Benjamin Mensah Garzy, professionally known as Mix Master Garzy, is a

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, sound engineer, disc jockey and singer. His major productions include "Pull Up" by

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, "My Baby" by

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, "Love You Die" by

featuring Diamond Platnumz, "Na Wash" by

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, and "Obia Agye Obi Girl" by Captain Planet of 4x4 and more.

Early life

Garzy was born in to Francis Anim Garzy and Ernestina Abena Kwao. He has a younger brother, Johnson Otoo Kwao. He had his basic education and junior secondary education at Better Best Academy in Tema 4 poles,

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. He continued his senior high education at Tema Methodist Senior High School. He later attended the Ghana Institute of Journalism and obtained a certificate and diploma in

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which gave him a step ahead to work as a part-time DJ at Xfm and Urban Internet Radio in Ghana.

Career

Mix Master Garzy commenced his career in beat making, mixing and mastering right from junior high school. After production work began he surfaced with his pro name Mix Master Garzy, an identity referring to the mixing and mastering side of studio work. In 2015, he produced a master banger song, "Iskoki", for

. The song was nominated at that year's Vodafone Ghana Music Awards. Garzy has worked with notable artists such as Atumpan,

, Sarkodie,

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, Diamond Platnumz,

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, and Eazzy.

Awards and recognition

He was nominated in the category of "Producer of the Year" at the 2015 Vodafone Ghana Music Awards. He won "Riddim of the Year" at the 2016 Bass Awards for producing "iphone riddim", exclusive instrumental recorded by Mugeez of R2 Bees fame,

, Samini, Brenya, Ricky Mo, Capone, and Flexclusive. On June 4, 2017, Garzy was given the Prestigious Gold Coast Award for his outstanding work in the Ghanaian music scene. In 2017, he won "Best Music Producer of the year" at the Ghana Entertainment Awards organized in the US.

Awards and nominations

Tours

*In 2016, he had a successful European tour, "Book a studio with Mix Master Garzy". *In 2017 Garzy joined Nigeria's super star

on his exclusive European tour to launch his ''God Over Everything'' album, and was also the DJ for

on the tour. * Coke Studio Africa 2017 *Master Garzy appeared on the "Come From Far Europe Tour" with Ghanaian dance hall artist

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in 2017.

References

External links

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