Eugy

Eugene Entsir, professionally known as Eugy, is a Ghanaian, British singer, rapper, and songwriter.[2] He is best known for his 2016 International hit single "Dance For Me" alongside Mr Eazi,[3] which led to a 2017 MOBO Awards nomination.[4] In 2018, Eugy a record signed with Tinie Tempah's Disturbing London.[5]

Eugy
Eugy in 2018
Background information
Birth nameEugene Entsir[1]
BornGhana
Genres
Occupation(s)
  • Singer
  • Rapper
InstrumentsVocals
Years active2015–present
LabelsDisturbing London
Associated actsMr Eazi, Ycee, Davido, King Promise, Ajeibutter22

Career

Eugy started writing and recording music at around age 14,[6] having moved to UK from Ghana eight years prior.[5] He originally started as a grime MC although stopped making grime, citing that he 'wasn't good enough,[6] moving more towards afrobeats after being inspired by highlife musicians he grew up listening to such as Daddy Lumba and Kojo Antwi.[7]

His career took off after Nigerian artist Davido reached out to him after seeing a freestyle video he posted online. This resulted in a collaboration and the release of Eugy's debut single, "'Chance",[8] in 2015. However, his profile increased drastically following the international success of 2016 single "Dance For Me" with Mr Eazi, which is considered by some to be 'UK Afrobeats' first bonafide smash'.[3]

Following a string of releases, Eugy signed with Disturbing London in April 2018[5] whilst also supporting Wizkid at the sold out Afrorepublik Show at the O2 Arena. He followed this with the release of "L.O.V.E" alongside Ghanaian artist King Promise and his most recent single, "LoLo", releasing in March 2019.

Discography

Selected singles
As lead artist
Year Title Album
2015 "Chance" (featuring Davido) Non-album single
2016 "Dance For Me" (with Mr Eazi)
"Body" (with Mr Eazi)
"Blessing"
"Don Corleone"
2017 "Give It Up To Me" (featuring Ycee) Flavourz EP
2018
"Tick Tock" Non-album single
"Complicated" (with Will Simms)
"L.O.V.E" (featuring King Promise)
"Can't Deny" (with Korbz)
2019 "LoLo"
As featured artist
Year Title Album
2017 "Somebody" (Mark Asari featuring Eugy & Victizzle) Non-album single
"Right Here" (Geko featuring Mr Eazi, Maleek Berry & Eugy) Lionheart
"Bad" (Juls featuring Eugy, Not3s & Kojo Funds) Leap Of Faith
"What's Good?" (Roadside G's featuring Eugy) Non-album single
"Your Matter" (Seyi Shay featuring Eugy)
"Innocent" (P Montana featuring Eugy, Kwamz & Flava) Rah Boy Vol.1
"Kwasia" (Nonso Amadi featuring Eugy) Non-album single
"Hot Property" (Team Salut featuring Tion Wayne, Afro B & Eugy)
"Say What You Want" (Siza featuring Eugy)
2018 "Say Bye Bye" (Ycee featuring Eugy)
"So Wavy" (Mystro featuring Eugy) Sugar
"What's Good" (Roadside G's featuring Dan Diggerz, Phantom & Eugy) Non-album single
"Gari n Sugar" (Shirazee featuring Eugy) Home & Away EP
"Ghana Bounce" (Ajeibutter22 featuring Mr Eazi & Eugy) Non-album single
"The Way I Like It" (Romy Rose featuring Eugy)
"Me Gusta" (Romy Rose featuring Eugy)
"Tout Va Bien (remix)" (Orelsan featuring Eugy & Kojo Funds) La fête est finie - EPILOGUE
2019 "Kumbaya" (Atueyii featuring Eugy & Sona) Non-album single
"Rendezvous" [9] Non-album single

Extended plays
Title Notes
Flavourz EP [10]

References
  1. "Ghanaian-UK Artist Eugy Signs New Deal with Universal Music". Ghkings.com. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
  2. "I want to spend the rest of my life in Ghana after a successful career- Eugy". GhanaWeb.com. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
  3. McQuaid, Ian (7 June 2017). "UK Afrobeats: The new sound reinventing British club music". Mixmag.net. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
  4. Shepherd, Jack. "MOBO awards 2017 nominations: Stormzy leads, closely followed by J Hus". The Independent. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
  5. Mac, Rae. "Get to Know: Eugy". Thelinkup.com. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
  6. Obi, CJ. "GRM Exclusive: Eugy & Mr Eazi on Afrobeats Replicating Grime". Grmdaily.com.
  7. "Eugy – LoLo (Prod. by Spanker/Music Video/iTunes/Spotify): Ghanaian-born/London based recording artist Eugy returns with his first track of 2019 LOLO, produced by Spanker". Urbanvault.co.uk. Retrieved 2 April 2019.
  8. "Eugy - Chance ft. Davido (Prod by Team Salut)". Tooxclusive.com. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
  9. "Eugy – Rendezvous (Prod. by XL Beatz) » ✔️Ghnewslab.com ✔️". Web.archive.org. 21 December 2019. Retrieved 22 August 2020.
  10. "Flavourz EP: Eugy Album Review". Unorthodoxreviews.com. Retrieved 8 June 2017.
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