WondaGurl

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WondaGurl
Born
Ebony Naomi Oshunrinde

(1996-12-28) December 28, 1996 (age 28)
Origin Brampton, Ontario, Canada
Genres
Occupations
  • Record producer
  • songwriter
  • record executive
Instruments
Years active2009–present
Labels

Ebony Naomi Oshunrinde (born December 28, 1996), professionally known as WondaGurl, is a Canadian record producer, songwriter and record executive.

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Early life

Ebony Naomi Oshunrinde was born on December 28, 1996 [4] at the Scarborough Grace Hospital in Scarborough, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, to Josefina Oshunrinde. [5] [6] She lived with her mother in North York and Mississauga before eventually setting in Brampton. [7] WondaGurl started producing on her keyboard with drum pads at age 9. [8] She also credits a Casio keyboard gifted to her by her grandmother as influencing her musical trajectory. [9] According to WondaGurl, she started making beats seriously when she discovered the digital audio workstation Fruity Loops around age 11 or 12. [8]

Her musical tastes also developed in relation to her family, with her mother turning her on to Biggie Smalls and P. Diddy and her brother introducing her to Dipset and hip hop more generally. [9] She credits her mentor Boi-1da for the name "WondaGurl," saying "I got my name from his name, I just switched it around." [9]

Career

At age 15, WondaGurl entered the 2011 and 2012 Battle of The Beat Makers competition in Toronto, Ontario, where Canadian record producer Boi-1da was present as one of the guest judges at both years. She won first place in the latter year, earning herself a trophy and a Roland SH-01 Gaia synthesizer. [8]

WondaGurl became a protégé of Boi-1da shortly after the competition, and around 2013, started to closely work with American rapper Travis Scott at 16 years old, whom she also signed to years later. She also garnered one of her first high-profile music placements that same year, with rapper Jay-Z on his twelfth studio album Magna Carta Holy Grail , working on the track "Crown" with Travis and record producer Mike Dean. [6] This led to her working with other major artists and producers since then, producing her first Top 40 hit single "Antidote" by Travis Scott in 2015, which was co-produced by Canadian record producer Eestbound. She would soon after go on to sign Eestbound to a production deal at the time, becoming her first co-producer. [10] His deal with her later ended around 2017, leaving them to go their separate ways. [11]

In 2018, she was featured in the Music category of Forbes 30 Under 30. [12] She is one of the youngest women to add production to a platinum-selling hip hop album. [13]

In July 2020, WondaGurl signed a worldwide publishing deal with Travis Scott's Cactus Jack Publishing and Sony Music Publishing, while separately establishing a joint-venture publishing entity with Sony for her own label, Wonderchild Records. [14]

At the Juno Awards of 2021, WondaGurl won the Jack Richardson Producer of the Year Award for her work on the songs "Aim for the Moon" (Pop Smoke feat. Quavo) and "Gang Gang" (JackBoys and Sheck Wes). [15] She was both the first Black Canadian woman to win the award, and the first woman ever to win as a producer for other artists rather than as an artist self-producing her own work. [16]

On July 24, 2025, WondaGurl released her debut studio album Metal Tail through Boom.Records. [17] In October 2025, she was honored at the Billboard Canada Women in Music with the Producer of the Year award. [18]

Discography

Studio albums

Collaborative albums

EPs

Production discography

Singles produced

List of singles produced, with selected chart positions and certifications, showing year released and album name
TitleYearPeak chart positions Certifications Album
US AUS BEL
(FL)
CAN FRA GER IRL NZ SWI UK
"Bitch Better Have My Money"
(Rihanna)
2015151427113173910727non-album single
"Antidote" [21] [22]
(Travis Scott)
167538120 Rodeo
"No Limit" (Remix)
(Usher featuring ASAP Ferg, Master P, Travis Scott)
20163245 Hard II Love
"Braille" [25]
(Ab-Soul featuring Bas)
Do What Thou Wilt.
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Wonderchild Records

Wonderchild LLC
Parent company Red Bull Records
Red Bull GmbH
FoundedApril 14, 2020;5 years ago (2020-04-14) [26]
FounderWondaGurl
Distributors
  • The Orchard (Red Bull releases; 2020–present)
  • Vydia (Jugger releases; 2025–present)
  • RCA Records (Rhyan Douglas releases; 2023–present)
Genre
Country of originCanada
Location Toronto, Ontario

Wonderchild LLC, doing business as Wonderchild Records (formerly d/b/a as Wonderchild Music), [27] is a Canadian record label and music publishing company founded by WondaGurl on April 14, 2020. [26]

The label is a joint-venture with Red Bull Records for its recording entity and a joint-venture with Sony Music Publishing for its publishing entity. [28] [14]


Roster

Recording

ArtistsYear signedReleases (under the label)Notes
Jugger [29] 2020 [30] 2 (1 Red Bull & The Orchard release; 1 Vydia release)Jointly with Vydia, formerly jointly with Red Bull and The Orchard
Chris LaRocca [31] 20231 (1 other previous independent release)Jointly with Red Bull and The Orchard
Rhyan Douglas [32] 20241 (Extended play)Jointly with RCA

Publishing

Current
In-house producers
ProducerYears under the labelNotes
WondaGurl [14] FounderJointly with Sony and Cactus Jack
Jenius Level [33] 2020–presentJointly with Sony
Forthenight [34]
London Cyr [35]
Freakey [36] 2022–present
Lucyclubhouse [37]
Former
In-house producers
ProducerYears under the labelNotes
Eestbound [38] 2015–2017Jointly with Sony; predates Wonderchild founding

