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Sarz

Background information
Birth name	Osabuohien Osaretin
Born	(1989-03-17) 17 March 1989 (age 35) Benin City, Edo State, Nigeria
Genres	Afrobeats pop hip hop contemporary R&B
Occupation(s)	Record producer, musician
Instruments	Keyboard synthesizer drum shekere sampler
Years active	2007–present
Labels	1789 Entertainment

Osabuohien Osaretin (born 17 March 1989),^[1] better known by his stage name Osaretin, is a Nigerian record producer, mixing engineer and musician. Born in Benin City, Edo State, he is popularly known for the tag “Sarz on the beat” or "Really", at the beginning or end of all his music productions.^[2]

His first full credit production work was for Lord of Ajasa's "See Drama" in 2007. He has produced tracks for Wizkid, Naeto C, Banky W, Skales, Shank, Reminisce, Goldie Harvey, eLDee, Wande Coal, YQ, Lojay and Niniola.^[3]^[4] He was formerly signed to Trybe Records, but left the outfit after his contract expired in November 2013.^[5]

Musical career

In 2010, Sarz produced the hit single "Jor Oh" and the remix for Jahbless which featured Durella, RuggedMan, Reminisce, Ice Prince and eLDee. The song won "Best Street Hop" and was nominated for "Best Collaboration" at The Headies.^[6] In 2011, he produced Shank's "Salute", eLDee's "Today Today" & "Wash Wash", Skales "Mukulu", Goldie Harvey's "Don't Touch my Body" and Reminisce's "Kako Bi Chicken".^[7] "Kako Bi Chicken" was nominated for "Best Street Hop" at The Headies, 2012.^[8]^[9] Later that year, he solely produced eLDee's Undeniable album (except "We Made It").^[10]

Sarz was nominated for the Nigeria Entertainment Awards 2012 "Producer of the Year" award alongside Don Jazzy. Although Don Jazzy won the award, he ended up giving the award to Sarz.^[11] Sarz won "Best New Producer" at the 2012 Dynamix Awards.^[12] He went on to release his first single “Beat Of Life (Samba)” featuring Nigerian Artiste, Wizkid from his upcoming album.^[13]

In 2013, he produced two songs on Wizkid's Ayo album, "Jaiye Jaiye" featuring Femi Kuti and "Kilofe".^[14] He was mentioned as one of the five new music producers giving Don Jazzy a run for his money by the Premium Times Nigeria.^[15] Sarz was reported to have signed an endorsement deal with Nike later that Year.^[16] Sarz was the executive producer for the official Hennessy Artistry 2014 theme song "Dance Go (Eau de Vie)", which featured Wizkid and 2Face Idibia.^[17]

In April 2020, Sarz and Shizzi decided to go live on Instagram for a face off titled "The Battle of Hits" on 30 March 2020, which attracted a peak of 19.2k live viewers across the world.^[18]

In 2021 Sarz released "Monalisa" with Lojay. "Monalisa" was certified Silver by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) in 2023.^[19]

Awards and nominations

Year	Event	Prize	Recipient	Result	Ref
2012	Dynamix Awards	Music Producer of the Year	Himself	Won	^[20]
2013	City People Awards	Music Producer of the Year	Himself	Won	^[21]
	Nigerian Entertainment Awards	Music Producer of the Year	Himself	Nominated	^[22]
	Nigerian Entertainment Awards	Song Of The Year	"Beat Of Life (Samba)" (featuring Wizkid)	Nominated	^[22]
	South South Music Awards	Producer of the Year	Himself	Nominated	^[23]
2018	The Headies	Producer of the Year	Himself	Nominated	^[24]
2019	SoundCity MVP Awards	African Producer of the Year	Himself	Nominated	^[25]
	AFRIMA	Music Producer of the Year	Himself	Nominated	^[26]
		Songwriter of the Year	"Trobül" (Sarz & Wurld)	Nominated	^[27]
		Best RnB Duo	"Trobül" (Sarz & Wurld)	Nominated	^[28]
2021	Afro X Digitals Awards	Music Producer of the Year	Himself	Won	^[29]
2021	AFRIMA	Best Artist, Duo or Group in African Contemporary	"Monalisa" (Sarz x Lojay)	Nominated	^[30]
2022	The Headies	Producer of the Year	Himself	Won	^[31]
2022	AFRIMA	African Fans Favourite	Monalisa remix (Sarz x Lojay feat. Chris Brown)	Nominated	^[32]

Discography

Sarz's Album
Year	Title	Tracks	Contributors / Features	Ref
2019	SINYM (Sarz Is Not Your Mate)	Good Morning Riddim	Femi Leye, Leabdro "Dro" Hidalgo, Mizzle, TMX0.	^[33]
		Spiritual Riddim	Femi Leye, Leabdro "Dro" Hidalgo.
		Celetronic Riddim	Leabdro "Dro" Hidalgo, Lil Kesh, Mizzle.
		Inbox Riddim	Leabdro "Dro" Hidalgo, Lil Kesh, Wizkid.
		Hello Africa Riddim	Dr. Alban, Flash, Leabdro "Dro" Hidalgo, TMX0.
		Legwork Riddim	Leabdro "Dro" Hidalgo, Mizzle.

Sarz's Collaborations
Year	Artiste	Body of Work	Tracks
2019	Sarz X WurlD	I LOVE GIRLS WITH TROBUL	Prisona
			Trobul
			Sweat
			Focus
			Mad
			Nobody Wins Interlude
			Ego
			Sade
2021	Lojay X Sarz	LV N ATTN	Tonongo
			LV N ATTN feat. Wizkid
			Park O X3
			Panty!
			Monalisa
2021	Sarz X Obongjayar	Sweetness	Sweetness
			Gone Girl
			If You Say
			Nobody

Sarz's Executive Production
Year	Title	Talents	Tracks	Ref
2020	MTLF EP (Memories That Last Forever EP)	The Sarz Academy	Gbewa - Dunnie, Niniola
			Hold Me - Wizkid
			Global - Sarz, Tempoe, Jahblend
			Forever - Tiwa Savage
			Wa Je - P.Priime, Dapo Tuburna, Horsh
			Ma Lo Wa - Zlatan
2023	MTLF 2 (Memories That Last Forever 2) Album	The Sarz Academy	Breathe - Perfext
			Resemble- Fxrtune
			233- Charmaine'L A
			Good To Me- Perfext, Gimba
			Sad Love- Millymay_pod, Syntiat
			Inside Life- Fxrtune
			Only Man- Gimba
			Steady- Charmaine'L A, Gimba
			Rude- Syntiat
			Ready- Fxrtune, Pjstar
			DPWMH- Millymay_pod, Pjstar
			Body Wicked- Millymay_pod
			More- Perfext
			Buga- Fxrtune
			Jam One Kele- Millymay_pod, Gimba, Fxrtune	^[34]

