Richard Olowaranti Mbu Isong (born 11 July 1987), known professionally as P2J is a Nigerian-British producer from London, England. He has produced for high-profile pop artists including Beyoncé, Wizkid, Stormzy, FKA Twigs, Burna Boy, Tems, and Doja Cat, among others.
Career P2J started to solidify his production career at age 14, when an instructor recommended he transfer to music courses. His career kickstarted in 2007 on the television station, Channel U under the name P2J Project with the grime song "Hands in the Air". He formerly produced songs under the name Pro2Jay, for the likes of Tiwa Savage, Krept and Konan and Lily Allen. In 2017, he produced the song "Covered in You" for Chris Brown's album Heartbreak on a Full Moon.
In 2019, he became one of the go-to afrobeats producers, working with artists such as Burna Boy, Wizkid, GoldLink, WSTRN, Doja Cat, Davido and more. His largest collaboration in 2019 was with Beyoncé on the soundtrack album The Lion King: The Gift producing 6 tracks, earning him a Grammy nomination for Best Pop Vocal Album. In 2020, he won his first Grammy award for Best Global Music Album, on Burna Boy's album Twice as Tall. P2J was the primary producer on Wizkid's album Made in Lagos, which was nominated for a Grammy and included the song "Essence". The song became the first Nigerian song in history to chart on the Billboard Hot 100 and the Billboard Global 200 in 2021, and a remix featuring Justin Bieber was later released.<ref name="Billboard"></ref>
In 2022, he produced for FKA Twigs on the song "Jealousy" from her mixtape Caprisongs. He has also produced 5 songs on Young T & Bugsey's mixtape Truth Be Told and "Fallen Angel" on Ella Mai's album Heart on My Sleeve.
Artistry P2J spoke on his production style in an interview saying, "Wizkid and I were on the same path in terms of musicality when we met, in terms of merging different genres together, like merging reggae with the Afro, R&B with the Afro. He's been trying to get towards that through Soundman Vol. 1. We just eased into it with Made in Lagos. If you listen to the album, there's like a specific bass line that I've done that's quite memorable." He also said that his goal to "infuse African music in anything I do. Whether it's African music like afro and R&B, afro and house, afro and pop, or afro and rap. I've always tried to infuse it in any way."
Production discography 2013 Nathan – Dark Room – single 00. "Dark Room"
2015 Krept and Konan – The Long Way Home 07. "I Don't Know" (featuring Rebecca Garton) (produced with Crumz) 17. "So Easy" (produced with Big Mike)
Tiwa Savage – R.E.D 08. "Love Me Hard" (featuring 2face Idibia) 17. "Bad" (featuring Wizkid)
2017 Stormzy – Gang Signs & Prayer 02. "Bad Boys" (featuring Ghetts & J Hus) (produced with Fraser T. Smith, EY & Stormzy)
Tiwa Savage – Sugarcane 02. "Get It Now" 04. "Hold Me Down"
Star.One – Okay (P2J Remix) – Single 00. Okay (P2J Remix) (featuring Maleek Berry & Seyi Shay)
Gyyps – Killafornia 08. "Workout"
Yungen – All Night – Single 00. "All Night" (featuring Mr Eazi)
Reblah – Back to Glory 04. "Wabamilo" (featuring P2J)
Chris Brown – Heartbreak on a Full Moon 07. "Covered in You" (produced with Ayo & Keyz)
2018 Burna Boy – Outside 03. "Koni Baje" 11. "Devil in California"
Lily Allen – No Shame 04. "Your Choice" (featuring Burna Boy) 08. "Higher"
Rebecca Garton – The Intent 2: The Come Up (soundtrack) 18. "Always"
Mario – Dancing Shadows 04. "Mirror" (produced with Mario & Jake Gosling)
2019
KSI and Randolph – New Age 09. "Pull Up" (KSI featuring Jme) (produced with Sammy SoSo)
