AYO THE PRODUCER

AYO THE PRODUCER HAS BECOME A HIGHLY

ACCLAIMED FIGURE IN THE MUSIC INDUSTRY, THANKS

TO HIS EXTENSIVE PRODUCTION CATALOG AND REMARKABLE

COLLABORATIONS WITH RENOWNED ARTISTS LIKE JUSTIN BIEBER, SKRILLEX,

BLACK EYED PEAS, J BALVIN, JADEN SMITH, AND OTHERS HAVE SOLIDIFIED HIS PLACE IN THE INDUSTRY. AYO'S CREATIVE GENIUS SHINES BRILLIANTLY THROUGH HIS CONTRIBUTIONS TO CARDI B'S GRAMMY-WINNING DEBUT ALBUM, "INVASION OF PRIVACY," AND THE CHART-TOPPING SENSATION "W.A.P." FEATURING MEGAN THEE STALLION. WHILE AYO'S LOVE FOR BEATS IS EVIDENT, HIS MUSICAL MISSION EXTENDS BEYOND PRODUCTION.

 

MUSIC FLOWS THROUGH AYO'S VEINS, A NATURAL INHERITANCE FROM HIS MUSICALLY INCLINED FAMILY. WITH A FATHER WHO WAS A SKILLED BASS PLAYER AND DJ, AND A MOTHER WHO CAPTIVATED AUDIENCES WITH HER SINGING IN CHURCH, AYO'S DESTINY WAS SET. HE FIRST PICKED UP THE DRUMS AT THE TENDER AGE OF FOUR AND SOON FOUND HIMSELF PLAYING IN THE CHURCH BAND. IN HIGH SCHOOL, HE JOINED THE BAND, BUT IT WAS HIS OLDER BROTHER'S BEAT-MAKING ENDEAVORS THAT TRULY SPARKED AYO'S PASSION. MESMERIZED BY HIS BROTHER'S FERVOR FOR PRODUCTION, FOLLOWING HIS BROTHER’S FOOTSTEPS, IN 2006 HE BEGAN HIS JOURNEY. GRADUATING FROM HIGH SCHOOL A YEAR LATER, HE KNEW IT WAS TIME TO PURSUE HIS DREAMS WITH UNWAVERING DETERMINATION. "THAT WAS THE CATALYST FOR EVERYTHING," HE REFLECTS.

 

SUCCESS SWIFTLY FOLLOWED SUIT. AYO SECURED HIS FIRST PLACEMENT IN 2009, WORKING WITH SOULJA BOY, AND WITHIN TWO YEARS, HE FOUND HIMSELF WITH HIS INITIAL GRAMMY NOMINATION IN 2011. FROM COLLABORATING WITH THE LIKES OF BRYSON TILLER TO EVEN BEYONCÉ, AYO'S TALENT PROPELLED HIM TO NUMEROUS VICTORIES. THE PINNACLE OF HIS HARD WORK MATERIALIZED WHEN HE CLINCHED A GRAMMY WIN IN 2018. "THAT MOMENT IS FOREVER ETCHED IN MY SOUL," HE DECLARES, KNOWING THAT NO ONE CAN EVER DIMINISH HIS ACCOMPLISHMENT.

 

TODAY, AYO'S FOCUS LIES IN REINVESTING IN HIS LOCAL COMMUNITY, SUPPORTING ARTISTS, BUSINESSES, AND INITIATIVES CLOSE TO HIS HEART. THROUGH THE MEDIUM OF ART, HE STRIVES TO ILLUMINATE IMPACTFUL NARRATIVES, INCLUDING A CAPTIVATING DOCUMENTARY ABOUT HIS BROTHER—A REMARKABLE MUSIC CREATOR WHO DEFIES DISABILITIES, LIVING WITH A LEARNING DELAY AND CEREBRAL PALSY. RECOGNIZED AS A PROMINENT FIGURE IN THE ESTEEMED "FORBES 2022 NEXT GENERATION OF BLACK LEADERS & ENTREPRENEURS," AYO IS STEADFAST IN HIS MISSION TO UPLIFT HIS COMMUNITY AND MAKE A RESOUNDING GLOBAL IMPACT THROUGH HIS MUSIC.