Papa Bills, King Lagazee, Okraku Mantey win at 2018 Ghana DJ Awards

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Some DJs with The Multimedia Group were among big winners at the 2018 edition of the Ghana DJ Awards.

They were among top DJs drawn from across the country, who were honoured for their hard work during this year’s ceremony which came off at the Accra International Conference Centre (AICC) on Saturday.

On the night, Papa Bills of Adom FM was adjudged ‘Gospel DJ of the Year’ while King Lagazee, host of Lagazee Soundz on Hitz FM was adjudged ‘Raggae/Dancehall DJ of the Year’.

Mark Okraku Mantey

Former DJ and music producer, Mark Okraku Mantey, who is currently the Programmes Director of Hitz FM, received the ‘Lifetime Achievement of the Year’ award.

The awards, which is the 6th in succession, rewarded disc jockeys across Ghana for contributing their quota to promoting Ghanaian music.

For the second year running, DJ Vyrusky was adjudged the ‘Overall DJ of the Year’.

Swedru-based artiste, Patapaa’s song ‘One Corner’ received the ‘DJ Song Of The Year’.

The night also witnessed exciting performances from Captain Planet, Pataapa, Mzvee, Kuami Eugene, Kidi among others.

King Lagazee

FULL LIST OF WINNERS

Mixtape of the Year DJ Aberga (The Challenge)

Best Video Jockey of the Year DJ Xpliph

Best Hypeman of the Year Ogee The MC

Best Pub DJ of the Year DJ Aroma

Best Discovery DJ of the Year DJ Switch

Artiste DJ of the Year DJ Shiwaawa (Ebony)

Best Event DJ of the Year DJ MicSmith

Scratch DJ of the Year DJ Mpesempese

Best Night Club DJ of the Year Vision DJ

Best Campus DJ of the Year iPhone DJ

Gospel DJ of the Year Papa Bills

Best Highlife DJ of the Year Oyoko Dehye?

Hiplife DJ of the Year DJ Slim

Reggae/Dancehall DJ of the Year King Lagazee

Best Male Radio DJ DJ Slim

Best Female DJ of the Year DJ Nyce

Record Promoter of the Year DJ Adviser

DJ/Artiste Collaboration of the Year DJ Vyrusky – Adwenfi ft. Shatta Wale, Kuami Eugene

DJ Song of the Year One Corner – Patapaa

Overall DJ of the Year DJ Vyrusky

Best International Ghanaian DJ of the Year DJ Bretuoba

Best International Non-Ghanaian DJ of the Year DJ Cuppy

Lifetime Achievement of the Year Mark Okraku Mantey