Birth name Eshraque Mughal Years active 2007–present Role Music Producer | Origin Stockholm, Sweden Labels 2Stripes
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Born February 12, 1981 (age 43) ( 1981-02-12 ) Occupation(s) songwriter
producer
Music executive Genres Hip hop music, Dance-pop, Contemporary R&B Associated acts Tinie Tempah, Shakira, Usher, Ne-Yo, Eric Turner Similar People Eric Turner, Tinie Tempah, Taio Cruz, Professor Green, Wretch 32 Profiles | ||
Eshraque Mughal (born 12 February 1981), better known by his stage name iSHi, is a Swedish music producer and songwriter.
Life and career
Mughal was born and raised in Stockholm, Sweden. He started his career as a musician in school playing piano and drums: drums when he was 11 and piano when he was 15. He grew up listening to hip hop, R&B and dance-pop. His first productions were for Swedish hip hop acts by the age of 17. Later on, in 2001 iSHi produced the music for The Lick TV show on MTV UK together with One Dread. He started working and spending more in the UK. In 2006, iSHi started working with a whole new project from scratch with rapper Lazee. Two years later, after releasing several singles and the album Setting Standards, iSHi and Lazee decided to go separate ways on good terms. After the summer 2009 he discovered singer Eric Turner. They started working together and later on iSHi signed him to his label 2Stripes Music. Later that year iSHi met British rapper Tinie Tempah. Tinie had just started working on his debut album Disc-Overy and flew over to Sweden to work with iSHi. The first song they did together was "Written in the Stars" featuring Eric Turner. The song became a worldwide hit and sold platinum in several countries including the United States. iSHi has also produced Tinie Tempah's 2013 single "Children Of The Sun" featuring John Martin and the Demonstration album track "Someday (Place in the Sun)".
iSHi has worked with artist such as Usher, Ne-Yo, Shakira, Lupe Fiasco, John Martin, Cheryl Cole, Avicii, Sebastian Ingrosso, Alexandra Burke, Emeli Sande, Ella Eyre, Professor Green, Tinie Tempah and Wretch 32 among others.