Sarz's Production
Year	Artiste	Song Title
2007	Ruggedman	Banging
2007	Lord of Ajasa	See drama
2008	Shank	King Kong
2009	YQ	I Like Girls
2009	Dagrin	Kondo
2010	Goldie	Don't Touch
	Iceberg Slim	I Made It feat. Da Grin
	Jahbless	Jor oh! Remix feat. Iceprince, Reminisce, Durella, Ruggedman, Eldee
2011	Skales	Keresimesi
	Shank	Salute
	Sarz	Badman feat. Wizkid
	Shank	Ghetto
	Skales	Mukulu
	Banky W	Lowkey
	Michael Word	Pop Sugar feat. Muna
	Naeto C	Super C Season
	Reminisce	Kako bi chicken
	Minjin	So beautiful
2012	Skales	Ko Mo Le
	Sarz	Beat of Life (Samba) feat. Wizkid
	Wizkid	Dance For Me
	Skales	My baby
	Eldee	Higher feat. K9 and Sojay
	Eldee	Been There Done That
	Eldee	Today Today
	Eldee	Always
	Eldee	Run Down feat. Banky W
	Eldee	Category
	Eldee	Wash Wash
	Eldee	Never let you go feat. Wizkid
	Eldee	Zombie feat. K9 and Sojay
	EME	Get Down Tonight
2013	XP	Calabar Remix feat. Reminisce, Skales, Olamide
	Reminisce	Ni’gboro
	Sarz	Ise Yen feat. Reminisce
	Sarz	Shoknorris feat. Burna Boy
	L.O.S	Wish you could stay
	Omawumi	Warn Yourself feat. Wizkid
	DJ Neptune	Emi Ni Oba (The King) feat. Phyno, Ruggedman, Pope, Reminisce, Uzi & Dagrin
	Lynxxx	Eziokwu feat Ikechukwu, Illbliss & Phyno
	Wizkid	Jaiye Jaiye feat. Femi Kuti
	Lynxxx	Mr Sexy
	Reminisce	Fantasi
	Sarz	Celebration feat. K9
	Illrymz	Get the Club Started feat. Reminisce
	El’vee	Oga Pata Pata feat. Don Jazzy
	Addiction	Show Your Talent
	Wizkid, Iyanya, Praiz, Kcee	MTN iPulse
2014	M.I	Shekpe feat Reminisce
	M.I	Rich feat. Koker
	M.I	Wheel Barrow feat. Beenie Man & Emmy Ace
	Reminisce	Eleniyan feat. Wizkid
	Wizkid	Sound It
	Niniola	Ibadi
	Tekno	Anything
	2face Idibia & Wizkid	Dance Go (Eau de Vie)
	Kach	Get up
	Reminisce	Fantasi
	Samad	Low waist
	K9	Care about us feat. Sound Sultan
	Wizkid	Kilofe
2015	Burna Boy	Trance
	Reminisce	Skilashi
	Wande Coal	Ashimapeyin
	Wande Coal	Adura
	Wande Coal	Wanted Remix
2016	2Baba: Coded Tinz	feat. Phyno
	Reminisce	Asalamalekun
	Reminisce	Asalamalekun [Remix] feat.Wale
	Hennessey Artistry	No be Water feat. Praiz, Burna Boy & Vector
	Reminisce	If E Nobi God feat. Mr. Eazi
2017	Wizkid	Come Closer feat. Drake
	Wizkid	Sweet Love
	Niniola	Maradona
	Niniola	Sicker
	Wizkid	African Bad Girl feat. Chris Brown
	Sarz:	Get up ft. Flash
	Niniola	Saro
	Niniola	Magun
	Mr Eazi	Accra To Lagos
2018	Dj Enimoney	Diet feat. Reminisce, Slimcase & Tiwa Savage
	Wurld x Sarz	Trobül
	Skepta & Wizkid	Bad Energy
	Niniola x DJ Snake	Maradona Riddim
	Flash	Balanciego
	Niniola x Busiswa	Magun Remix
	Mr. Eazi	Ogede
	Niniola	Bana
2019	SeyiShay	Gimmie Love feat. Runtown
	Reminisce	Oja
	Reminisce	OGB4IG feat. Naira Marley & Olamide
	Niniola	Designer feat. Sarz
	TBD X Wande Coal X Sarz	Tofunmi
	Wande Coal	Vex
2020	Niniola	Omo Rapala
	The Sarz Academy	Hold Me feat. Wizkid
	Reminisce	Ogaranya feat. Fireboy DML
	Shirazee	African Man In New York feat. Sarz
	Wizkid	Longtime feat. Skepta
2021	Shirazee X Sting	English Man, African Man In New York
2021	Nao	Antidote feat. Adekunle Gold
2022	Lojay X Sarz	Monalisa remix feat. Chris Brown
	Crayon	Ijo (Laba Laba)
	Crayon	Ijo (Laba Laba) remix feat. Camidoh, Costa Titch & Focalistic
2023	BNXN	Gwagalada feat. Kizz Daniel & Seyi Vibes
Crayon	Ngozi feat. Ayra Starr
Wurld x Sarz	Location
Sarz x Crayon x Skrillex	Yo Fam
Sarz feat. Asake, Gunna	Happiness
Tems	Not An Angel
2024	Ruger & BNXN	Ilashe

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