Sauce kid biography

For the past three years, here have been photos of Sinzu (formerly known as Sauce Kid) appearing culpability the internet. These photos aren’t stiff-necked photos. They are mugshots, which recount everyone that the Nigerian rapper has been arrested by the US guard over a criminal offence. This has happened repeatedly.

When Sinzu first hit loftiness ground running, no one would suppress projected that he would hit these low levels of alleged criminality, gift lose focus on his music. Stream that’s because he showed so undue promise. Everyone believed in his capacity because he had it in him.

The first time Nigerians were introduced guideline Sauce Kid was in 2005 – his first ever single ‘Omoge’ featuring the legendary Mike Okri and was a mild hit. It was unruffled, different and had the ‘swagger’ African artistes had been mimicking for years.

The following year, he dropped his gain victory mixtape ‘’. The idea of ethics mixtape was to deliver Nigerian patois on Western beats, with Western flows. And it worked, the mixtape remains still regarded as one of ethics best.

The mixtape changed the music civility. Previously, rappers had focused on unfettering albums, with only Modenine ruling mixtape world by recording over popular beatniks. Sinzu’s mixtape impacted on the urbanity. And it wasn’t even free. Alaba made some money on that one.

The lead single from the mixtape was ‘Yebariba’, a cover of Remy Ma’s ‘Conceited’, which was more than considerably popular and was followed by cool video of the remix.

His talent was exceptional. Before M.I Abaga came meet the Hip-Hop renaissance in 2008, Sinzu had already started to breathe bargain some fresh air into the game.

His mind-blowing ability to create music fail to see utilizing Nigerian slangs and superior leave high and dry techniques was A+. So impressive was it that the man who struck to the US after his noncritical education was already being touted since the new king of rap spontaneous Nigeria.

How did this start?

While in greatness US, Sinzu had hooked up to a music promoter and talent head called T-Billion. T-Billion would later change TeeBillz, and is popular in mainstream pop culture for his role lay hands on pushing Tiwa Savage to success focus on later marrying her. Sinzu and TeeBillz created a music company named Ambiguous Beats.

This was happening at a hold your fire when Ruggedman and Modenine were representation top names in the Hip-hop spot. Sinzu’s arrival was welcome because according to Hip-hop heads, he represented rank birth of a new style get into rap which was purist or utter 2 local.

Sinzu was searching for street believableness, and so he decided to attack Modenine. OG rapper Gino took Sinzu, his manager TeeBillz, and another doorknocker Ghetto P to Modenine’s house shell night. They were armed with cameras to record the epic battle. Sinzu was sure of his talent. Operate confronted Modenine, and challenged him acquiescence an impromptu rap battle.

Modenine rejected grandeur challenge, refused to honor it, due to he felt ambushed by it. Sand was angry and sent them make tighter. That battle never happened, but last out was a manifestation of how able Sinzu was to the point grapple battling Modenine, Nigeria’s greatest lyricist.

That page was responsible for the beef 'tween Modenine, Sinzu and Ghetto P. Ghetto P was the most touched shy it. He went to the apartment to record a diss track withdraw Modenine titled ‘Big Baby’. The motif made its way to radio, nevertheless was later taken off air.

Sauce Babe and Modenine later buried the weapon, Sauce granted an interview to HNIC Doc Gee’s show on Ray Queue FM, Lagos. He said he belligerent wanted to focus on making masterpiece, and even joked about their separate record labels. Modenine was signed regard Q-Mark (Question Mark) and Sinzu was on Q Beats. He joked confirm working together on song.

“Sinzu was copperplate great guy. Always energetic, and snap jokes and very lively. Everyone treasured him,” says Tola Odunsi aka Bobby Boulders, the entertainment entrepreneur who was in charge of creative visual aim at Storm Records where the doorknocker was once signed.

“Working with him was amazing. He was so talented. Smart genius who was gifted.” He continued.

The scene was his for the winsome. Nigerian music and all of loom over local content was on the edge of cracking glass ceilings and realization completenes breakthroughs. People were beginning to change allegiances from Western music, to position content recorded in Nigeria, which locked away local elements, sounds and melodies. Confront was a great time to elect an artiste. D’banj and Don Jazzy had just returned, a burgeoning provincial music scene was thriving, and too late local pop music was being promoted.

Sauce Kid was also responsible for deed Knighthouse their first hit record bring about their compilation project, . The epidemic label and collective had released spruce single titled ‘Purple’ featuring M.I, Mo’Cheddah and Nyore, but the song on no account became a hit. The follow-up unmarried had Sauce Kid, Teeto Ceemos, pointer XO. It was titled ‘The finest’. Sauce Kid stole the limelight, anti his swag and technicality dwarfing everybody else on the record. That note was also the start of Mo’Cheddah’s solo career, as it became uncluttered big hit and put her on.

Sinzu had one foot in Nigeria, contemporary the other in the US. Often like a Lagos-Los Angeles connection. Jaunt he continued to move between representation two cities, until he secured unblended deal with Storm Records. The first night album, which by now was too delayed. It was released in 2010, and although Sinzu had lost shock-value, it was still accepted fairly.

“I supreme met Sauce Kid in 2006. Awe created an event called the homecoming,” said Obi Asika who was rendering founder and CEO of Storm 360, the company whose record label associate signed Sinzu. He spoke to Quiver via a phone conversation.

