Ebony, who resides in
Brampton, southern Ontario, was credited for the track ‘Crown’.
“It’s a really good
feeling. I want to show young people that they can do it. Anybody can be
successful. It doesn’t matter where you’re from” the elated beat maker
expressed her delight on being featured by one of the greatest rapper in the
world.
The teenage
self-taught producer is reported to have started making her own beats after
watching a video showing Jay-Z and mega producer Timbaland working in the
studio together on the album.
“It inspired me and I
wanted to do the exact same thing that he did,” she said.
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At age 9, WondaGurl
downloaded music software and taught herself how to use it from watching
YouTube videos, amazed by the idea of creating something from scratch.
She came up with her
name, WondaGurl, by swapping around the name of one of her favourite Canadian
producers.
A year ago, after
winning Toronto’s Battle of the Beat Makers competition at only 15, Oshunrinde
got serious about her music. She signed on with Black Box, the same label as
Classified, and started working in a studio.
The beat that landed
on Jay-Z’s album began with a reggae song. Oshunrinde 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 worked on her beat
once and sent it to Travis Scott, a young rapper and producer from Houston who
met Oshunrinde last year. He happened to be working in the studio with Jay-Z
when she sent him her beat.
A few days later,
Oshunrinde was at home with her brother and sister when her phone buzzed.
“He texted me and
said, ‘I’m about to change your life,” Oshunrinde said.
When Scott told her
that her cut made it on to Jay-Z’s album, she thought it was a joke.
“Usually that doesn’t
really happen to 16-year-olds,” the teen said.
And when she told her
mother the good news, she cried.
Oshunrinde has never
met Jay-Z and, like everyone else, had to wait for the digital release on July
4 to hear “Crown.”
She just got her
passport last year, and hopes she’ll meet the rap mogul when she travels to the
USA soon.
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