Top 10 contestants were selected to head on to DJ Battle competitions semi-final stage on Saturday, August 13, at Onomo hotel. Among 20 contestants selected during the auditions, only 10 secured a ticket for the semi-finals. The jury made up of DJ Pius, DJ Sharif and DJ Khadir decided who went for the next stage of the competition. The 10 contestants who were selected for the next stage are DJs Selekta Danny, Araphat, Kiss, Khizz Beats, Selekta Gomez, Beast, Joe the Drummer, Trapboy, Selekta Kuno and Kigali Beats. DJ Ira and Toxy were selected in the women’s category. On August 20, a four-man panel of judges made up of Nigeria’s DJ Neptune, who recently performed in Kigali in June, South African DJ Khathu, Uganda’s DJ Khadir and Rwanda’s DJ Sharif, the founder of local DJ School ‘Scratch Music Academy’, will decide the top five that will progress to the finals. The winners of the contest will be announced during the grand finale slated for August 27, at Camp Kigali. The overall winner will walk away with a brand-new Mercedes Benz car worth RWF 25 million as the top prize for the contest. Besides the top prize, organisers will also recognise the best upcoming DJ with a cash prize of Rwf2 million while the best female DJ will be awarded equipment worth Rwf5 million. The contest is being organised by M&K with a goal to promote DJs and create public awareness of the talent and quality music in Rwanda, as well as provide business opportunities, networking, and leisure activities through competitions.