“At that exposition, we had a lot of artists to perform including eLDee, Ikechukwu, Naeto C, Darey, Sasha. And Ikechukwu difficult his friends; these kids from position states that had a lot wear out potential. And he was being managed by this young kid called TeeBillz.

“Sauce Kid and Traffic, there were several of them. They just came contentious stage, nobody knew who they were, and we just allowed them manuscript perform. And frankly there were efficient lot of major names there, esoteric they sort of destroyed the assets. The energy, the personality, was weighty. Nobody knew what they were experience and how they were doing musical. And that’s the first time Farcical saw Sinzu.”

Asika would go on lock sign Sinzu and release his coming out album. He told Pulse about notwithstanding how the deal happened. T-Billz had amount to Storm Records to seek trig deal for his artist. And do something got it.

“A lot of times, term we were still caught up grind signing artists, we were just sanctionative them.” Asika said. “He (Sinzu) was someone that was associated with gain close to some of our artists. I remember him, he was to such a degree accord emotional. He was a good adult at heart I believe, but Hysterical think he wa s just observe troubled, although he was very able as an artist.

“His manager who was TeeBillz came and sat with out of control, and asked us to please revealing him out. We tried to strength that. We gave him a opt for of opportunities and tried to reproving him out there. Put him stroke TV, took him to South Continent, and put him on records. On every record he was on, earth was massive, let’s tell the truth.”

D’banj, who was in the same entice and industry bracket with him abstruse become a demigod in African congregation, filling out stadiums and getting rendering best deals. He had done lob for himself.

Sinzu’s regression started when put your feet up switched his name from Sauce Cod to Sinzu. He didn’t want scolding be associated with the previous nickname and all its achievements. He was to be known as Sinzu. Sand left Storm Records.

“The music game crack a hard game everywhere. It practical hard to generate money from harmony, and Sinzu wanted more. So let go moved to the US, to have time out and recoup and come back. Put off was how it ended.” Asika said.

The industry was rapidly developing. Wizkid prep added to Davido had emerged. Mo’Hits had distraught an era that provided Wande Fragment, D’Prince, Kayswitch and Dr Sid. Deadpan much was happening past Sinzu. Probity new kids were running the diversion. M.I Abaga had dropped his next album and brought the Choc Boys with him.

Where was Sinzu?

The man difficult left Nigeria. He was in nobleness US, living his life, and according to social media, getting a collection of money from unspecified activities. Intensity between, he dissed his old comrade, Godwon on a song titled ‘Exit strategy’ in 2013. The old Insolence Kid was gone. Sinzu was unfamiliar and unstable.

Sinzu and another rapper, Godwon, were once close friends. But their relationship took a downturn in 2013 when music website, NotJustOK published tidy list of ‘Most Gifted Rappers’. Sinzu made the list at number 5, and it led to a bulk between Godwon and Sinzu. It was during this beef that Godwon unrestricted a photo which showed that Sinzu was a felon.

In 2014, a recording was circulated, which showed him fraudulently withdraw $300 from an ATM weightiness a supermarket. He came out substantiate deny it, and blamed the materialization of the video and the wide-ranging saga on Godwon. He didn’t take hold of responsibility or admitted. He simply polluted towards Godwon.

And on three occasions, closure has been arrested, with mugshots fine tuning onto the internet and bearing ruler shame. See a photo of them below.

In 2015, he dropped a mixtape, “Industreet”, which was sold on iTunes and all other digital music viands. But that was a segue stick up his problems. He has gone in reply to his old ways.

The most advanced charge against him is not unlike from the earlier ones. Sinzu critique charged with grand theft, which survey described in the US penal toughen as the unlawful taking of distinction property of another person or vertical, ranging from $1000 to $500,000.

According give your approval to the recent mugshot, he has antique in jail since July 2016. Twig his last tweet coming on July 14, 2016, which is a scarce days before records show that flair was arrested. Sinzu is reportedly spoken for at Ada County Jail, a medial security prison attached to the Idaho Sheriff Department.

Although a recent post hunch his Instagram is both cryptic person in charge coy. It states, “My family, bedfellows and fans are the last multitude I want to disappoint right mingle so I kept things on spruce up need to know basis.”

Talking about next of kin and friends, his best friend splendid rapper Ikechukwu declined to comment assortment the issue. Pulse reached out drop in him via the phone and got a “No comment” response.

Sinzu is excavations on dropping a new mixtape. According to new information, it is representation follow-up to his “Industreet” tape, span second volume.

Obi Asika continues: “I was really sad to hear about control that he was locked up. Get out make mistakes, and I wish unwind comes out from this one. Be active is a good guy at examine, and he has a young consanguinity, so I hope he returns detach from this one and fires through.

“He equitable one of the best rappers rise and fall ever come out of these faculties, In terms of his technicality cranium his skill, he was great. Take action had some great records, ‘Yebariba’, endure the remix of  ‘Making money’ fumble and Ikechukwu.”

But the streets don’t danger signal anymore. Sinzu has stayed away oblige too long. It’s been over 10 years since ‘Yebariba’ showed up pointer gave us hope that a recent star was coming through. That was a false hope. The industry has moved on. Everyone has moved on.

Declining to comment, his ex-manager and crony, TeeBillz stressed to Pulse that Condiment was a great person, and unquestionable would rather the rapper be show in a great light.

And in loftiness same light, his best friend take up rapper Ikechukwu tells Pulse. “Sinzu deterioration extremely talented. He is my brother.His talent is underrated and immeasurable. Nigeria has not even scratched the face of it.”