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Jennifer Ejoke, professionally known as Wavy the Creator (stylized as Wavy The Creator), is a recording artist, photographer, fashion designer and film-maker, born in Lagos, Southwest Nigeria and raised in the United States. She is best known for her song "H.I.G.H" and as the official photographer of Nigerian hip-hop artist Olamide.
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Wavy's began her career in 2017 as a performance photographer at the One Africa Musicfest concert in Houston, Texas, where she met Nigerian rapper Olamide. She eventually became his personal photographer and videographer under the name Wavy Film.[1] Wavy moved back to Lagos in 2017 to collaborate on visual projects with Olamide. Shortly thereafter, she began to photograph other Nigerian musicians and released her fashion collection Azif.[2]
In June 2017, Wavy launched her music career with the release of her debut single "H.I.G.H" (Her in Greater Heights),[3] which resulted in an invitation to open for Skepta and his Boy Better Know crew at the Homecoming Africa concert in Lagos, performing alongside the likes of J Hus, Wizkid and Davido.[4]
In January 2018, she released her sophomore single "Stay",[5] and later in the same year, she signed with Tinie Tempah's Disturbing London, releasing her debut single "Shaku" with the label. The single, which is a play on the popular Nigerian dance style known as Shaku-Shaku, was premiered and reviewed online by Vogue magazine.[6]
In 2019, she released Interlude 3 featuring Zamir, a third installment of a series of interludes she released since her debut single. The interludes are a softer, more intimate creative expressions, which are different from her usual productions. Interlude 3 was produced by Genio Bambino and the visuals were produced and directed by TSE and SAN V.[7]
In May 2019, Wavy the Creator released "Body Deep", a record produced by Dutch producer Spanker, alongside visuals courtesy of Nigerian director Meji Alabi.[8]
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