Shoggy Tosh

Shoggy Olusoga Olugbenga Tosh (born 9 January 1974) is a British/Nigerian rapper, publisher, author, sports broadcasting analyst and television presenter mentored by Tim Omotoso. He is the founder of The Official Stars Homepage Magazine, TV & PR.

Personal life

Tosh was born in Birmingham, England. He worked as a manager at Tesco from 2004 to 2007 before resigning to establish his own magazine (TOSH Mag)[1] and publish his debut book, Divine Favour.[2] He left England for Nigeria at the age of 5 and returned when he was 22 to further his studies at London South Bank University.

He is married to Lanre and they have two children, Happiness and David.

Career

Shoggy Tosh worked as a sales attendant at Upper Crust, London Bridge, a communication officer at Tower Hotel, then as a sales officer at Dial-a-Phone and an assistant manager at Marks & Spencer, Waterloo, before he was appointed as a manager at Tesco,[3] Elmers End. In 2007, he resigned from his post and decided to focus on his major interests - media, journalism and writing. In 2006, he wrote the book Divine Favour[4]

Shoggy is the publisher of TOSH Mag,[5] TV & PR - a top web based entertainment magazine, online TV and public relations company based in London, United Kingdom.

Television

Tosh's TV show, tagged TOSH Mag TV Show[6][7][8] first aired on BEN Television in 2009 and was broadcast for 18 months to viewers across Europe via BSkyB and Sky Television and Africa via MyTV. It was scripted and produced by Shoggy and Femi Best Touch, and won over eight international awards including double BEFFTAs[9][10][11] and National Gospel Awards. Tosh also won the TV presenter of the year award for 2012 at the Africa Gospel Music Awards in London.[12][13] His new TV show to be released in 2015 is tagged Superstars with Shoggy Tosh, with guests like Brazilian superstar, Roberto Carlos and Nigerian football international, John Utaka.

Shoggy Tosh currently contributes as a TV Sports analyst every Friday night (22:30 GMT) at Arise News in London, seldomly at Vox Africa - both platforms on BSkyB and Sky Television, on Channels TV, TVC and Galaxy TV - both on DSTV platforms in Lagos, Nigeria.

Music career

On 9 January 2014, he released his debut rap single, "eMUJOW" featuring Shady Blue[14][15] and Jamaican gospel dancehall star, Dunamis Reignz.[16][17] The song was written and arranged by Tosh (with the exception of a verse and the hook) and produced by Pastorchild at the 709 Studios in London. It won an award [18] and the music video by Femi Best Touch was shot in September 2014 and released on 9 January 2015 exclusively on Ancient of Days TV, South Africa and Vevo on 31 January 2015. All profit made from the song goes to charity. "eMUJOW" means, 'dance' [19] in Yoruba.[20][21][22][23]

Discography

Awards and nominations

Shoggy received several awards, including two BEFFTA awards,[24] edging out Alesha Dixon, Makosi Musambasi and former England and Arsenal F.C. football star turned TV presenter, Ian Wright.

Awards

Nominations

References

  1. ↑ "BERRYKISS INSPIRES: Personality of the Day: Shoggy Tosh". Berrykissinspires.blogspot.co.uk. 2012-02-01. Retrieved 2014-02-04.
  2. ↑ "SHOGGY TOSH IS NOMINATED AS JOURNALIST OF THE YEAR AT THE 2012 BEFFTA AWARDS". ModernGhana.com. 2012-10-15. Retrieved 2014-02-04.
  3. ↑ "SHOGGY TOSH IS NOMINATED AS JOURNALIST OF THE YEAR AT THE 2012 BEFFTA AWARDS". thenigerianvoice.com. 2012-10-15. Retrieved 2014-02-04.
  4. ↑ "Shoggy Tosh features Divine Favour on BEN TV". YouTube. 2012-04-18. Retrieved 2014-02-04.
  5. ↑ https://web.archive.org/20131022011318/http://www.dayoibitoye.net/2012/07/nigerians-in-diaspora-series-9-meet.html. Archived from the original on October 22, 2013. Retrieved October 21, 2013. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. ↑ "SHOGGY TOSH WON THE BEST TV PRESENTER & SIMPLY CHRYSOLITE WON THE BEST BAND / GROUP AT THE 2012 AFRICA GOSPEL AWARDS. | NAIJALIFE MAGAZINE". Naijalife.freehostia.com. Retrieved 2014-02-04.
  7. ↑ "TOSH Mag Youtube Channel". YouTube. Retrieved 2014-02-04.
  8. ↑ "Tosh Mag TV - live streaming video powered by Livestream". Livestream.com. 2013-11-18. Retrieved 2014-02-04.
  9. ↑ "Beffta Tv Show - Tv Personality Shoggy Tosh". YouTube. Retrieved 2014-02-04.
  10. ↑ "Zambians Win Big at the 2010 BEFFTA Awards". Ukzambians. 2011-01-02. Retrieved 2014-02-04.
  11. ↑ "Second annual BEFFTA awards results announced at a glitzy ceremony « BEFFTA AWARDS". Beffta.com. 2010-10-31. Retrieved 2014-02-04.
  12. ↑ "Africa Gospel Music Awards". Africagospelawards.com. Retrieved 2014-02-04.
  13. ↑ "Stars gather for AGMA Awards". The Voice Online. 2012-07-22. Retrieved 2014-02-04.
  14. ↑ "Artistes: Shady Blue - NigerianCarnival UK". Nigeriancarnival.org. Retrieved 2014-02-04.
  15. ↑ "Recipe | Shady Blue". Musicxray.com. Retrieved 2014-02-04.
  16. ↑ "Barbados Gospelfest / Artistes 2012 / Artistes / Greg "Dunamis" Grant, Jamaica". Barbadosgospelfest.com. 2012-05-27. Retrieved 2014-02-04.
  17. ↑ "The DUNAMIS Experience Interview: A Dancehall Gospel Artiste Tells All (Jamaica)". Jamaicans.com. Retrieved 2014-02-04.
  18. ↑ http://www.praiseworldradio.com/shoggy-toshs-emujow-wins-music-gong-2014-pgma-london-awards/
  19. ↑ "eMUJOW". eMUJOW. 2014-01-15. Retrieved 2014-02-04.
  20. ↑ Davies, Lanre (2013-12-29). "Music: Emujow By Shoggy Tosh Ft Shady Blue & Dunamis Reignz". FACTORY78. Retrieved 2014-02-04.
  21. ↑ "Music: Shoggy Tosh – "eMUJOW" Feat. Shady Blue & Dunamis Reignz". Gospelcentric.net. 1974-01-09. Retrieved 2014-02-04.
  22. ↑ Olayemi Esan (2014-01-08). "JUST PYE'S BLOG: Shoggy Tosh Romances Music Sets To Release eMUJOW". Pyeworld.blogspot.co.uk. Retrieved 2014-02-04.
  23. ↑ "Meet Shoggy Tosh ( @TOSHSHOGGY ) as He debuts eMujow Ft Shady Blue & Dunamis Reignz | GospelMusicNaijaGospelMusicNaija". Gospelmusicnaija.com. Retrieved 2014-02-04.
  24. ↑ "History/Past Winners « Beffta Awards". Beffta.com. 2010-10-30. Retrieved 2014-02-04.

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