BizzyB FaReal, born "Isaac Owusu" is a native from Ghana who migrated to the United States at the age of 14. Now residing in Cincinnati, Ohio, Bizzy is making a name of himself in the indie/ upcoming artist category. After playing several instruments like the keyboard, piano and drums, BizzyB FaReal since the age of 12, BizzyB FaReal found his new love in music and took it to the next level. Since 2011, he has been able to drop 2 full mixtapes and working on his fourth coming EP "Africvn Gxd" coming in 2014. The latest single, “2 Shxts” drops today!
Give us some background on BizzyB FaReal...
BizzyB FaReal, born "Isaac Owusu" is a native from Ghana who migrated to the United States at the age of 14. Now residing in Cincinnati, Ohio, BizzyB FaReal is making a name of himself in the indie/ hip-hop and afrobeats genre. After playing several instruments like the keyboard, piano and drums, BizzyB FaReal since the age of 12, BizzyB FaReal found his new love in music and took it to the next level. Since 2011, he has been able to drop 3 full mixtapes.
In 2011, BizzyB FaReal dropped his first solo project, “The Alluvial,” which created a little buzz around the city. Bizzy followed up with 2 projects in 2012 called “NiCE”, which was a mixture of afrobeat rap and hip-hop freestyles; and "Tha Madonna: TGIB" which went viral on the internet and got love from Datpiff and HotNewHipHop. This mixtape created a name for BizzyB FaReal, not only in Cincinnati, but both national and international as his home country embraced his talent and gave a few radio spins.
What inspires you to play music?
What really motivates Bizzy to make music is, his strive for success in life as an individual and a business man, and his ambition in changing the world to make it a better, joyful place like paradise. This is the reason why Bizzy makes sure he is always preaching positive in his music and telling his audience to just have fun with life. (Life is too short to be so damn serious anyways). Some of his influences are Andre 3000, Lil Wayne, Kanye West, Mos Def, MF Doom, Eminem and Kendrick Lamar.
Tell us about your songwriting process...
As a songwriter, BizzyB FaReal has written a lot of songs for himself. In his last mixtape, "Tha Madonna: TGIB" we saw a lot of original songs and a few love songs he wrote himself. Bizzy is striving to work with other artists in the industry with his song writing abilities this year.
What is next for BizzyB FaReal?
As BizzyB FaReal is working on his fourth coming EP "Africvn Gxd", which is set to drop this year, he is also learning the marketing aspect of the game. Bizzy works very hard in the studio and is willing to tell his stories and background through his new project and future music. "Africvn Gxd" is actually dedicated to all mankind, not just of the African decent. I am actually dedicating it to Nelson Mandela and Dr. Kwame Nkrumah for changing Africa and making it what it is today.
