Darozi
Darozi (singer) | |
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| Birth name | Michael Elomba Ekene |
| Also known as | Darozi Southseid god |
| Born | February 21, 1998 Enugu, Nigeria |
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| Years active | 2014–present |
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Michael Ekene Elomba (born February 21, 1998), better known by his stage name Darozi, is a Nigerian rapper, singer, songwriter, record producer and mix engineer.
Early life
Michael was born on February 21, 1998, in Nigeria. He is of African Igbo descent, and is the son of pharmacist, Felix Elomba. He grew up in Enugu State and began practicing vocals at a tender age. At the age of 16, he self-produced his first rap single, involving other rappers (neighbours) on the verses, a part of his life he rapped about on 44, one of the songs in his forthcoming EP. "Growing up, in the 'hood so I seen random crazy shit. [I saw] mad bums and crazy spazzed out motherfuckers, I saw people looking weird, hungry, and grimey [sic]. I was always like, 'I gotta get the fuck out this shit.' It gave me my edge—[it made me] who I am right now."
Career
Darozi embarked on his music career under the alias Darozi. Darozi released his debut track, called "Way Up". The song was produced by himself as Magic Beatz. On November 1, 2017, Darozi released his commercial debut single, titled "Corner Store" on SoundCloud and Audiomack.[3] The song was released on iTunes two years later as part of his first EP, The Southside.
He continued his music exploits, gaining recognition on campus as one of the top-ranking record producers and performing artists. He excelled in both departments. Exactly a year after the release of Corner Store, a gangster-themed song, he celebrated the anniversary of his groundbreaking record by releasing Sicario [4], a Trap Song with a Hispanic drug cartel vibe.
Sicario will still be featured on the upcoming EP, Summer Criminal the EP, which will be on all Digital Platforms by (August 1, 2019).
More insights into Darozi's career as a record producer and mix engineer have developed over the years as he produced Luku Luku[5] on the Intruder EP[6], a groundbreaking project which has seen good numbers in charts, gaining recognition on two out of five songs from Intruder [7]. It is worthy to note that he conducted the record production and mix engineering of (Successful) https://music.apple.com/ng/album/intruder-ep/1692957985 [8]
Also, back in the first quarter of 2022, Darozi as Magic Beatz engineered 6uff's track 5, "I Need" on the EP which gained 6uff a lot of international recognition and on the EP with Badda Dan, which was the number one shazamed song when it released in Kenya, as well as the number one song on Apple Music Top 100 Uganda, also making it to Spotify's Top 20 viral songs out of Africa list.
Furthermore, Darozi has worked with international act, Shattawale on the remix of Luku Luku by 6uff, alongside award-winning producer Rugged, Princeton and co.
Artistry
Influences
Darozi has stated that Travis Scott is "one of my biggest inspirations for why I do what I do".[9] He is also influenced by Bon Iver, Kid Cudi, Post Malone, Kanye West, Toro y Moi, Tame Impala, T.I., and Jonas Brothers.
Musical style
Darozi makes heavy use of audio manipulation effects such as Auto-Tune, phasing, delays, and stereo-sculpted chorusing and harmony structures,[10] predominantly influenced by producers Mike Dean and Alex Tumay.[11] Darozi's musical style has been characterized as "ambient";[10][12] Darozi himself has said "I'm not a hip-hop artist". His sound is described as "unremittingly dark, syncretic, hi-res, and above all unnatural". Darozi's musical style has been described as being hip hop,[13] Southern hip hop,[14] trap,[14] psychedelic,[13] and pop rap.[14]
Creative vision
In 2023, Chasemood Maxwell, a Nigerian filmmaker, teamed with Darozi for a collaborative music visualizer for their collaboration "Bad Alternatives".
In 2019, Darozi said that he is a fan of Broadway theatre and would like to do an album of show tune covers. He has said that he would like to write his own musical in the future.
Discography
- "Bad Alternatives" https://music.apple.com/ng/album/bad-alternatives-single/1705278173
- "Successful" https://music.apple.com/ng/album/bad-alternatives-single/1705278173
- "Sicario" https://music.apple.com/ng/album/sicario/1472944868?i=1472944872
References
- ↑ 6uff Artiste Page. 2022 – via iTunes.
- ↑ Luku Luku iTunes. 2023 – via iTunes.
- ↑ Corner Store. 1 November 2017 – via SoundCloud.
- ↑ Sicario. 1 November 2018 – via iTunes.
- ↑ Luku Luku. 2023 – via iTunes.
- ↑ . 2023 – via https://music.apple.com/ng/album/intruder-ep/1692957985. Missing or empty
|title=(help) - ↑ 6uff Artiste Page. 2023 – via iTunes.
- ↑ Intruder EP. 2023 – via iTunes.
- ↑ "Travis Scott Calls Björk One of His 'Biggest Inspirations'". November 15, 2022.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Reynolds, Simon (September 17, 2018). "How Auto-Tune Revolutionized the Sound of Popular Music". pitchfork.com. Archived from the original on September 27, 2018. Retrieved October 5, 2018. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Miguelito (June 5, 2017). "From T-Pain to Travis Scott: The Rap Auto-Tune Spectrum". DJBooth. Archived from the original on October 18, 2018. Retrieved October 18, 2018. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Fagen, Lucas (October 22, 2016). "Travis Scott's Ambience". Hyperallergic. Archived from the original on October 18, 2018. Retrieved October 18, 2018. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ 13.0 13.1 Tasker, Alyssa. "Travis Scott". Black Music Scholar. Retrieved January 21, 2023.
Travis Scott restored quality to hip-hop. His sound borderlines psychedelic trap and hip-hop, which is an uncommon position.
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 Cite error: Invalid
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