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Julian Nii Ayitey Adjin Nicco-Annan (born 25 October 1985), better known by his stage name Juls, is a British-Ghanaian record producer, disc jockey, and musician. He is known for his music contributions, particularly in Afrobeats circles, and for the production of songs such as: "Bankulize" and "Skin Tight" by Mr Eazi; "Feel Alright" by Show Dem Camp; Rudebwoi Love by Stonebwoy; and Gwarn by Burna Boy. He has collaborated with the label BBnz Live, and has worked on A&R for Mr.Eazi's Life is Eazi album.
He then began releasing his own music, including "Teef Teef," "With You," and "Give You Love". His debut album entitled Leap of Faith followed in 2017 with Ojekoo, which featured Kojey Radical, Maleek Berry, Nonso Amadi, Eugy, Not3s, and Kojo Funds. These albums both gained over 30 million streams on all major streaming platforms that year.
He produced Wande Coal "So Mi So", featuring Cruel Santino, in 2019. Following this, he released the Colour project, which featured the likes of Sweetie Irie and Sway Clarke.
“I don’t think there is anything wrong with our content. Look at all the quality videos that our artistes are putting out. Boasting our culture and our identity. The western media isn’t used to this new narrative. As our music scene gets bigger, it’s getting harder to ignore because African Pop music is what is hot right now. Look around you. Our influence is all over everything from film, to music to fashion. Also, I don’t think our aim or my aim anyways is to rub shoulders with “foreign counterparts”. It’s about spreading the culture and our music and getting heard. We haven’t had those resources and access to major funding that’s the only issue. And most African artistes are now getting educated on the business side of things so we don’t get cheated. It takes time. Illiteracy has been Africa’s major problem for developing as a continent. First solution is to take pride in our culture and educate ourselves first.” Juls in an interview with BlanckDigital
In February 2020, Juls traveled to South Africa to experience the culture of Amapiano first hand (a style of house music that emerged in South Africa in mid 2010s), and he began to explore producing the style of music. He then released the 5-track EP Happy Place, which features artists from South Africa, Nigeria, Jamaica and Ghana, including singer-songwriter Busiswa.
Since the release of Happy Place, Juls has released a 2-track collaboration with Sango entitled Fufu & Grits with Soulection, and another new single featuring Randy Valentine titled “Wata”.
Juls produced "U Say" on GoldLink's Diaspora album. He later flew to LA to be appear in the video for the single, which featured Tyler, the Creator and Jay Prince, and was directed by Cruel Santino.
Albums
Singles
| + !Year !Title !Album !Ref | |||
| 2016 | Give You Love | Give You Love | |
| 2017 | Gwarn feat. Burna Boy | ||
| 2017 | My Wave | Leap Of Faith | |
| 2018 | Sister Girl feat. Wande Coal | ||
| 2017 | Your Corner feat. Nonso Amadi | Ojekoo | |
| 2017 | Oshey feat. Moelogo, Siza, DJ Tunez | Ojekoo | |
| 2019 | Maayaa feat. Cruel Santino, Tiggs Da Author | Colour | |
| 2019 | kokosa feat Damibliz, zlatan | ||
| 2019 | Angelina | Colour | |
| 2019 | Cake feat. Mr Eazi | ||
| 2019 | Like Tu Danz feat. Kida Kudz, Ms Banks, Pa Salieu | ||
| 2019 | Your Number feat. Mugeez, King Promise | Happy Place | |
| 2020 | Wishes feat. Jah Cure | ||
| 2020 | Wata feat. Randy Valentine | ||
| 2020 | Fufu & Grits feat. Sango | Fufu & Grits |
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