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Mugeez

Rashid Abdul Mugeez, professionally known as Mugeez, is a Ghanaian singer and songwriter. Born in Bimbila (Northern region, Ghana), he became known through the influential Afrobeat/Hiplife duo R2Bees (Refuse To Be Broke), which he formed with his cousin Faisal Hakeem (aka Omar Sterling) in 2007. The last album by R2Bees, Site 15,[1] from 2019, made it into the top 10 on the Billboard Chart.[2] He has also worked with Ed Sheeran on Boa Me. In April 2019, Mugeez founded his own record label, Extrial Music,[3] to promote his solo projects as well as up-and-coming artists.[4]

Mugeez
Birth nameRashid Abdul Mugeez
BornJanurary 1, 1990
Tema, Ghana
GenresHip hop, Afrobeats, Highlife and Dancehall
Occupation(s)Singer, songwriter
InstrumentVocal
Years active2007–present
LabelsExtrial Music
Member ofR2Bees

Early life

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Rashid Abdul Mugeez developed his love for rap while attending school, which led to him and his cousin forming R2Bees in 2007.[citation needed]The duo released their debut album, Da Revolution, in 2009.[5] A follow-up, Da Revolution II, came in 2012, before the pair were nominated for Best International Act at the 2013 BET Awards.[6] Various R2Bees singles appeared over the next few years, while Mugeez also struck out on his own, featuring on singles with the likes of Criss Waddle, Mr. Eazi, and DJ Breezy.[citation needed] In 2017, he was featured on Fuse ODG's single "Boa Me," alongside Ed Sheeran.[7] The two cousins lived in the same house and also attended the same primary, junior, and senior secondary schools in Tema.[citation needed] Beginning their career early, they started off representing their school in school music contests.[citation needed] This led them to participating in the popular radio competition Kasahare, which they won. Their continuous performance gained them popularity within their community.[8]

Career

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2007–2012: Foundation of R2Bees and "Da Revolution" – First Album R2Bees

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In 2007, the two cousins officially formed the music duo R2Bees in Ghana. Mugeez is the lead vocalist of R2Bees, while Omar Sterling is the rapper and the CEO of R2Bees Entertainment and KillBeatz's Joseph Addison is R2Bees’ official producer. R2Bees’ lyrics are in Twi and Ghanaian Pidgin English languages and their music is a mixture of Afrobeat and Hiplife, a Ghanaian music style that fuses Ghanaian culture and Hip Hop.

2019: Foundation of Extrial Music

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After the Site 15 album featuring Afrobeat artists Wizkid, Burna Boy, King Promise and Kwesi Arthur with tracks like "Over", "Sunshine", "Yesterday" and "My Baby". Mugeez founded his own record label, Extrial Music to promote his own solo projects as well as support up-and-coming artists. Kicking things off, Mugeez released the singles "Regular" with Sarkodie and "Your Number" with Juls and King Promise. Mugeez also signed Tecknikal,[4] an artist from Ghana, as the first artist under his record label. After the foundation of Extrial in April 2019, Mugeez teamed up with DJ Mic Smith and Kwesi Arthur to release the single "Dripping".[9] "Chihuahua"[10] is Mugeez's first solo single in 2020 and was released on March 27th after an exclusive pre-release on Audiomack.[11] On 8 May 2020 "Six In Da Morning" was released.

Awards and nominations

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BET Awards

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Year Nominee / work Award Result
BET Awards 2013 R2Bees Best International Act: Africa Nominated[12]

Ghana Music Awards

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Year Nominee / work Award Result
2015 R2Bees Group of the Year[13] Nominated
Lobi Highlife Song of the Year[13] Nominated
Killing me softly Afro Pop Song of the Year[13] Nominated
2014 R2Bees Group of the Year[14] Won
Hiplife/ Hip Hop Artist of the Year[15] Nominated
Artist of the Year[15] Nominated
"Slow down" Best Collaboration of the Year[14] Nominated
Vodafone Song of the Year[14] Nominated
2013 R2Bees Artist of the Year[16] Won
Hiplife/ Hip Hop Artist of the Year[16] Won
Group of the Year[16] Won
Slow down Best Collaboration of the Year[16] Won
Life Vodafone Song of the Year[16] Won
"Odo" Highlife Song of the Year[16] Won
Bayla Trap Hip Life/Hip Hop Song of the Year[16] Nominated
Odo Male Vocal Performance[16] Nominated
Mugeez Song Writer of the Year[16] Nominated
2011 Kiss your hand Afro Pop Song of the year[17] Won
Collaboration of the Year[18] Won
R2Bees Hip pop/Hiplife Artist of the Year[18] Nominated

The Headies

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Year Nominee / work Award Result
2013 R2Bees Best African Artist[19] —
2014 Nominated

Nigeria Entertainment Awards

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Year Nominee / work Award Result
2013 R2Bees Western African Artist or Group of the Year Nominated
2014 African Artist of the Year (Non-Nigerian) Nominated

Selected videography

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Year Title Director Ref
2015 Makoma Nana Asihene [20]
2015 Gboza Featuring Davido Justin Campos of Gorilla Films [21]
2016 Tonight Featuring Wizkid Sesan Ogunro [22]
2017 Plantain Chips ThisIsbutta [23]
2017 Over Unknown [24]
2018 Could This Be Love Featuring Efya Babs Direction [25]
2018 WE DA VIBE Justin Campos [26]
2018 SUPA Featuring Wizkid Babs Direction [27]
2018 Beautiful Justin Campos [28]
2019 Yesterday Unknown [29]
2019 Site 13 David Duncan [30]
2019 Picture Featuring King Promise Justin Campos [31]
2019 Sunshine Justin Campos [32]
2020 Yawa Featuring Sarkodie Jay [33]
2020 Dripping Featuring DJ MicSmith and Kwesi Arthur Lex McCarthy [34]
2020 Chihuahua David Duncan [35]
2021 Fine Wine Featuring King Promise and Joeboy Century Films [36]
2021 Eboso Six & Jags [37]
2022 Need Your Love Featuring Gyakie Nimi Hendrix [38]
2022 Another One Featuring Stonebwoy Justin Campos [39]
2022 Sure Banker David Duncan [40]

