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Rashid Abdul Mugeez, professionally known as Mugeez, is a Ghanaian singer and songwriter. Born in Bimbila (Northern region, Ghana), he became known through the influential Afrobeat/Hiplife duo R2Bees (Refuse To Be Broke), which he formed with his cousin Faisal Hakeem (aka Omar Sterling) in 2007. The last album by R2Bees, Site 15,^[1] from 2019, made it into the top 10 on the Billboard Chart.^[2] He has also worked with Ed Sheeran on Boa Me. In April 2019, Mugeez founded his own record label, Extrial Music,^[3] to promote his solo projects as well as up-and-coming artists.^[4]

Rashid Abdul Mugeez developed his love for rap while attending school, which led to him and his cousin forming R2Bees in 2007.^{[citation needed]}The duo released their debut album, Da Revolution, in 2009.^[5] A follow-up, Da Revolution II, came in 2012, before the pair were nominated for Best International Act at the 2013 BET Awards.^[6] Various R2Bees singles appeared over the next few years, while Mugeez also struck out on his own, featuring on singles with the likes of Criss Waddle, Mr. Eazi, and DJ Breezy.^{[citation needed]} In 2017, he was featured on Fuse ODG's single "Boa Me," alongside Ed Sheeran.^[7] The two cousins lived in the same house and also attended the same primary, junior, and senior secondary schools in Tema.^{[citation needed]} Beginning their career early, they started off representing their school in school music contests.^{[citation needed]} This led them to participating in the popular radio competition Kasahare, which they won. Their continuous performance gained them popularity within their community.^[8]

In 2007, the two cousins officially formed the music duo R2Bees in Ghana. Mugeez is the lead vocalist of R2Bees, while Omar Sterling is the rapper and the CEO of R2Bees Entertainment and KillBeatz's Joseph Addison is R2Bees’ official producer. R2Bees’ lyrics are in Twi and Ghanaian Pidgin English languages and their music is a mixture of Afrobeat and Hiplife, a Ghanaian music style that fuses Ghanaian culture and Hip Hop.

After the Site 15 album featuring Afrobeat artists Wizkid, Burna Boy, King Promise and Kwesi Arthur with tracks like "Over", "Sunshine", "Yesterday" and "My Baby". Mugeez founded his own record label, Extrial Music to promote his own solo projects as well as support up-and-coming artists. Kicking things off, Mugeez released the singles "Regular" with Sarkodie and "Your Number" with Juls and King Promise. Mugeez also signed Tecknikal,^[4] an artist from Ghana, as the first artist under his record label. After the foundation of Extrial in April 2019, Mugeez teamed up with DJ Mic Smith and Kwesi Arthur to release the single "Dripping".^[9] "Chihuahua"^[10] is Mugeez's first solo single in 2020 and was released on March 27th after an exclusive pre-release on Audiomack.^[11] On May 8th, 2020, "Six In Da Morning" was released.

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• Mugeez at AllMusic
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