Sossick

Sossick is the alias of Esosa Douglas Osemwengie. Born and raised in Lagos to parents from Edo state, in South-south Nigeria, he grew up in a ‘house filled with music’ and along with his sister, entertained the family. He attended Yaba School of Technology in Lagos, earning a diploma in Surveying and Geo-Informatics.

Known as a music producer, Sossick began experiments with music as a primary school pupil. He joined a group ‘D Kru’ where he was a hip-hop artist. The group broke up a while later and Sossick went solo.

The young artist took to production. And in 2005 he produced the song ‘No Be God’ off ‘Pain Plus Work,’ the debut album of Gino, his rapper brother for whom he used to beatbox early in their careers. Since then Sossick has come to work with several renowned musicians including Shank, Tiwa Savage, Eva and Dipp, sometimes singing the hook and chorus. He has also worked with rappers Reminisce and Olamide.

It was however his work with the late rapper Da Grin that brought the producer to prominence, the song ‘Pon, Pon, Pon’ in particular. The success of that song brought other artists. Sossick found the label Classick Tunes, where he has signed rapper Obadice. He has also released songs of his own including ‘Baby Mo’ (2015).