OZ (music producer)

OZ (back) with Shindy (right) and Niko Chiara (middle)

OZ (bourgeois Ozan Yildirim ) is a Swiss music producer from Wattwil .

Life

OZ started producing beats as a hobby in 2008. He uploaded his beats on the Internet, including on the video platform YouTube and SoundCloud, whereupon he was contacted in 2012 by the Austrian rapper Nazar . Nazar signed OZ to his record label Wolfpack Entertainment and worked closely with him on his albums Narkose (2012) and Fakker Lifestyle (2013).

In 2014 OZ finally made its breakthrough to America and produced for greats like The Game , Travis Scott & Drake .

Productions

2012

• Nazar - Anesthesia (Album)
• Summer Cem - Boys in the Club (feat. Nazar and RAF Camora ) on Sucuk & Champagne

2013

• Nazar - Fakker Lifestyle (Album)

2014

• Fabolous - Ball Drop (feat. French Montana ) on The Young OG Project
• Travis Scott - Backyard at the Days Before Rodeo
• The Game - Really ( feat.Yo Gotti , 2 Chainz , Soulja Boy & TI ) on Blood Moon: Year of the Wolf
• Summer Cem - Nike Airs on HAK

2015

• DJ Khaled - How Many Times on I Changed a Lot
• Meek Mill - Been That (feat. Rick Ross ), and Cold Hearted (feat. Puff Daddy ) on Dreams Worth More Than Money
• G-Eazy - Random on When It's Dark Out
• Chinx - Hey Fool (feat. Nipsey Hussle & Zack) on Welcome to JFK
• Logic - I Am the Greatest on The Incredible True Story
• Jeremih - Giv No Fuks (feat. Migos ) on Late Nights: The Album

2016

• Drake - U With Me? on views
• Ali Bumaye - Best Friends (feat. Bushido) and Missgestalten on Rumble in the Jungle
• Meek Mill - Offended (feat. Young Thug & 21 Savage ) and Outro (feat. Lil Snupe & French Montana ) on DC4 (Mixtape)
• Dreezy - See What You On on No Hard Feelings
• Travis Scott - the ends and outside on Birds in the Trap Sing McKnight
• Shindy - Dreams (Album)
• Gucci Mane - Drove U Crazy ( feat.Bryson Tiller ) on The Return of East Atlanta Santa
• 6lack - Rules on Free 6lack

2017

• Khalid - Saved , Let's Go , and Keep Me on American Teen
• Travis Scott & Quavo / Huncho Jack - Dubai Shit (feat. Offset ) on Huncho Jack, Jack Huncho
• RIN - gamma
• Bushido - Sodom and Gomorrah , Real Berliners , Fallout , Moonwalk , Closed Society , Papa , Ground Zero , Switch Stance , Angst and So Lange on Black Friday
• Bushido - Phantombild , Cocaine Cowboys and Konsequenz on Black Friday Bonus EP
• DRAM - I Had a Dream , Crumbs (feat. Playboi Carti ) and Eyeyieyie on Big Baby DRAM
• G-Eazy - Shake It Up (feat. 24hrs, MadeinTYO & E-40 )

2018

• Nav - Champions (feat. Travis Scott ) on Reckless
• Logic - Contra and Wizard of OZ on Bobby Tarantino 2
• Trippie Redd - UKA UKA , BANG! , Shake It Up , Gore and Missing My Idols on Life's a Trip
• 6lack - Cutting Ties
• Smokepurpp & Murda Beatz - Big Dope on Bless Yo Trap
• RIN - Avirex on Planet Megatron
• Lil Baby - Bank (feat. Moneybagg Yo) on Harder Than Ever
• Travis Scott - Sicko Mode on Astroworld
• Tory Lanez - FeRRis WhEEL (feat. Trippie Redd) on Love Me Now?
• Trippie Redd - Can't Love , Love Scars 3 , ALLTY 3 (feat. Baby Goth), Emani Interlude (feat. Emani22), Wicked , Loyalty Before Royalty and 1400/999 Freestyle (feat. Juice Wrld ) on A Love Letter to You 3
• Meek Mill - 24/7 (feat. Ella Mai ) on Championships

2019

• Shindy - Drama (Album)
• Shindy - Road2Goat
• Tory Lanez - Freaky
• Drake - Omertà
• Dreamville - Got Me (featuring Ari Lennox, Omen, Ty Dolla $ ign, and Dreezy)
• Shindy - Tiffany
• Travis Scott - Highest In the Room

2020

• Future - Life is Good (feat.Drake)
• Shindy - 554
• Kodie Shane - No Rap Kap (feat.Trippie Redd)
• Aminé - Shimmy
• Ufo361 - Bad Girls, Good Vibes
• AK out of control ft. Shindy - Hood
• Shindy - Sony Pictures from Byzantine Rose
• Shindy - Whats Luv from Byzantine Rose
• Reynmen - ft. Ufo361 - Kaçamak
• Drake - Toosie Slide
• Ufo361 - focus on the future
• Drake - Time Flies & Losses on "Dark Lane Demo Tapes"
• DJ Khaled ft. Drake - Popstar & Greece

Web links

• OZ at Discogs (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Swiss Beats in US Hip-Hop on 20min.ch, accessed on November 13, 2016.
2. ↑ Julian Thorner: Ozan "Oz" Yildirim. (= Escapism. 18).
3. ↑ Nazar signs producer OZ on 16bars.de, accessed on November 13, 2016.
4. ↑ OZ has produced for the new Drake album on mtv.ch, accessed on November 13, 2016.