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WondaGurl

Producer of the Year

WondaGurl

WondaGurl

Ebony Naomi Oshunrinde, better known as Wondagurl, has built a career on turning instinct into impact. The Brampton, Ontario native went from teaching herself Fruity Loops at nine to winning Toronto’s Battle of the Beat Makers as a teen, where Boi-1da took her under his wing. She was a producer on Jay-Z’s Magna Carta Holy Grail by the time she was 16 — a breakthrough that foreshadowed her role as one of the most influential producers of her generation.

Over the past decade, WondaGurl’s sound has anchored hits for Travis Scott, Rihanna, Drake, and the late Pop Smoke, while her company Wonderchild Music has become a launchpad for new voices through her publishing partnership with Cactus Jack and Sony/ATV. With multiple awards and accolades, she has proven she can dominate in a space long closed to women.


But the past year has signaled her next evolution. Named by the Recording Academy among “15 Female & Nonbinary Producers to Know,” Wondagurl also released her debut album,

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Metal Tail, in 2025, stepping into the spotlight as an artist herself. It’s that duality — executive force and creative visionary — that positions her as one of the most important figures shaping the future of music today.
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Wyatt C. Louis
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Wyatt C. Louis

Awards

Wyatt C. Louis & Snotty Nose Rez Kids Top Winners List at Western Canadian Music Awards in Winnipeg

The acclaimed rap duo and the rootsy Indigenous singer-songwriter took home two trophies apiece at the WCMA Awards last night (Sept. 25).

Last night (Sept. 25), the Western Canadian Music Awards crowned 24 Artistic Award winners at The Park Theatre in Winnipeg.

Emerging on top of the trophy count with two each were Alberta’s Wyatt C. Louis and British Columbia’s Snotty Nose Rez Kids. Louis triumphed in the BreakOut Artist of the Year (Sponsored by FACTOR) and Indigenous Artist of the Year categories while Snotty Nose Rez Kids received Rap & Hip Hop Artist of the Year and Songwriter of the Year (Sponsored by SOCAN) for their album, Red Future. Sterling Larose (from BC), won Video Director of the Year for the SNRK video for “BBE.”

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