Mr. Eazi Raises Future Stars, Signs DJ AB, Namenj

EAfrica, the brainchild of famous music star, Mr. Eazi, has consistently sustained its mantra of empowering the next generation of African artistes and enabling them to reach their full potentials over the past one year of its existence.

DJ AB and Namenj are the new additions to the roster of talented artists, as empawa Africa expands its reach to northern part of the country in its bid to encourage talents across Nigeria and Africa.

DJ AB, born Haruna Abdullahi, hails from Kaduna State and has been on the empawa radar for quite a while. Also popularly known as DJ Abba, he started his musical career in 2011 as a singer, rapper, producer and songwriter and has grown to become one of the most sought- after artistes in the northern part of country, with hit songs, such as Su Baba Ne, Yar Boko and Babarsa.

He also won the Northern Nigeria Best Singer of the Year award last year, as well as multiple City People Music Award nominations for Best Rap Artiste of the Year, Best Kannywood Hip- Hop Artist of the Year and Arewa Artiste of the Year.

Namenj, whose real name is Ali Jubril Namanjo, who lives a nomadic lifestyle across Jos, Maiduguri and Kano, shone into limelight with his Hausa cover of Adekunle Gold’s Orente in 2015.

Discovered by Mr. Eazi through the emPawa30 Artiste Talent Programme, he released his debut single, Rayuwata. Mr. Eazi, through empawa Africa, remains committed to discovering, raising and empowering African artistes into ‘ artist- preneurs,’ as he combs the nooks and crannies of Nigeria and Africa for budding talents, while spreading his tentacles with considerable funding and investments in places where the big players would ideally not be interested in. The signing of DJ AB and Namenj is destined to give Arewa music, and Mr. Eazi is confident that his bets on the duo would pay off in coming years.