years old, he returned to Nigeria and opened his own e-commerce platform.
Mr Eazi told The Guardian newspaper he briefly worked for Schlumberger when he returned to Nigeria.
He also told the aforementioned newspaper his business ventures included soft drinks import, gold mining, and food distribution.
He told Highsnobiety he started about six business ventures.
