Ofei Sakyi
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Life and career
Ofei Sakyi was born and raised in Barkingside, Redbridge London and is of Ghanaian descent. He set up his first business aged 19 and sold his second at 24 then went on to create the largest selling music video game of 2009, DJ HeroDJ Hero
DJ Hero is a music video game, developed by FreeStyleGames and published by Activision as a rhythm game spin-off of the Guitar Hero franchise. It was released on October 27, 2009 in North America and on October 29, 2009 in Europe...
Ofei harnessed the world's best DJ's and producers to create the best soundtrack in video games and making high profile mash-up music commercially available for the first time in game. While creating DJ Hero, Ofei also managed the involvement of Grand Master Flash, Jazzy Jeff
DJ Jazzy Jeff
Jeffrey Allen Townes , also known as DJ Jazzy Jeff or simply Jazz, is an American hip hop, R&B record producer, turntablist and actor. He is best known for his early career with Will Smith as DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince...
, Tiesto
Tiësto
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, Zane Lowe
Zane Lowe
Zane Lowe also known as 'Zipper', is a radio DJ and television presenter. He was born in New Zealand and grew up in Auckland, where he was a presenter on the local music station Max TV, before moving to England...
, David Guetta
David Guetta
Pierre David Guetta , known professionally as David Guetta , is a French house music producer and DJ. Originally a DJ at nightclubs during the 1980s and 1990s, he co-founded Gum Productions and released his first album, Just a Little More Love, in 2002. Later, he released Guetta Blaster and Pop Life...
and many more. He's also the founder and CEO of the production company 2.0 Music In Colour who are launching their first artists through social & mobile game Say What?! with sister company 8linQ in summer 2011.