GoldLink – Diaspora 01. "//error" (produced with Ari PenSmith & GoldLink) 02. "Joke Ting" (featuring Ari PenSmith) (produced with Ari PenSmith) 03. "Maniac" (produced with OBR) 05. "Zulu Screams" (featuring Maleek Berry and Bibi Bourelly) 06. "More" (featuring Lola Rae) 07. "Cokewhite" (featuring Pusha T) (produced with Fwdslxsh, McKenzie, MD$ & Momberger) 09. "Yard" (featuring Haile of WSTRN) 10. "Spanish Song" (featuring WaveIQ) 11. "No Lie" (featuring WizKid) (produced with Ari PenSmith & Deats)
Beyoncé – The Lion King: The Gift 06. "Don't Jealous Me" (Tekno, Lord Afrixana, Yemi Alade and Mr Eazi) (produced with Beyoncé & Dixie) 08. "Ja Ara E" (Burna Boy) (produced with Beyoncé & Dixie) 14. "Water" (Salatiel, Pharrell and Beyoncé) (produced with Beyoncé) 15. "Brown Skin Girl" (Beyoncé, Saint Jhn and Wizkid featuring Blue Ivy Carter) (produced with Beyoncé & Dixie) 17. "Keys to the Kingdom" (Tiwa Savage and Mr Eazi) (produced with Beyoncé, Northboi Oracle, GuiltyBeatz & Dixie) 25. "Scar" (070 Shake and Jessie Reyez) (produced with Beyoncé, Tim Suby, Hamelin, Ari PenSmith, Dixie & Mike Dean)
Burna Boy – African Giant 02. "Anybody"
Mark Ronson – Don't Leave Me Lonely (featuring Yebba) 01. "Don't Leave Me Lonely" (featuring Yebba)
WSTRN – WSTRN Season, Vol. 2 14. "Switch It Up" (produced with AoD & PRGRSHN)
Snoh Aalegra – Situationship – Single 00. "Situationship"
Odunsi (The Engine) – Better Days / Wetin Dey – Single 00. "Better Days" (featuring Wani)
Justine Skye – Bare With Me 02. "Secrets" 03. "Bulletproof" 05. "When You're Ready"
Wretch 32 – 10/10 – Single 00. "10/10" (featuring Giggs)
Krept and Konan – G Love – Single 00. "G Love" (featuring Wizkid)
Doja Cat – Hot Pink 08. "Addiction" (produced with Ari PenSmith)
Jaz Karis – Summer Stories 03. "Bad Memories" 03. "Come Around" 04. "Owe You" 06. "Unwritten Rules"
Davido – A Good Time 07. "Get to You"
Skylar Stecker – Redemption 03. Sleep On"
2020 Starboy – Soundman Vol. 1 01. "Jam" (Wizkid featuring Chronixx)
Skip Marley – Slow Down (P2J Remix) – Single 00. "Slow Down (P2J Remix)" (featuring H.E.R.)
Manny Norté – 4AM – Single 00. "4AM" (with 6lack, Rema & Tion Wayne)
Lilah – Atlantis 01. "Atlantis" 03. "Summer Nights Fling" 04. "Oxymoron" 05. "Tired" 06. "Euphoria" 07. "Lilah's Lullaby"
Wretch 32 – Upon Reflection 04. "10/10" (featuring Giggs) 05. "Burn" (featuring Ghetts & Talay Riley)
Young T & Bugsey – Plead the 5th 06. "Stand Up Man"
Haley Cassidy – Stripped 03. "Beyond the Sun" 04. "Foolish" 07. "Life After You" 09. "So Gone (Interlude)" 10. "Still Stay" (featuring Tiggs Da Author) 11. "Why Didn't You Call?"
Aminé – Limbo 10. "Easy" (featuring Summer Walker)
Burna Boy – Twice as Tall 02. "Alarm Clock" (produced with Diddy & Timbaland)
Tiwa Savage – Celia 08. "Us (Interlude)"
Alicia Keys – Alicia 04. "Wasted Energy" (featuring Diamond Platnumz)
Gorillaz – Song Machine, Season One: Strange Timez 07. "Aries" (featuring Peter Hook and Georgia) 12. "Opium" (featuring EarthGang)
Wizkid – Made in Lagos 01. "Reckless" 02. "Ginger" (featuring Burna Boy) (produced with Kel-P) 03. "Longtime" (featuring Skepta) (produced with Sarz) 04. "Mighty Wine" 05. "Blessed" (featuring Damian Marley) 06. "Smile" (featuring H.E.R.) 07. "Piece of Me" (featuring Ella Mai) 08. "No Stress" 10. "Sweet One" 11. "Essence" (featuring Tems) (produced with Legendury Beatz) 14. "Grace" 16. "Mood" (featuring Buju) 17. "Steady" 18. "Essence (Remix)" (featuring Justin Bieber & Tems)
Griff – Say It Again – Single 01. "Say It Again"
Jessie Reyez – Before Love Came To Kill Us 09. "ROOF"
Angel – Blessings (Remix) 01. "Blessings Remix" (featuring French Montana & Davido)
2021 Dave – Titanium & Mercury – Single 01. "Titanium"
Sinéad Harnett – Ready Is Always Too Late 05. "Anymore" (featuring Lucky Daye)
Snoh Aalegra – Temporary Highs in the Violet Skies 14. "Dying 4 Your Love" (produced with Marco Bernadis, Malik Venner & Jack Nichols-Marcy)
