Ian Jazzi
| Ian Jazzi | |
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Ian Jazzi on Stage
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Ian Frederick Oshodi |
| Also known as | Ian Jazzi |
| Born |
30 March 1986 Osu, Accra, Ghana |
| Genres | Hip hop, Hiplife, Soul, Gospel |
| Occupation(s) | Rapper, poet, entrepreneur, actor, model |
| Instruments | Vocals, Keyboard |
| Years active | 2007–present |
| Labels | UnwindENT |
| Associated acts | Sarkodie, Psalm 1, the Christ Junkie, Preachers, Jayso, Reggie Rockstone, Ayigbe Edem, Elom Adablah |
| Website | ianjazzi.com |
Ian Frederick Oshodi (born 30 March 1986), better known by his stage name Ian Jazzi, is a Ghanaian/Nigerian recording artist, performer, record producer, actor, poet, model and entrepreneur. He pioneered a new wave of Gospel Rap in Ghana, after dropping popular singles "Get Some" and "Get Your Clap On" in 2003. Both were produced by Jayso. He is also credited with being among the pioneers of GH Rap which is a term to denote 'Hiphop made in Ghana'.
In 2009, Jazzi worked on an award-winning TV Commercial by Creative Eye, shot by Fingerprint Films, for the telecommunication company TIGO in Mumbai, India. Jazzi is also the creative director of The Unwind Agency, a model & advertising agency he founded in Ghana in 2009. In 2010, he co-produced and released his first mixtape album In Stereo Volume 1, which was well received in Ghana. Ian has also had opportunities to model for multi-national corporations such as Coca Cola, and has been the face of several advertising campaigns which include newspaper & magazine ads, billboards, and TV commercials.
Ian Jazzi was born to Frederick Oshodi and Patience Otuwaa Amponsah in Osu, Accra in Ghana. His father, a wealthy Nigerian businessman, died in a car accident before Jazzi's birth. His mother moved back to Ghana to live with her mother in Osu after Oshodi's death in Lagos. Jazzi attended the Datus Complex School, a boarding school in Tema, which he transferred to from the Bubuashie branch of the same school at the age of seven. When Jazzi was twelve, he lost his sister, Gifty-Jenny, who was thirteen at the time.
Ian begun rapping while in high school at Adisadel College in 2001. Heavily influenced by the 90's hip-hop scene, he would use his leisure time to beat his desk in the classroom and write rhymes. Upon graduation, he was admitted into The University of Ghana, Legon, where he studied Economics, Mathematics & Theatre Arts. While at university, he continued rapping and began recording and airing singles on the campus radio station, Radio Universe.
In March 2010, Ian Jazzi released his first mixtape, In Stereo Vol.1. While Jazzi was responsible for most of the production, it also featured productions from EL, the Canadian Producer Tnyce,Six45, and Jae Milla. It featured singers Raquel, Taurian Devueax and Yolanda Chioma Richards-Albert.
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