DJ Shawn

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DJ Shawn
Birth nameOresile Oluwaseun Joshua
Born (1996-06-22) June 22, 1996 (age 28)
Ogun State, Nigeria
Origin Ogun State, Nigeria
Genres AfroPop, Hip hop
Occupations
Years active2018–present

Oresile Oluwaseun Joshua (born 22 June 1996), professionally known as DJ Shawn (stylized as DeeJay Shawn), is a Nigerian disc jockey, [1] record producer, and songwriter. [2] He is known for his breakthrough single 'O Pari' featuring Timaya and Falz [3] which debuted on official TurnTable Nigeria Top 100 chart at 95 [4] and Cool FM Nigeria official top songs. [5]

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Early life and education

Oluwaseun was born and brought up in Ogun State. He obtained a degree in physics from the University of Lagos. [6] Oluwaseun musical journey began at the age of 10, from going to his elder brother's studio in the early 2000s to help handle recording sessions with artists on his absence. [6]

Career

DJ Shawn started DJ professionally in 2014 and in 2015 he got a gig with City FM 105 show known as HipHop ride with K which he did for four years. [6]

In 2019, he got an offer from Silverbird Communications, to be the DJ of its radio station, Rhythm 93.7 FM Lagos. In October 2023 he produced Niniola single titled 'Komiyo' [7]

On 4 June 2021 he released his first single 'O Pari' featuring Timaya and Falz, [8] which debuted on official TurnTable Nigeria Top 100 chart at 95 and Cool FM Nigeria official top songs. [9]

On 28 September 2023 he released his debut EP titled Awesome, The EP features guest appearances from Blaqbonez, Pheelz, Bella Shmurda, Magixx, Niniola, LAX, Reekado Banks, KiDi [10] [11] which received positive critical reviews. [12] [13]

Notable performances

EventYear
"MTVBase Africa DJ Takeover"2020
"Big Brother Naija season 6" [14] 2021
"Big Brother Naija season 9" [15] 2024
"The Ebro Show on Apple Music"2024

Discography

EP

Singles

Mixtapes

Mixtape'sYear
"Afrobeats Mixtape"2021
"Amapiano Mixtape"2022
"Life of a Party Mix"
"Best of Davido Summer '22
"Best of Burna Boy Summer '22
"Amapiano Lifestyle Vol 12023
"Afrobeats Summer 2023 (DJ Mix)"
"World Happiness (DJ Mix)"
"Afrobeats Summer (DJ Mix)"2024

See also

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