An
amazing16-years-old Nigerian/Canadian, Ebony Osunrinde, who goes by the
name "Wondagurl" has just been credited as a producer on "Crown," a
track on Jay-Z's new album "Magna Carta Holy Grail." Wondagurl just
finished 11th grade at Chinguacousy Secondary School, and she started
out at producing sounds after watching a video of Jay-Z and Timbaland
working in the studion together when she was 9. She bagan to download
music software and teach herself how to use it by watching YouTube
tutorials. "I wanted to go the exact thing that he [Jay-Z] did. Anybody
can be successful, it doesn't matter where you are from." she recently
told TheStar in an interview.
When she was 14, she made it to
the quarter-finals of Toronto's Battle of the Beatmakers. She won the
title the following year and went on to sign an exclusive management
deal with Black Box.
According to Ian Stanger, a representative
with Black Box, "It's amazing to see somebody with that much talent
working as hard as she can to make the most of it at such a young age.
It's her work that people should be paying attention to, not that fact
that she's 16."
Earlier this year, Ebony sent the beat to her
friend Travis Scott, a younger rapper and producer from Houston who met
Ebony last year. He happened to be in the studio with Jay-Z when he
received it, and when he told her that the cut had made it to the album,
she thought he was joking.
The sound that landed on Jay-Z's
album began with a reggae song. Ebony sampled the music and added her
own twist using computer software. "It has a lot of bass and a lot of
bounce." she explained.
She said when she told her mother the
good news, she cried. Ebony got her passport last year and hopes to meet
Jay-Z someday. Before now, she also produced a song for Travis Scott.
The mother must be very proud! Congrats girl!
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