Osei Jenkins

Osei Jenkins learned of his love for music at an early age. His parents introduced him to all kinds of music from the sounds of John Coltrane and Miles Davis, to the powerful lyrics of Public Enemy and Tupac Shakur. “Music has been a part of my life since forever,” says Osei. “I remember using an old cassette player to record myself trying to sing Stevie Wonder and Bob Marley” He laughs. Around this time he began focusing on other aspects of music, and by the time he was 13 years old he was already a talented clarinet & alto saxophone player and was dabbling in piano and guitar. He wouldn’t learn of his songwriting talent until years later. His first taste of the Industry came In 2007 when a chance Myspace message landed him working with Grammy award winning songwriter/producer, Troy Taylor. “I wrote three songs with Troy, says Osei. “He was the first person to really take a chance and help me learn the formula for a hit song. He didn’t tell me I didn’t have skill or anything, he heard my potential, even though my demos back then where pretty bad haha”. Osei signed a production deal with L.A based Trilogy Productions in early 2008 and began writing songs for major label acts as well as new artists on the rise. Some of these artists include, Pop acts Katelyn Tarver(Currently on Nickelodeon’s Big Time Rush TV series) and Ashlee Keating, R&B act Jacob Latimore(Jive Records) and the multi-platinum selling dancehall legend Patra. After parting ways with the company, he set off on his own again, in hopes of securing his first big placement. “After I left that situation I pretty much had to educate myself on the actual business of music. I read every article and book I could regarding it because protecting your music is the most important thing as a writer”. Now at the tender age of 23, Osei is slowly but surely becoming a sought out writer In the Industry, having already put his pen to tracks from Multi-platinum Award Winning Producer’s such as J.R Rotem, Cutfather, Soul DiggaZ, and many more. Although he’s not looking to step from behind the scenes, you can hear him singing hooks for several rappers, such as Wes Fif, I-20, Game, Spider Loc, Chingy, Freeway and more. In addition to writing for artists, he also has over 100 records licensed with TV & Film companies including Warner Bros, Getty Images, MTV, Fox Sports and CBS. He is currently in the studio creating for various projects. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.