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Mr Eazi is First Nigerian To Win Latin Grammy Award

Nigerian singer and songwriter, Oluwatosin Ajibade, popularly known as Mr Eazi, has become the first Nigerian to win a Latin Grammy award.

He was nominated in four categories at the 21st edition of the annual Latin Grammy Awards.

These historic wins are for his contribution to J Balvin and Bad Bunny’s albums.

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The act was a featured artiste on the song Arcoíris off ‘Colores – J Balvin’ which won the Best Urban Album category and also on ‘Oasis – J Balvin x Bad Bunny’ album in the same category.

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The singer’s contributions on both Oasis and Colores were widely acclaimed for its genre-bending sound and innovative approach to Latin music. The featured tracks COMO UN BEBÉ and Acoiris have garnered over 198 million streams and 54 million streams respectively on Spotify alone.

He received the following certificates; featured artiste on Oasis by JBalvin/ Bad Bunny for Album of the year 2020, featured artiste on Oasis by JBalvin/ Bad Bunny for Best Urban Album 2020, composer on Colores Album of the year 2020, featured artiste on Colores by J Balvin – Best Urban Album (Winner) 2020.

Over the years, Mr Eazi has released hit singles including, Legalize, Skin Tight, Pour Me Water, Jealous, among others. He is also scheduled to release a new body of work later this year.

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