SadBoi

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SadBoi
Birth nameEbhoni Jade Cato-O’Garro
Also known asEbhoni
Born (1999-12-05) December 5, 1999 (age 25)
Origin Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Genres Alternative R&B, dancehall, reggae, soca
Occupation(s)Singer, songwriter, model
Labels

Ebhoni Jade Cato-O'Garro, known by her stage name SadBoi and formerly known as Ebhoni, is a Canadian musician and model of Antiguan, Jamaican, and Indigenous descent. [1] She released her debut EP Mood Ring (2017), at the age of 17. [2] Her EP X was released on February 18, 2021. [3] [4]

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Early life

Ebhoni grew up in Toronto's Weston Road neighbourhood in a Jewish family, before moving to Oshawa with her mother and sister after her parents divorced. [1] [2] As of 2019, she lived in Parkdale. [1] Ebhoni entered her first singing competition at the age of nine at the Canadian National Exhibition. [2] She began recording music at age 10 and started writing songs at age 11. [5] [6] She started uploading videos to YouTube including covers of songs by artists such as Beyoncé and Keyshia Cole, [7] as well as original songs. [5] She has also modeled for Adidas and Rihanna's Savage X Fenty lingerie line. [1] [8] [9]

Musical career

In 2017, she released her EP Mood Ring on SoundCloud, where it would receive over 2 million streams. [6] She then released an EP titled X in February 2021 and a mixtape titled Good Dick & Weed in July 2021. [10] [11]

Discography

Extended plays

Mixtapes

Albums

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