DJ Black If the role of the artist is to tell show what he sees, then Mr Black is a true artist. In all his works, he takes you through the reality of the DJ's world.

In a blatant, uncompromising language, he takes you into the ghetto streets and shows you the real deal. He doesn't take the easy way out---merely glamorizing the lifestyle to make himself look good. No, he's a true player...of music, that is. He shows you the unglamorous dark side to the DJing life, the side that leaves you strung out, messed up and dying inside. Truth be told, Mr. Black (aka Kwadwo Ampofo), is a force to reckon with in the game of hip hop and R&B in Ghana.

Black began as a DJ with the group PRIME CUT in 1995 for 6 months, then he did a stint with the LA-ROCKA nightclub. In 1997, he joined RADIO UNIVERS, where he hosted the SPACE JAM and his controversial hip-hop show, THE UNIVERSAL HIP-HOP SHOW. He also doubled as a studio DJ with the DOPE RHYMES STUDIO, an underground hip-hop studio located in Nima (The Ghetto). This was where he gathered his followers. Graduating from the University of Ghana with a Diploma in Public Administration, he joined Joy FM in 2001.

Black won the Rothman DJ Challenge of the year 2001, which had some competitors from countries in West Africa. He has received recognition nationwide and had recently been rated the most listened to Disc Jockey by the readers of local entertainment papers and also appeared in the hip hop magazine BLU in the USA.

Black is committed to supporting Ghanaian hip-hop talent on his shows and regularly hosts unsigned talent on his shows. Some of these have featured on his mix tapes.

THE RADIO SHOWS on JOY 99.7FM
Fridays 8pm - 12am (WEEKEND WARMER)
Saturdays 9pm - 12am (OPEN HOUSE PARTY)
Sundays 3pm - 5:45pm (JOY BEACH JAM)

His shows are head banging and full of life and playing new music first and blowing up talent. Every Saturday, Black features unsigned talents. On Sundays has featured artistes like DJ Kofi (UK), DJ RUFUS (UK), DJ ZICKS (UK), Freddie Funkstone, Reggie Rockstone, Obrafuo, Lord Kenya, Buk Bak, Nkasei, VIP, etc. Black also broadcasts from hot joints in the city.

He's a boy with a dream who became a man living that dream, and isn't going to bitch about it! He's a very secure person. He would be exactly the same person whether stardom had happened to him or not. He is just who he is, just one of the coolest people on the planet. Cooler that Freddie Jackson sipping a milkshake in a snowstorm, whose intimidating linebacker presence is contrasted by his easy pearly white smile.

Come another beautiful day in the hood and DJ Black will be amping the crowd again. Be sure and check it out.

DJ Black can be reached at: black@myjoyonline.com