Osabuohien Osaretin (born 17 March 1989), better known by his stage name Sarz, is a Nigerian record producer and musician. Born in

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, he is popularly known for the tag Sarz On The Beat/"Really", at the beginning or end of all his music productions. His first full credit production work was for Lord of Ajasa's "See Drama" in 2007. He has produced tracks for

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, Shank, Reminisce, Goldie Harvey, eLDee,

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, YQ, Lojay and

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. He was formerly signed to Trybe Records, but left the outfit after his contract expired in November 2013.

Musical career

In 2010, Sarz produced the hit single "Jor Oh" and the remix for Jahbless which featured

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, RuggedMan, Reminisce,

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and eLDee. The song won "Best Street Hop" and was nominated for "Best Collaboration" at

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. In 2011, he produced Shank's "Salute", eLDee's "Today Today" & "Wash Wash",

"Mukulu", Goldie Harvey's "Don't Touch my Body" and Reminisce's "Kako Bi Chicken". "Kako Bi Chicken" was nominated for "Best Street Hop" at

, 2012. Later that year, he solely produced eLDee's ''Undeniable'' album (except "We Made It"). Sarz was nominated for the

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2012 "Producer of the Year" award alongside

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. Although Don Jazzy won the award, he ended up giving the award to Sarz. Sarz won "Best New Producer" at the 2012 Dynamix Awards. He went on to release his first single “Beat Of Life (Samba)” featuring Nigerian Artiste,

from his upcoming album. In 2013, he produced two songs on Wizkid's

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album, "

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" featuring

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and "Kilofe". He was mentioned as one of the five new music producers giving

a run for his money by the ''Premium Times'' Nigeria. Sarz was reported to have signed an endorsement deal with Nike later that Year. Sarz was the executive producer for the official Hennessy Artistry 2014 theme song "Dance Go (Eau de Vie)", which featured

and

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. In April 2020, Sarz and Shizzi decided to go live on Instagram for a face off titled "The Battle of Hits" on 30 March 2020, which attracted a peak of 19.2k live viewers across the world.

Awards and nominations

Discography

, Good Morning Riddim , Femi Leye, Leabdro "Dro" Hidalgo, Mizzle, TMX0. , , - , Spiritual Riddim , Femi Leye, Leabdro "Dro" Hidalgo. , - , Celetronic Riddim , Leabdro "Dro" Hidalgo, Lil Kesh, Mizzle. , - , Inbox Riddim , Leabdro "Dro" Hidalgo, Lil Kesh, Wizkid. , - , Hello Africa Riddim , Dr. Alban, Flash, Leabdro "Dro" Hidalgo, TMX0. , - , Legwork Riddim , Leabdro "Dro" Hidalgo, Mizzle.

References

External links

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* {{authority control Living people Nigerian hip hop record producers 21st-century Nigerian musicians 1989 births Afrobeat musicians Musicians from Benin City