Nigerian singer Mr Eazi has revealed that Wanlov Da Kubolor exposed him to the business side of his music career.
Mr Eazi, who is the founder of Empawa Africa, a company which promotes, manages and market talents across Africa said in an interview on Joy FM’s Showbiz A to Z that in 2015, while hanging out with the FOKN Boiz member was adviced to take the business side of his music serious.
According to him, Wanlov, exposed him to copyright law, licensing and publishing and these things have gone a long way to help him as a business mogul in the music industry.
He said:
“in 2015, while we ate beans at Dzorwulu, Wanlov advised me on how to get myself accrued in business.
“He enlightened me on copyright law, licensing and publishing, something I thought was a waste of time.”
After his encounter with Wanlov, Mr Eazi went on to do his own research and studies and came across a book, ‘Empire State of Mind’ which became his manual.
“A friend of mine introduced me to a book afterwards; ‘Empire State of Mind’ a book which was not up to two hundred pages and that became my manual.
“Even before then, I thought I knew a lot until I found out a small boy somewhere had formulated a registration platform…I brought him to myself and tapped into his knowledge base,” he revealed.
Mr Eazi has built a reputation in Ghana and Nigeria as a successful musician and event organizer with his latest show Detty rave attracting world class acts including American rapper Rick Ross, Koffee and many others.
He has also used his platform Empawa Africa to discover and groom talents in Ghana and Nigeria including J.Derobie and Joeboy.