Dave – We're All Alone in This Together 06. "System" (featuring Wizkid) (produced with Kyle Evans, Jae5 & Joe Reeves) 07. "Lazarus" (featuring Boj) (produced with Jae5 & Joe Reeves) 10. "Twenty to One" (produced with Dave & Kyle Evans)
Not3s – 3 Th3 Album 08. "Counting"
WSTRN – Wonder Woman – Single 00. "Wonder Woman"
Tion Wayne – Green with Envy 07. "West End" (featuring D-Block Europe) 12. "Realest One" 13. "Spend a Bag" (featuring 6lack) 15. "Homecoming"
Tamera – Afrodite 01. "Wickedest" 02. "New Hobby" 03. "Strong For Me" 04. "Angel Dust" 05. "Good Love" (featuring Tay Iwar)
Pa Salieu – Afrikan Rebel 01. "Shining" (featuring Tay Iwar & Zlatan)
Burna Boy – B.D'or featuring Wizkid – Single 01. "B.D'or" (featuring Wizkid)
Zhavia Ward – Big Girl$ Don't Cry – Single 01. "Big Girl$ Don't Cry"
2022 FKA Twigs – Caprisongs 11. "Jealousy" (featuring Rema) (produced with Fred Again, El Guincho, FKA Twigs & Koreless)
Young T & Bugsey – Truth Be Told 02. "Big Bidness" 04. "Caliente" (featuring Aitch) 09. "Nice" (featuring Blxst) 10. "Roberto C" (featuring Unknown T) 11. "Glitter Ain't Gold"
Ella Mai – Heart on My Sleeve "Fallen Angel" (produced with Meko yohannes, Jahaan Sweet, Gaetan Judd, Mustard & Ari PenSmith)
Burna Boy – Love, Damini 02. "Science" 06. "Whiskey" 10. "Dirty Secrets" 12. "For My Hand" (featuring Ed Sheeran)
Omah Lay – Boy Alone 02. "i" 13. "tell everybody" (featuring Tay Iwar)
Beyoncé – Renaissance 10. "Move" (produced with Beyoncé, GuiltyBeatz, MeLo-X, The-Dream & Stuart White)
Aitch – Close to Home 09. "Cheque"
Santigold – Spirituals 08. "No Paradise"
CKay – Sad Romance 02. "Mmadu" (produced with Ckay)
M.I.A. – MATA 02. "Zoo Girl" (produced with Ckay)
A Boogie wit da Hoodie – Me vs. Myself 03. "Take Shots" (featuring Tory Lanez)
Wizkid – More Love, Less Ego 01. "Money & Love" 03. "Bad to Me" 04. "2 Sugar" (featuring Ayra Starr) 05. "Everyday" 06. "Slip n Slide" (featuring Skillibeng & Shenseea) 07. "Deep" 08. "Flower Pads" 09. "Wow" (featuring Skepta & Naira Marley) 11. "Plenty Loving" 13. "Frames (Who's Gonna Know)"
Stormzy – This Is What I Mean 02. "This Is What I Mean" (featuring Black Sherif, Amaarae & Ms Banks) 05. "Need You" (featuring tendai & Ayra Starr) 06. "Hide & Seek" 10. "Bad Blood" (featuring NAO) 11. "I Got My Smile Back" (featuring India.Arie)
2023 Kali Uchis – Red Moon in Venus 06. "Fantasy"
Chlöe – In Pieces 04. "I Don't Mind"
Jorja Smith – falling or flying 03. "Little Things"
Tay Iwar – Summer Breeze 06. "Don't Lie"
Masego – Masego 10. "Say You Want Me" (produced with E.Y. & Dan Foster)
J Hus – Beautiful and Brutal Yard 02. "Massacre" 03. "Who Told You" (featuring Drake) 04. "Militerian" (featuring Naira Marley) 19. "Playing Chess"
Lil Tjay – 222 01. "Nightshift"
Tori Kelly – Tori 04. "Unbelievable" (featuring Ayra Starr)
2024 Kali Uchis – ORQUÍDEAS 02. "Me Pongo Loca" 05. "Diosa" 07. "Perdiste"
Tyla – TYLA 11. "On My Body" (with Becky G)
Ayra Starr – The Year I Turned 21 2. Goodbye (Warm Up" (with Asake)
Victony – Stubborn 3. Ludo (with Shallipopi) 4. Anita 15. Sunday School
Wizkid – Morayo 1. Troubled Mind 2. Karamo 3. Kese (Dance) 5. Time 6. Piece of My Heart (featuring Brent Faiyaz) 7. Break Me Down 8. Bend 9. A Million Blessings 10. Après Minuit (featuring Tiakola) 11. Bad for You (featuring Jazmine Sullivan) 12. Soji 13. Don't Care 14. Slow (featuring Anaïs Cardot) 15. Lose 16. Pray
2025 Lisa (rapper) – Alter Ego 08. "When I'm With You" (with Tyla)
J Hus "Gold" (featuring Asake)
Odeal – The Summer that Saved Me 06. "Patience"
Burna Boy – No Sign of Weakness 01. "No Panic"
J Balvin "Uuu" - (with Stormzy)
Burna Boy – Everything Is a Lot 13. "City on Fire" - Odeal
Odeal – The Fall that Saved Us 09. "Nights in The Sun" - (with Wizkid)
Ed Sheeran – Play – Deluxe edition 18. "Skeletons"
Sasha Keable – Act Right "TAI CHI"
Tyla "Chanel"
2026 Sasha Keable – Act II "Heal Something"
Awards and nominations