Stay Jay

William Kojo Johnson, (born January 5, 1986) known by the stage name Stay Jay, is a Ghanaian hip hop recording artist from Tema, Ghana. He won the best new artiste of the year at the 2012 Vodafone Ghana music awards and also gained 6 other nominations[2][3]

Stay Jay
Birth nameWilliam Kojo Johnson
BornTema, Ghana
GenresAfrobeat, hiplife, Hip hop, Highlife,
Occupation(s)Recording artist, Songwriter,[1] Performer, Rapper, entrepreneur
Years active(2011–Present)
LabelsASB Music
Associated acts

Early life and music career

Stay jay was born and raised in Tema where he began making music in his early school days. He studied at the Tema Regular Baptist School in Tema Comm10 and then attended MEDASS ,TEMA Methodist Day Secondary School with the likes of Sarkodie, Stonebwoy and Many Others. He started as an under ground rapper taking part in rap battles at kasahare level at Adom fm,a local radio station in Ghana. Stay Jay was signed by Unda One Entertainment under which he recorded most of his hit songs. After years working with management of Unda One Entertainment and signing deal was due, he then set up his own record label which is ASBMUSIC (African StarBoi Music).[4] Stay Jay has shared the stage with Spliff Star, Busta Rhymes, Rick Ross and more[5] In 2015 stay jay endorsed Kalahari bitters and Airforce bitters for Kasapreko Company Limited which he made a sound track.[6]

2011: Repetition album

Stay Jay first album Repetition was released in 2011 under his then record label UndaOne Entertainment.[7][8] The album was an instant hit with songs like Shashee wowo and Sue ft rapper Sarkodie and Dr Cryme getting massive airplay throughout the country.[9]

Awards and nominations

Ghana Music Awards
Year Nominee / work Award Result
2012 Himself Best New artist Of The Year [10] Won
2012 Himself Best New Artist [11] Nominated
2012 Himself Hiplife\Hiphop Artist Of The Year [11][12] Nominated
2012 Himself Hiplife Song Of The Year [11][12] Nominated
2012 Himself Best Collaboration Of The Year [11][12] Nominated
2012 Himself Most Popular Song of the Year[11][12] Nominated
2012 Himself Album of the Year [13] Nominated

Tema Citizens Club Awards Holland
Year Nominee / work Award Result
2012 Himself Tema Citizens of the Year [14] Won
2012 Himself Akwaaba Holland [14] Won

Discography

Singles

References
  1. "'Stay-Jay wrote my first song'". 8 June 2016. Retrieved 2018-05-25.
  2. "Full List Of Winners Of 2012 Vodafone Ghana Music Awards..." 15 April 2012.
  3. Djblay (29 February 2012). "Blay Leak: Full List of Ghana Music Awards 2012 Nominations".
  4. "Stay Jay honoured in Holland".
  5. http://www.ghanamusic.com/artistes/d/stay jay/index.html
  6. Dokosi, Michael Eli. "Stay Jay Set To Release New Album In June". Retrieved 2018-05-25.
  7. "Stay Jay on Ghanamotion". 26 August 2011.
  8. "Spinlet".
  9. "STAY JAY-ONE ON ONE WITH THE SHASHEE WOWO HIT MAKER". 17 December 2011.
  10. ghana music awards, 2012. "ghana music awards 2012". Retrieved 24 July 2017.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  11. Ameyaw, debrah. "list of nominees". Retrieved 24 July 2017.
  12. peace, fm. "list of nominees". Retrieved 24 July 2017.
  13. today, newsgh. "list of nominees". Retrieved 24 July 2017.
  14. pluse, newsgh. "awards holland". Retrieved 24 July 2017.
  15. "stay jay ft sarkodie dr cryme sue sue lyrics - GhanaNdwom.com".
  16. eMinor. "Den Tin Som - STAY-JAY". ReverbNation.
  17. "Stay Jay — Twaame Lala". redmp3.su.
  18. "Flex Newspaper – I Correct Indecent Girls with My Songs –Stay Jay". flexgh.com.
  19. "Stay Jay - Ghanamotion.com – Ghana Music, Africa Music & Multimedia".
  20. "Stay Jay - Page 2 of 4 - Ghanamotion.com – Ghana Music, Africa Music & Multimedia".
  21. NytMare, Blogger's (2019-01-08). "Stay Jay – Chocolate ft. Kuami Eugene". Ghanamotion.com. Retrieved 2019-03-23.
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