For over a decade, his beats have rung out across the radios and clubs of Lagos, and now the world. At 30, Sarz has been a key collaborator for Nigerian artists like Wizkid and WurlD, who have helped bring the sound of Afrobeats to the U.S.
and U.K. pop charts. (He’s one of the half-dozen producers credited on Drake’s “One Dance.”) But, he says, he has never been able to make a living out of his music from domestic revenue, and he is determined to change that for the next generation of Nigerian musicians.
In his studio in the Lekki district, home to the new bourgeoisie of Lagos, Sarz radiates calm and confidence, dressed casually in a Calvin Klein T-shirt, red jogging pants and Nikes, as he talks about the challenges of making music on the
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