TORONTO – Jesse Ray Ernster was hot off his first Grammy win the night Doja Cat swooped into his life.
Sitting in his Los Angeles home, the Winnipeg-born studio engineer watched the glittery awards show from afar at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic in early 2021. A few hours earlier, his work on a Burna Boy record had captured the award for best global music album.
But as the main Grammys show got underway, his attention shifted to a newcomer he had never heard of.
Dressed head-to-toe in a skin-tight shiny bodysuit, Doja Cat was singing and…
