iotosh’s in Grammy runnings
FORMER Wolmer’s Boys’ and Munro College alumni iotosh had a good year.
The producer, who is still in his early 20s, produced Stressed by American rapper Doechii. Doechii is signed to American independent label Top Dawg Entertainment, which also has red-hot SZA and rapper Schoolboy Q on its roster.
iotosh also produced Koffee’s West Indies, featured on her Grammy-nominated album Gifted.
Protoje’s Grammy-nominated album Third Time’s the Charm has credits by iotosh. He is producer on the tracks The Charm, Family (featuring Jesse Royal), Late at Night featuring Lila Ike (he also co-wrote the track), Ten Cane Row featuring Jorja Smith, and Here Comes the Morning which he makes a guest appearance on.
“For Protoje’s album, it was a lot of work. I produced half of the album, contributed to tracks as composer and songwriter, functioned as mixing assistant at times, and even featured as an artiste. Protoje and I had started some of these songs from 2020, so it’s been two years of constant work. That’s why this nomination is very special to me, because of how involved I was from start to finish,” said iotosh.
In 2021, he produced Rich Forever by Jesse Royal and Vybz Kartel which was featured on Jesse’s sophomore project Royal. It was also nominated for a Grammy in the Best Reggae Album category.
His entry into music was inevitable. His father is songwriter/reggae artiste Ragnam Poyser (who once recorded for the Xterminator label) while his mother is music journalist Michele Geister, who worked at Canada’s trendy Much Music (Canada’s version of MTV).
His first major production came in 2020 when he produced three tracks, including the title to singer Jah9’s Note to Self album on VP Records. He has production credits on Lila Ike’s EP The Experience, and Protoje’s In Search of Lost Time.
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