Ian Frederick Oshodi (born 30 March 1986), better known by his stage
name Ian Jazzi, is a Ghanaian/Nigerian recording artist, performer,
record producer, actor, poet, model and entrepreneur. He pioneered a
new wave of Gospel Rap in Ghana, after dropping popular singles "Get
Some" and "Get Your Clap On" in 2003. Both were produced by Jayso. He
is also credited with being among the pioneers of GH Rap which is a
term to denote 'Hiphop made in Ghana'.In 2009, Jazzi worked on an
award-winning TV Commercial by Creative Eye, shot by Fingerprint
Films, for the telecommunication company TIGO in Mumbai, India. Jazzi
is also the creative director of The Unwind Agency, a model &
advertising agency he founded in Ghana in 2009. In 2010, he
co-produced and released his first mixtape album In Stereo Volume 1,
which was well received in Ghana. Ian has also had opportunities to
model for multi-national corporations such as Coca-Cola, and has been
the face of several advertising campaigns which include newspaper &
magazine ads, billboards, and TV commercials.Ian Jazzi was born to
Frederick Oshodi and Patience Otuwaa Amponsah in Osu, Accra in Ghana.
His father, a wealthy Nigerian businessman, died in a car accident
before Jazzi's birth. His mother moved back to Ghana to live with her
mother in Osu after Oshodi's death in Lagos. Jazzi attended the Datus
Complex School, a boarding school in Tema, which he transferred to
from the Bubuashie branch of the same school at the age of seven. When
Jazzi was twelve, he lost his sister, Gifty-Jenny, who was thirteen at
the time.
name Ian Jazzi, is a Ghanaian/Nigerian recording artist, performer,
record producer, actor, poet, model and entrepreneur. He pioneered a
new wave of Gospel Rap in Ghana, after dropping popular singles "Get
Some" and "Get Your Clap On" in 2003. Both were produced by Jayso. He
is also credited with being among the pioneers of GH Rap which is a
term to denote 'Hiphop made in Ghana'.In 2009, Jazzi worked on an
award-winning TV Commercial by Creative Eye, shot by Fingerprint
Films, for the telecommunication company TIGO in Mumbai, India. Jazzi
is also the creative director of The Unwind Agency, a model &
advertising agency he founded in Ghana in 2009. In 2010, he
co-produced and released his first mixtape album In Stereo Volume 1,
which was well received in Ghana. Ian has also had opportunities to
model for multi-national corporations such as Coca-Cola, and has been
the face of several advertising campaigns which include newspaper &
magazine ads, billboards, and TV commercials.Ian Jazzi was born to
Frederick Oshodi and Patience Otuwaa Amponsah in Osu, Accra in Ghana.
His father, a wealthy Nigerian businessman, died in a car accident
before Jazzi's birth. His mother moved back to Ghana to live with her
mother in Osu after Oshodi's death in Lagos. Jazzi attended the Datus
Complex School, a boarding school in Tema, which he transferred to
from the Bubuashie branch of the same school at the age of seven. When
Jazzi was twelve, he lost his sister, Gifty-Jenny, who was thirteen at
the time.
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