DJ Premier (Ghana)

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Bismark Boachie (DJ Premier)
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Dj Premier at Accra Fm in 2017 [1]
Born
Bismark Boachie

(1986-05-18) May 18, 1986 (age 34)
Career
Showfocus FM afterdrive
mid-morning show
drive time on fox FM
mid-morning show Accra FM
drive on Accra FM
Entertainment capital on Accra FM
metro fm weekend smash show and Lunch time
Station(s)Focus FM
Fox FM
Metro FM
Accra fm

Bismark Boachie popularly known as DJ Premier (born May 18, 1986) is a Ghanaian disc jockey and radio personality who works at Accra fm, an Accra base radio station [2] and also a board member of the Ghana DJ Awards. [3]

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Early years

A native of Ashanti Region, Bismark started his career as a mobile DJ where he played at parties and funerals events. In the early 2000s he was introduced into radio by Nathaniel osei kuffour aka Mahony formerly of focus FM and Kfm who now with Kapital radio felt he was wasting his talent playing as a mobile DJ and convince him to go into radio. In 2004, he landed his first job as a midnight DJ at focus fm. [4] [5] later he became an after-drive presenter and also a mid-morning presenter at Focus FM before leaving them in 2007 to join Fox FM where he was the host of Fox FM mid-morning Show and also the producer of Fox FM drive time. It did not take long for the talented DJ to be noticed by Metro FM another top radio station in kumasi the capital of the Ashanti region and he was given the right to host the Metro FM weekend smash show and lunch time. [6] In October 2015, DJ Premier granted an interview with www.nydjlive.com where he confirmed that he was leaving Metro to join Accra base radio station Accra FM. [2] [6] he is also a board member of the Ghana DJ Awards. In 2018, he was made the head of entertainment at Accra Fm and its sister station Class FM.

Interviews

Through his career as a radio host, Bismark have been fortunate to interview some of the big names in the music industries from around Africa on his show entertainment capital on Accra FM. Personalities such as UT Bank CEO Prince Kofi Amoabeng, [7] Actress Maame Serwaa, [8] Famous Ga rapper Gasmilla, [9] Music producer and sound engineer Appiah Dankwa, aka Appietus [10] , Kidi [11] and many more. In an interview with razzonline.com in January of 2017, he stated that he will only retire from radio after interviewing media personalities Kwame Sefa Kayi and Kofi Kum Bilson [12]

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References

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  2. 1 2 "It's Official!! DJ Premier confirms joining Accra FM (Photos)". NYDJ Live. 2015-10-22. Retrieved 2017-06-30.
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  4. "DJ Premier Turns A Year Older". Modernghana.com. Retrieved 29 June 2017.
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  6. 1 2 "DJ Premier Leaves Metro FM...Joins new (Accra 100.5 FM)". Ghanaflow.net. Retrieved 29 June 2017.[ permanent dead link ]
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  9. "BBC was a bit confused who was the King of Azonto in Ghana -Gasmilla". EnterGhana.com. 23 October 2016. Archived from the original on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 29 June 2017.
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  11. https://www.ghanacelebrities.com/2018/09/28/musicians-are-very-lonely-%E2%94%80-kidi-reveals/
  12. https://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/entertainment/I-ll-hang-my-boots-after-interviewing-Sefa-Kayi-Kofi-Kum-Bilson-Dj-Premier-503416