Ghanaian broadcaster and event MC, Merqury Quaye, has revealed that he was the first to introduce the term 'hype man' in Ghana.Speaking in an interview with Doreen Avio on Daybreak Hitz, Merqury, who is also the Founder of the Guinness Ghana DJ Awards, shared this insight while addressing comments made by Kojo Manuel, one of the award winners in the Hype Man category at this year's event.

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"It is very important to mention that this is a category of the Guinness Ghana DJ Award that I am interested in, because as you may know, I am Ghana's hype man. I am the first person to actually coin the word 'hypeman' in Ghana. I started this, so when we curated the Guinness Ghana DJ Awards, we were not going to leave it to a stroke of serendipity.

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It had to be included and I am very happy about the progress that this category has made in the award.Kojo Manuel expressed dissatisfaction with the shared award he received in the Best MC/Hypeman category, arguing that he should have been the sole recipient.

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The radio presenter at YFM in Accra was named Best MC/Hypeman of the Year at the 2024 Ghana DJ Awards, which took place at the Palms Convention Centre in Accra on Saturday, November 9, 2024, alongside MC Portfolio.Speaking in a recent interview on 3 Music TV, Kojo said: “I don’t believe there’s anything like a tie. I don’t think Ghana would have an election and say the NPP and NDC won.

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I never understand the notion behind the tie and I haven’t had any official statement from the Ghana DJ Awards on why that happened.”“Everybody knows the work I’ve done the year under review so I don’t know what you’re comparing it to. Unfortunately, we’ve got to a point where you win an award and you have to explain yourself...,” he added.

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Responding to Kojo's comments on Hitz FM, the Founder of the Guinness Ghana DJ Awards, Merqury Quaye, told host Doreen Avio, he was disappointed in what the YFM presenter said on 3Music TV."I am very disappointed in Kojo Manuel for his output regarding his commentary on this. It is okay to register your displeasure about something but I think the tangent he is on, leaves a lot to be desired.

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I have heard him say that he doesn't believe there is anything like a tie. It is very unfortunate for a person of his calibre to be saying something like this.I expect him to know a lot better than that. There is a tie in a lot of competitions. Even in football matches, you can have a draw. When it comes to award programmes, you can talk about the Grammys. There are ties in the Grammys. You can talk about BET.

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If you may recall, in 2015 and Wizkid had a tie but Sarkodie did not come out to rant like Kojo Manuel is doing," Merqury said.He therefore wondered why Kojo Manuel did not complain about the previous awards he won from the scheme."Aside that I think that he should get off his high horse it is the same programme that adjudged him the best MC and he was very proud of and he was mentioning on all the platforms.

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So he should remember that it is the same platform he is talking about. Why did he not come out to mention that he needed to understand why he won Best Hypeman last year? Why did he not come out to ask that the DJ Awards should come out and give him a break down of how he won the Hypeman last two years? So this is why I am disappointed," he said.The Guinness Ghana DJ Awards is organised by Merqury Republic.

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