Once again not only has JAY FOLEY proven
to be a successful business magnate in his career ambitions over the years but
also a forerunner in promoting/providing
a platform , being it radio/ TV
presenting or managing a record Label or a general manager of Yfm for Ghanaian
music to be heard locally and internationally.
After being chosen by MTV and
Multichoice Ghana to represent Ghana at the 19th annual MTV European Music
Awards (MTV EMA) November, 2012 in
Frankfurt, Germany and also a special guest at BET Awards 2013 in Los Angeles,
California, USA, NOKIA Ghana & Nigeria have announced its judges for the ‘DBDB’
i.e Don’t Break Da Beat competition.
The
Chief Executive of 2131RECORDS has been unveiled as Ghana’s judge with Olanrewaju
Ogunmefun, better known by his stage name Vector the Viper, a Nigerian Hip hop
artist, Eva Alordiah, stage name Eva, a rapper and hip hop artiste, Babatunde
Olusegun, known as Mode 9 (Modenine) as judges from Nigeria.
NOKIA ‘DBDB’ i.e Don’t Break Da
Beat competition is a competition to search for the best rapper in West
Africa’s two biggest entertainment centres, Ghana & Nigeria with the winner
getting $20,000 and a Coaching session in the U.S.A (Atlanta) with a recognized
US producer.
Speaking to Jay Foley in an
interview, he expressed his gratitude at the opportunity given to help unearth
the next big rap talent saying “Hard work pays off and first of all I am very
excited just for the fact that I got the recognition to lead the troops for us
to go bring the $20,000 to Ghana’’.
He added that ‘’another thing that
excites me is the fact that we have a major brand like Nokia stepping in to
create opportunity for rappers. I’m that kind of person who is always looking
out for new talent to push out there,”
According to David Anku, Retail and
Customer Marketing manager for Nokia Ghana the DBDB contest which is open
exclusively to rappers from Ghana and Nigeria is out to search for rappers who
will be able to put together good rap lines which include the three key
features from Nokia’s new Asha 210 Dual SIM phone.
He further explained that “Over the
course of the next three months, judges working both in Ghana and Nigeria will
prune the contestants down to 100 contestants. This final squad will
subsequently send in audio messages of their best lines. Based on the judging,
this list will be further reduced after two more rounds to four contestants for
the grand finale in Lagos, Nigeria. The mode of judging will include voting by
the general public,”
By CypressGH
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