Ebony Naomi Oshunrinde, better known as WondaGurl, has built a career on turning instinct into impact. The Brampton, Ontario native went from teaching herself the music recording software FruityLoops (now FL Studio) 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 Music Publishing. With multiple awards and accolades, she has proven she can dominate in a space long closed to women.
The past year has signalled her next evolution. Named by the Recording Academy among “15 Female & Nonbinary Producers to Know,” WondaGurl also released her debut album,