References

  1. "Wondagurl Interview: Producer Talks Don Toliver and Travis Scott". Billboard. April 2, 2020.
  2. Berry, Peter A. (6 May 2020). "Wondagurl Speaks On Working With Travis Scott, Lil Uzi & More". XXL Mag.
  3. "Hit Producer WondaGurl Signs Global Co-Publishing Deal With Sony/ATV, Cactus Jack". Variety. July 21, 2020.
  4. Daniel, George Modokpe (February 27, 2018). "Meet the Nigerian-Canadian WondaGurl behind hip-hop's loudest beats". Glazia. Retrieved January 17, 2019. Born December 28, 1996 in Ontario, Canada to Josefina Oshunrinde
  5. "Wondagurl: Already Graduated - NOISEY". 10 July 2014. Retrieved 1 July 2016.
  6. 1 2 "16-Year-Old 'Magna Carta Holy Grail' Producer 'Wondagurl' Now Working on Beats for Drake". The Hollywood Reporter. 13 August 2013. Retrieved 2016-02-24.
  7. "Toronto's Ebony 'WondaGurl' Oshunrinde looking to reveal her own sound". Toronto Star . 17 September 2020.
  8. 1 2 3 "WondaGurl (Ebony Oshunrinde)" . Retrieved 1 July 2016.
  9. 1 2 3 Ju, Shirley (2023-04-22). "PRODUCER SPOTLIGHT: WondaGurl Talks the Importance Of Women and Non-Binary Producers, and Best Advice From Boi-1da - The Source" . Retrieved 2024-07-10.
  10. "Eestbound Is the Man Behind Travis $cott's "Antidote" and the First Producer Signed to Wondagurl - NOISEY". 10 August 2015. Retrieved 1 July 2016.
  11. "Eestbound Announces He Is Not Currently Signed To Wondagurl". June 27, 2017.
  12. "WondaGurl". Forbes. Retrieved 2019-03-19.[ dead link ]
  13. "5 poppin' female producers you should know by name in 2018". Kulture Hub. 2018-04-25. Archived from the original on 2019-04-23. Retrieved 2019-04-23.
  14. 1 2 3 "Sony/ATV and Cactus Jack Sign WondaGurl to Global Publishing Deal". Music Connection Magazine . July 21, 2020.
  15. Holly Gordon and Andrea Warner, "Here are the 2021 Juno Award winners". CBC Music, June 4, 2021.
  16. Paul Grein, "The Weeknd Wins Three 2021 Juno Awards on First Night of Ceremony". Billboard , June 4, 2021.
  17. "WondaGurl: Producer of the Year". Billboard Canada. Retrieved November 11, 2025.
  18. "The Beaches will receive 2025 Billboard Canada Women of the Year honour". CBC . September 3, 2025. Retrieved November 11, 2025.
  19. Ryan, Gavin (July 18, 2015). "ARIA Singles: Meghan Trainor and John Legend Spend 4th Week On Top". Noise11. Retrieved September 5, 2017.
  20. "New Zealand single certifications – Rihanna – Bitch Better Have My Money". Recorded Music NZ . Retrieved 2024-11-20.
  21. "Antidote - Single by Travis Scott on Apple Music". Apple Inc. Archived from the original on September 8, 2017. Retrieved 5 September 2017.
  22. "WondaGurl Producer Profile on WhoSampled". WhoSampled. Retrieved 2017-09-05.
  23. "Single Accreds 2017". ARIA Charts . Retrieved 5 September 2017.
  24. @chartdata (February 6, 2019). "US Certifications (@RIAA): @trvisXX, Antidote 4× Platinum (4,000,000)" (Tweet) via Twitter.
  25. "Braille (feat. Bas) - Single by Ab-Soul on Apple Music". Apple Inc. 28 October 2016. Retrieved 5 September 2017.
  26. 1 2 "Wonderchild LLC Los Angeles, CA - filing information". www.bizprofile.net.
  27. "Hart House". harthouse.ca.
  28. "Exclaim! | Canada's Authority on Music, Film and Entertainment". exclaim.ca.
  29. "WondaGurl Announces New Deal With Red Bull Records, Signs..." Complex. June 29, 2021.
  30. "Spotify". open.spotify.com.
  31. Garcia, Thania (April 5, 2023). "Music Industry Moves: New West Records Signs Joe Pernice, Acquires Pernice Brothers Back Catalog".
  32. "Songwriters". Kilometre Music Group.
  33. "Meet Jenius, the WondaGurl Protégé Who's Produced for Tra..." Complex. January 20, 2021.
  34. "Meet FORTHENIGHT, the Grammy-Winning Brampton Producer Wo..." Complex. April 28, 2021.
  35. "Meet London Cyr, the WondaGurl Signee Cooking Beats for Y..." Complex. June 3, 2021.
  36. "Freakey Drops New Album and Video, Signs Co-Publishing De..." Complex. November 25, 2022.
  37. Brown, Preezy (December 15, 2022). "Wondagurl Talks Working With Rap's Elite, Hosting Tequila Avión Listening Experience".
  38. Rosen, Dean (August 10, 2015). "Eestbound Is the Man Behind Travis $cott's "Antidote" and the First Producer Signed to Wondagurl".