16-years-old Nigerian,Ebony Osunrinde created a beat on jay-z's new album

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An amazing 16-years-old Nigerian/Canadian, Ebony Osunrinde, who goes by the name “Wondagurl” has just been credited as a producer on “Crown,” a track on Jay-Z’s new album “Magna Carta Holy Grail.” Wondagurl just finished 11th grade at Chinguacousy Secondary School, and she started out at producing sounds after watching a video of Jay-Z and Timbaland working in the studio together when she was 9. She bagan downloading music software and teaching herself how to use it by watching YouTube tutorials. “I wanted to do the exact thing that he [Jay-Z] did. Anybody can be successful, it doesn’t matter where you are from.” she recently told TheStar in an interview.

When she was 14, she made it to the quarter-finals of Toronto’s Battle of the Beatmakers. She won the title the following year and went on to sign an exclusive management deal with Black Box.

According to Ian Stanger, a representative with Black Box, “It’s amazing to see somebody with that much talent working as hard as she can to make the most of it at such a young age. It’s her work that people should be paying attention to, not that fact that she’s 16.”

Earlier this year, Ebony sent the beat to her friend Travis Scott, a younger rapper and producer from Houston who met Ebony last year. He happened to be in the studio with Jay-Z when he received it, and when he told her that the cut had made it to the album, she thought he was joking.

The sound that landed on Jay-Z’s album began with a reggae song. Ebony 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 said when she told her mother the good news, she cried. Ebony got her passport last year and hopes to meet Jay-Z someday. Before now, she also produced a song for Travis Scott.
The mother must be very proud! Congrats girl!