Micheal Owusu known as DJ Mic Smith is an event, club, radio, mixtape and
artist DJ and also an
entrepreneur
Entrepreneurship is the creation or extraction of economic value. With this definition, entrepreneurship is viewed as change, generally entailing risk beyond what is normally encountered in starting a business, which may include other values t ...
from the republic of
Ghana
Ghana (; tw, Gaana, ee, Gana), officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa. It abuts the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean to the south, sharing borders with Ivory Coast in the west, Burkina Faso in the north, and To ...
.
He also currently holds 4 awards and 6 nominations; 2 awards with 4syte TV for DJ of the year, The Redbull club DJ of the year award and Best Mixtape DJ with Ghana DJ Awards.
Mic Smith is also the official DJ for
EL signed to the highly successful Ghanaian record label BbnZ live.
Early life
Micheal was born on February 23 in Accra as the youngest of 4 siblings. Raised in the busy part of town, He grew up in awoshie attending the well recognised and prestigious school, Wesley Grammar School (popularly referred to as WES G) where he initially planned to pursue a career in journalism...
Career
The Beginning
Mic began DJing by “accident” when looking for a job over 6 years ago, where he had an embedded passion for music and allowed this to take more of a forefront in his life than it had previously. At Hot fm (93.9) in the early stages of 2008, he started as a radio presenter who presented the entertainment news on the Drive Time Show hosted by Okyeame Quophi. Within a year of life in the media world. Mic began spinning, his talent was pushed to the next level, when he became resident DJ at one of the most recognised clubs in Accra, Rockstone's Office known to many as Django. Over the years he was the main focus entertainment at the club and his talent on the decks quickly earned him the nickname ‘The Shutdown King’ exposing him to many opportunities including national and international gigs.
Latter moves in His career
With his growing popularity, Mic has seen many huge events come his way, from huge concerts to private events nationally. He has shared the stage with the likes of
Sarkodie,
Stonebwoy
Livingstone Etse Satekla (born 5 March 1988), better known by his stage name Stonebwoy, is a Ghanaian Afropop, dancehall and reggae musician.
He is the CEO of Burniton Music Group. He won the Best International Act: Africa category at the 2015 B ...
,
Shatta Wale
Charles Nii Armah Mensah Jr., (born 17 October 1984) is a Ghanaian reggae-dancehall artist. He is known by his stage name Shatta Wale, formerly Bandana. His best-known singles are "Dancehall King", "My level" and "We taking over" .He is also kno ...
and more. In 2014 he made one of the biggest moves in his career as the event DJ for Ghana's most prestigious music awards ceremony-
Vodafone Ghana Music Awards
The Ghana Music Awards, currently known as the Vodafone Ghana Music Awards (VGMAs) for sponsorship reasons, is an annual music awards event in Ghana established in 1999 by a local event organizer and planner company known as CharterHouse to origi ...
. He has also since featured on national TV, with a spot on the New Day morning show on the
Tv3 network channel. Mic's work has even gone beyond the boundaries of Ghana giving him international recognition, reaching countries such as Kenya, South Africa and the UK.
Mixtapes
Beyond the scope of his work at events and clubs, Mic is also a recognized and talented mixtape DJ, with recent releases including his unique Shutdown riddim release in collaboration with Yellow Moon Records which pioneered a new way of Ghanaian DJs collaborating with artists. The riddim featured 12 individual tracks from the following Ghanaian artists:
BET Best International Act Africa 2015 winner:
Stonebwoy
Livingstone Etse Satekla (born 5 March 1988), better known by his stage name Stonebwoy, is a Ghanaian Afropop, dancehall and reggae musician.
He is the CEO of Burniton Music Group. He won the Best International Act: Africa category at the 2015 B ...
,
MzVee
''Vera Hamenoo-Kpeda ''(born 23 June 1992), better known by her stage name MzVee, is a Ghanaian singer, afropop, dancehall and R&B artiste. Her debut solo album features several hit singles including Borkor Borkor (meaning - Slowly), 'N ...
