By: Schylar Nash

There are many young musicians who attend, or who have graduated from North Star, but two in particular are working hard to get their names out as artists: Clinton Ohamara and Darrel Ofodirinwa.

“I’m a producer, I make beats for several artists. Two in particular are Scru Face Jean, aka Darrel Ofodirinwa (12) and Johnny Ray (2009 graduate),” said Clinton Ohamara, a 2009 graduate of North Star.

Ofodirinwa, Ohamara’s cousin, influenced him to pursue his interests in music. Ofodirinwa had told Ohamara his beats were good, but Ohamara never noticed how good his beats actually were until his cousin needed a producer and wanted Ohamara to take on the job. “I never stopped producing beats after he went crazy hearing the first beat I produced for him,” said Ohamara.

“It all started when I was a freshman, I would think of patterns and those patterns turned into music for me. Whenever I’m around my friends, I make beats with my hands from the patterns going on in my head. When I was in tenth grade my dad got our first computer, I started out with a program called FL studio (Frooty Loop Studio). It helped me bring the patterns to life, and from there I started making beats nonstop. I put my beats on CDs for artists to listen to. In a week, I make about ten to fifteen beats depending on how much free time I have from school and homework,” Ohamara said.

He calls himself Doe Doe because when he was in Nigeria, his grandma had always called him that. Ohamara believes it means to eat a lot, his whole family started calling him Doe Doe, and so it became his nickname. Three weeks before Ofodirinwa’s album was out, he asked Ohamara what he wanted to name his production and from there it became Doe Doe production.

Not only does Ohamara produce beats, but he also raps a little here and there. He is on the second track of Ofodirinwa’s CD, “Just Like Music”.

If rappers need beats, you can come to Ohamara, he has many ready.

“My dad was in a band when he was younger, my mom sings in church choir, and my sister sings as a hobby,” said Darrel Ofodirinwa.

Since Ofodirinwa’s fifth grade year, his brother Derek Ofodirinwa was a pretty well known rapper and got him involved with music; before he would just mess around with it. Ofodirinwa has sung and made a couple beats before but he mainly raps or sometimes jots down some rhymes.

He has two CDs out right now. The first CD has about 15 songs on it and his newest CD, “Just Like Music”, has 21 songs. He is currently working on another CD.

Every now and then, he raps with Andre profit, but he’s currently going solo, except for the fact that Ohamara is his producer; therefore he is always working with him. Other people that he has partnered with are John Davenport, his brother Derek, and his friend Seth. Ofodirinwa and Ohamara produce their music at his house, sometimes Ofodirinwa goes to John Davenport’s studio.

He plans to go as far as he can with his musical talents but has college as his back up plan because the music industry isn’t very reliable.

“Other artists influence me, I always try to be a little bit better,” said Ofodirinwa.

If you would like to purchase Ofodirinwa’s newest album, “Just Like Music,” go see him or contact him by myspace at www.myspace.com/scrufacejean. Would you like free mixtapes of Ofodirinwa’s music? There is a link where you can reach these, http://datpiff.com/Dj_SicCeazy_Scru_Face_Jean_Proffitt_SicCeazer_L.m59451.html

Ofodirinwa’s tape “A Star is Born” was released Thursday, September 17, 2009.