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Gideon Adade-Boakye (born March 9), better known by stage name Deon Boakye, is a
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 ...
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singer, songwriter and graphic designer. He is known for his single DAB which features AMG's Medikal. In 2018 he signed to HardBoy Music and High Grade Family.


Early life and music career

Deon was born in Kumasi. Inspired to make music by his love for it and the passion for music in his family. At the age of 7, his parents signed him up to study music at church and he further developed interest for music.


2009–present

Deon's solo career started with the single ‘Allewa’, released in 2009 with a feature from Cabum. He came out with other singles like Dubai, New Year and Babiaa Awu. he was nominated for the 'Unsung Artiste Award' at the 2017 Ghana Music Awards. he has featured collaborations with several artists such as Medikal, Cabum,
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and Projexx from Jamaica. On 14 April 2018, Deon was announced as one of the newly signed acts to Samini's High Grade Family. The announcement came following Samini's performance at the Ghana Music Awards 2018.


Singles

*"Ooosh" *"Konongo Kaya" ft Strongman *"You Do All" *"Guy Guy" ft Kofi Kinaata, Kojo Cue & Cool Joe *"Green LP" *"Wavy" *"Bebiaa Awu" ft KinG Prinz *"Coded" *"AWURE(wedding)" *"Malaika" *"Abena Rose" *"Kekedzi" *"Ma Ware"


Videography


Awards and nominations


Ghana Music Awards

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See also

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Music of Ghana There are many styles of traditional and modern music of Ghana, due to Ghana's worldwide geographic position on the African continent. The best known modern genre originating in Ghana is Highlife. So many years, Highlife was the preferred mus ...
* List of African musicians


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Living people Ghanaian musicians 1992 births Musicians from Kumasi {{Africa-singer-stub