, AK Songstress, Choir Master, Vybrant Faya, Eye Judah,
Trigmatic
Enoch Nana Yaw Oduro- Agyei, known by his stage name Trigmatic, is a Ghanaian musician, composer and songwriter from Accra, Ghana. On March 18, 2022, he hosted the debut edition of the Africa Music Business Dialogue at the SIlverbird Cinemas in A ...
, Mr. Eazi, Episode, Shatta Rako, Aphecktion and Mighty Faya.
2015 pre-birthday release- ‘Rushing’- featuring
Kwaw Kese
Emmanuel Kofi Botwe , known by his stage name Kwaw Kese and popularly called Abodam (''craziness''), is a Ghanaian hiplife artist. Kwaw Kese is well known for his hit album ''Abodam 2007'', for which he won five awards at the 2008 edition of the ...
, ‘We Just Landed’ featuring
EL, C-real, Stargo, Gemini and
Joey B
Darryl Paa Kwesi Bannerman-Martin (born 20 August 1989), known under the stage name Joey B, is a Ghanaian hip hop recording artist. He is well known for his single "Tonga".
Early life and career
Joey B was born in Cape Coast, Ghana. He realized ...
, ‘I no Get Time’ featuring Manifest, American Passport refix ft E.L. and one of his earliest mixtape releases called the ‘Da reminda’ featuring E.L and Scientific. The latter obtained an award for best mixtape DJ 2012 at the Ghana DJ awards 2013.
Radio
Off late, Mic was also made one of the host DJs on the youthful Ghanaian radio station, y (107.9) FM in 2014 having previously begun his radio career the previous year as one of the new hottest recruits on Live 91.9 Fm. He currently is on air with Kojo Manuel on the DrYve every Monday to Friday from 3 PM to 7PM .
Discography
Singles
2012
*
'Da Reminda' ''ft E.L and Scientific''
2013
* Go Ur Way' ''ft E.L and Edem''
2014
*
'Tonga' (Dj Mic Smith intro) ''ft Joey B and Sarkodie''
*
'I no Get Time' ''ft Manifest''
*
'We Just Landed' f''t C real, E.L, Joey B, Gemini and Stargo''
* '
American Passport' (shutdown refix) ''ft EL and Joey B''
2015
*
'Rushing
' ''ft Kwaw Kese''
*
'Shutdown riddim' ''ft
Stonebwoy
Livingstone Etse Satekla (born 5 March 1988), better known by his stage name Stonebwoy, is a Ghanaian Afropop, dancehall and reggae musician.
He is the CEO of Burniton Music Group. He won the Best International Act: Africa category at the 2015 B ...
,
MzVee
''Vera Hamenoo-Kpeda ''(born 23 June 1992), better known by her stage name MzVee, is a Ghanaian singer, afropop, dancehall and R&B artiste. Her debut solo album features several hit singles including Borkor Borkor (meaning - Slowly), 'N ...
, AK Songstress, Choir Master, Vybrant Faya, Eye Judah, Trigmatic, Mr. Eazi, Episode, Shatta Rako, Aphecktion and Mighty Faya''
2016
*
'Olele
' ''ft Zeal, Yaa Pono & Cabum ''
*
'Panda (Afro Urban Remix)
' ''ft Teephlow & Desiigner ''
*
'Work (Afro Urban Remix)
' ''ft Rihanna and KOJO CUE ''
*
'Love Yourself (Afro Urban Remix)
' ''ft Adina & Justin Bieber ''
2017
*
'Dutty Wine
' ''ft Itz Tiffany and Ceeza Milli ''
*
'Wild Thoughts (Afro Urban Remix)
' ''ft DJ Khaled, Rihanna, Joel Orleans, Bryson Tiller''
2018
*
'Yenkor
' ''ft Kwesi Arthur''
*
'Jama
' ''ft Patoranking & Shaker''
2020
*
'Juju
' ''ft Ckay, Kweku Afro, T ́neeya, J.Derobie, Blaqbonez, Pappy Kojo''
Mixes
2013
* Birthday Mix
* Afro explosion
2014
* Missile Riddim
* Made in Ghana Mix 2
* Shutdown Mix 2 (Afrobeatz)
2015
* Twenty fourteen Hits Vol 1
References
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Ghanaian DJs
Living people
Musicians from Accra
Year of birth missing (living people)