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Sarz

Nigerian record producer and musician

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Osabuohien Osaretin (born 17 March 1989), better known by his stage name Sarz, 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 his music productions.

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. He was formerly signed to Trybe Records, but left the outfit after his contract expired in November 2013.

01Musical career

In 2010, Sarz produced the single "Joor 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 2011. 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". "Kako Bi Chicken" was nominated for "Best Street Hop" at The Headies 2012. Later that year, he solely produced eLDee's Undeniable album (except "We Made It").

At the 2012 Nigeria Entertainment Awards, Sarz was nominated for the "Producer of the Year" award alongside Don Jazzy. Although Don Jazzy won the award, he ended up giving the award to Sarz. Sarz won "Best New Producer" at the 2012 Dynamix Awards. He went on to release his debut solo single "Beat of Life (Samba)" featuring Nigerian artiste, Wizkid, from his reportedly upcoming album.

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

In April 2020, Sarz and fellow producer 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.

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

02Awards and nominations

Year Event Prize Recipient Result Ref
2012 Dynamix Awards Music Producer of the Year Himself Won
2013 City People Entertainment Awards Music Producer of the Year Won
Nigeria Entertainment Awards Music Producer of the Year Nominated
Song of the Year "Beat of Life (Samba)"
(featuring Wizkid)
Nominated
South South Music Awards Producer of the Year Himself Nominated
2018 The Headies Producer of the Year Nominated
2019 SoundCity MVP Awards Festival African Producer of the Year Nominated
All Africa Music Awards Music Producer of the Year Nominated
Songwriter of the Year Sarz & Wurld for "Trobul" Nominated
Best RnB Duo Sarz & Wurld Nominated
2021 Afro X Digital Awards Music Producer of the Year Himself Won
All Africa Music Awards Best Artist, Duo or Group in African Contemporary Sarz & Lojay for "Monalisa" Nominated
2022 The Headies Producer of the Year Himself Won
All Africa Music Awards African Fans Favourite "Monalisa" (Remix)
(with Lojay featuring Chris Brown)
Nominated

03Discography

Studio albums

EPs

Compilation albums

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