
2 Short A.K.A WILLIAM ORIOHA WAS BORN MARCH 20.GREW UP IN AJAO ESTATE, FESTAC AND SURULERE(primary education) A-Z PRIMARY SCHOOL, AJAO ESTATE (secondary education) GOVERNMENT COLLEGE UMUAHIA(university education) LAGOS STATE UNIVERSITY OJO CAMPUS. HE STARTED RAPPING IN 1992.FIRST PERFORMANCE IN 94 AT A SECONDARY SCHOOL. HIS FIRST MAJOR PERFORMANCE WAS AT ABIA STATE UNIVERSITY (ABSU).HE THEN HOOKED UP WITH 2PLY(CHIMA OKECHUKWU) AND THEY STARTED THE GROUP FOREMEN IN 1999. FOREMEN THEN HOOKED UP WITH ELDEE AND JOINED TRYBE RECORDS IN 2000.FOREMEN RELEASED FIRST ALBUM CALLED “MEN AT WORK”,
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WITH HIT SINGLES LIKE “FOR THE MEN” featuring the TRYBESMEN AND ENJOYED MAJOR AIRPLAY IN NIGERIA. THE DUO SPLIT IN 2000 AND 2SHOTZ CARRIED ON AS A SOLO ARTISTE UNDER TRYBE RECORDS AND JOINED “DA TRYBE”, WHICH IS A COLLECTION OF ARTISTE UNDER TRYBE RECORDS. 2SHOTZ HAS RECORDED THE HIT SINGLES LIKE, “OYA” (WITH DA TRYBE), “DELICIOUS” (WITH BIG LO) “CARRY AM GO”, “ODESHI”,”NA DEM SABI”, “WHICH LEVEL”,”MAKE DEM TALK”, STYLE PLUS’ “DRIVE ME CRAZY”, etc.
HE PUBLISHED THE “PIRATED COPY” ALBUM UNDER TRYBE RECORDS IN 2004 AND TOOK OVER THE AIRWAVES AND EVEN SALES CHART IN ALABA INTERNATIONAL, (the home of cd sales and piracy). 2SHOTZ PUBLISHED THE VIDEO CD CALLED “THE DIARY”, WHICH INCLUDES ALL HIS MAJOR VIDEOS, BEHIND THE SCENES AND INTERVIEWS. PUBLISHED THE 16 TRACK “ORIGINAL COPY” album, A SEQUEL TO PIRATED COPY, IN NOVEMBER 2005, RELEASED UNDER “UMUNNAMU MUSIC LABEL,…AND WAS ON PROMOTIONAL TOUR, AROUND NIGERIA THROUGH OUT THAT YEAR . PUBLISHED BY UMUNNAMU MUSIC LABEL, THE ALBUM “COMMERCIAL AVENUE”, WAS RELEASED IN NOVEMBER 20..
2SHOTZ RELEASED HIS 4th ALBUM AFTER TAKIN A BREAK FROM THE SCENE 4 ONE YEAR N RELEASED HIS CURRENT ALBUM, ( which was signed 4 a 6million naira deal)
“( MUSIC BUSINESS)” UNDER THE Tjoe RECORDS AND UMUNNAMU RECORD LABELS..WITH HIS SMASHISHIN SINGLES ” incase u never know ft timaya”, “thank you ft- 9ice” etc..WITH PROODUCTION CREDITS TO..BIG LO, TERRY G, CABASA, E-TWINZ etc
2SHOTZ HAS BEEN ON POPULAR DEMAND SINCE THEN AND SINCE HE IS ONE OF NIGERIA’S MOST CONSISTENT ARTISTE,HE HAS DROPPED OUT 2 HIT SINGLES FROM THE FORTHCOMING ALBUM’2 SIDES 2 A COIN’WITH HIT TRACKS LIKE ‘CRAZE 4 U’ AND ‘DUTTY WHINE’ft SHANK.PRODUCED BY KASH 11 AND TERRY G RESPECTIVELY.
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