Pizzazz - Muziek

Akintoye Adeyemi Asalu Born August 17 1999 Known Mononymously As Akintoye Is A Nigerian-Born Canadian Rapper And Social Media Personality. He Gained Prominence On TikTok Where He Has Almost 3 Million Followers As Of May 2023 And Has Gone Viral Several Times Including With The 2022 Single "Pizazz". He Has Released Five Studio Albums And Been Featured On Songs With Charlie Curtis-Beard Connor Price And Idris Elba. Outside Of Music He Voices The Recurring Character Of Anthony On The Disney Channel Series Hamster & Gretel. Born In Lagos Nigeria Akintoye Moved To Vaughan Ontario Canada At Age Nine Experiencing What He Called A "little Culture Shock". His Father A Fan Of West Coast Hip-Hop Would Often Sing The Infant Akintoye To Sleep With The Notorious B.I.G.'s "One More Chance". As A Child Akintoye Sang In Choir Took Piano And Flute Lessons And Rapped And Recorded Videos But Was Not Initially Passionate About Music. At Age Ten He Volunteered To Perform Drake's Verse In The Young Artists For Haiti Version Of K'naan's "Wavin' Flag" For A Middle School End-Of-Year Concert Which Sparked His Desire To Pursue Rapping. Akintoye Attended McMaster University In Hamilton. He Later Said He Was "dealing With A Lot Of Anxiety" In University And Used Songwriting To "make Sense Of Things And Maintain My Sanity." Akintoye's Influences As A Rapper Include Joey Badass J. Cole Chief Keef And Kendrick Lamar Who "drew From Their Trauma Using Metaphors And Poetry" And 1990s New York Rapper Big L Whom Akintoye Called "so Ahead Of His Time" And "one Of The First People To Craft Stories From Beginning To End For All His Songs All While Maintaining A Terrific Technical Skill Set." read less