Alli Odunayo (born 23 December 1996) professionally known as Telz is a Nigerian record producer and songwriter known for primarily producing

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's Grammy award winning album '' Twice As Tall'' and

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's 2020 commercially acclaimed hit song "Abule". He is notable with the mainstream sound marks Funkula, which is well known in the Nigerian mainstream music scene.

Early life and career

He hails from Ondo State, Nigeria. A graduate of

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with a degree. He began his recording career in 2011 with a few singles that he released in 2014 and 2015. In 2020,

's '' Twice As Tall'' album had Telz as the principal producer, with

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serving as executive producer. The album also featured

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's creations which later won the

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for Best Global Music Album category.

Production discography

Awards and nominations

References

{{authority control Living people Nigerian hip hop record producers Nigerian songwriters 1996 births