References

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  1. ^ "3rd studio album, Site 15". Retrieved 2 June 2020.
  2. ^ "Billboard chart". Retrieved 2 June 2020.
  3. ^ "Extrial Entertainment". Retrieved 2 June 2020.
  4. ^ a b "Tecknikal joins Extrial". Retrieved 2 June 2020.
  5. ^ Daraloye, Emmanuel (1 December 2021). ""Back 2 Basics": Is R2Bees the New Preacher of Love? - Afrocritik". Retrieved 17 April 2024.
  6. ^ Writers, Times Staff (30 June 2013). "BET Awards 2013: Complete list of winners". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 17 April 2024.
  7. ^ Fuse ODG ft. Ed Sheeran & Mugeez - Boa Me (Official Music Video). Retrieved 17 April 2024 – via www.youtube.com.
  8. ^ "Mugeez bio on AllMusic.com". Retrieved 2 June 2020.
  9. ^ "Dripping". Retrieved 2 June 2020.
  10. ^ "Chihuahua". Retrieved 2 June 2020.
  11. ^ "Audiomack". Retrieved 2 June 2020.
  12. ^ "BET Awards 2013: Complete list of winners". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 30 October 2013.
  13. ^ a b c "Winners at the 2015 Ghana music awards". 11 April 2015. Archived from the original on 10 July 2015. Retrieved 12 April 2015.
  14. ^ a b c "Vodafone Ghana Music Awards 2014 Nominees List Out – Check It Now". Ghana News Report. 2 March 2014. Archived from the original on 7 March 2014. Retrieved 6 March 2014.
  15. ^ a b Victor, Adebayo Adeyemi (4 May 2014). "List of winners at the Vodafone Ghana Music Awards 2014". Ghana Web. Retrieved 4 May 2014.
  16. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Vodafone Ghana Music Awards winners". Ghana News Report. 19 May 2014. Retrieved 19 May 2013.
  17. ^ "2011 Ghana Music Awards winners". 9 April 2011. Retrieved 10 April 2011.
  18. ^ a b "GMA nomination out". 26 February 2011. Retrieved 26 February 2011.
  19. ^ "Olamide wins big @ Headies 2013 + full list of winners". Vanguard. 27 December 2013. Retrieved 27 January 2014.
  20. ^ R2Bees - Makoma (Official Video). Retrieved 17 April 2024 – via www.youtube.com.
  21. ^ "Music Video R2Bees – Gboza feat. Davido". Pulse Ghana. Retrieved 17 February 2016.
  22. ^ "R2Bees – Tonight ft. Wizkid (Official Video)". Hitz Ghana. Retrieved 13 October 2017.
  23. ^ "[Video Download]: R2bees – Plantain Chips (Official Video)". Ndwom fie Ghana. Retrieved 13 October 2017.
  24. ^ R2Bees - Over (Official Video). Retrieved 17 April 2024 – via www.youtube.com.
  25. ^ R2Bees - Could This Be Love ft. Efya (Official Video). Retrieved 17 April 2024 – via www.youtube.com.
  26. ^ R2BEES - WE DE VIBE(Official Video). Retrieved 17 April 2024 – via www.youtube.com.
  27. ^ R2bees Ft Wizkid - SUPA (Official Video). Retrieved 17 April 2024 – via www.youtube.com.
  28. ^ R2bees - Beautiful (Official Video). Retrieved 17 April 2024 – via www.youtube.com.
  29. ^ R2Bees - Yesterday (Official Video). Retrieved 17 April 2024 – via www.youtube.com.
  30. ^ R2Bees - Site 15 (Official Video). Retrieved 17 April 2024 – via www.youtube.com.
  31. ^ R2Bees - Picture ft. King Promise (Official Video). Retrieved 17 April 2024 – via www.youtube.com.
  32. ^ R2Bees - Sunshine (Official Video). Retrieved 17 April 2024 – via www.youtube.com.
  33. ^ R2Bees - Yawa (feat. Sarkodie) | Official Video. Retrieved 17 April 2024 – via www.youtube.com.
  34. ^ Dripping - Dj MicSmith x Mugeez x Kwesi Arthur (Official Video). Retrieved 17 April 2024 – via www.youtube.com.
  35. ^ Mugeez - Chihuahua (Official Video). Retrieved 17 April 2024 – via www.youtube.com.
  36. ^ R2Bees - Fine Wine feat. King Promise & Joeboy (Official Music Video). Retrieved 17 April 2024 – via www.youtube.com.
  37. ^ R2Bees - Eboso (Official Music Video). Retrieved 17 April 2024 – via www.youtube.com.
  38. ^ R2Bees - Need Your Love (feat. Gyakie) [Music Video]. Retrieved 17 April 2024 – via www.youtube.com.
  39. ^ R2Bees - Another One (feat. Stonebwoy) [Music Video]. Retrieved 17 April 2024 – via www.youtube.com.
  40. ^ R2Bees - Sure Banker (Music Video). Retrieved 17 April 2024 – via www.youtube.com.
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