Cruel Santino
Osayaba Andrew Ize-Iyamu, who operates under the moniker Cruel Santino (and has also performed as Ozzy B and Santi) emerged in the late 2010s with an eclectic, yet accessible style that quickly put him at the forefront of the genre-hopping Nigerian Alté movement. His acclaimed debut album, Mandy & the Jungle, which employed a streamlined blend of Nigerian roots music, dancehall, processed rap, and R&B, arrived in 2019. The epic, 21-track concept album Subaru Boys: Final Heaven, appeared in 2022.
Raised on the Western sounds of '90s R&B, alternative rock, and hip-hop, Cruel Santino initially began rapping under the name Ozzy B. Inspired by tough-to-pigeonhole artists like Drake, Ja Rule, and Nigerian rapper M.I. Abaga, he released a handful of mixtapes, including 2016's Suzie's Funeral under the Ozzy B guise, before adopting the Santi nom de plume for 2019's Mandy & the Jungle, which featured guests spots from DRAM, Tay Iwar, Shane Eagle, Kida Kudz, and GoldLink, among others. After signing to Interscope and founding his Monster Boy imprint in 2020, he debuted as Cruel Santino that June with the track "End of the Wicked." Two years later, he released the ambitious Subaru Boys: Final Heaven, a sci-fi concept LP that included features from Skepta, Amaarae, Koffee, and Gus Dapperton.
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Discography
18 album(s) • Sorted by Bestseller
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Mandy & The Jungle
Alternative & Indie - Released by Monster Boy on May 17, 2019
24-Bit 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Subaru Boys : FINAL HEAVEN
Alternative & Indie - Released by Monster Boy - Interscope Records on Mar 3, 2022
24-Bit 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
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Subaru Boys : FINAL HEAVEN
Alternative & Indie - Released by Monster Boy - Interscope Records on Mar 3, 2022
24-Bit 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
End Of The Wicked
Alternative & Indie - Released by Monster Boy - Interscope Records on Jun 19, 2020
24-Bit 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
End Of The Wicked
Alternative & Indie - Released by Monster Boy - Interscope Records on Jun 19, 2020
24-Bit 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Freaky
Alternative & Indie - Released by Monster Boy on Aug 10, 2018
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
DOG EAT DOG II
OdumoduBlvck, Cruel Santino, Bella Shmurda
Hip-Hop/Rap - Released by Native Sounds - Def Jam PS on May 30, 2023
24-Bit 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
And Just Like That
Alternative & Indie - Released by YE Records Ltd on Jul 21, 2023
24-Bit 48.0 kHz - Stereo -
End Of The Wicked
Alternative & Indie - Released by Monster Boy - Interscope Records on Jun 19, 2020
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
ARE YOU ALRiGHT?
Miscellaneous - Released by Eagle Entertainment on Nov 10, 2023
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Subaru Boys : FINAL HEAVEN
Alternative & Indie - Released by Monster Boy - Interscope Records on Mar 3, 2022
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
DOG EAT DOG II
OdumoduBlvck, Cruel Santino, Bella Shmurda
Hip-Hop/Rap - Released by Native Sounds - Def Jam PS on May 30, 2023
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Subaru Boys : FINAL HEAVEN
Alternative & Indie - Released by Monster Boy - Interscope Records on Mar 3, 2022
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
End Of The Wicked
Alternative & Indie - Released by Monster Boy - Interscope Records on Jun 19, 2020
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
And Just Like That
Alternative & Indie - Released by YE Records Ltd on Jul 21, 2023
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo