EXCLUSIVE: Asaase Radio 99.5fm ‘steals’ King Lagazee away from Hitz 103.9fm!

Asaase Radio 99.5fm poaches King Lagazee! He starts playing on air this weekend without delay!

Ghana’s lucullan Radio Station, Asaase 99.5fm has just poached King Lagazee from Hitz 103.9fm!

The multiple award-winning and popular Reggae Selector, King Lagazee, has been dropping hints earlier this week until he broke the news of ‘quitting’ Hitz 103.9fm on Thursday, August 18, 2022 in a ‘farewell’ post on social media. He served Hitz 103.9fm for a solid 8 years straight on radio. Preceding his radio slot on Hitz FM, he had previously served on Joy Prime TV with a television show called “Dub Legend”.

King Lagazee has been at the forefront of the Reggae, Dancehall & Sound System Culture for over 2 decades and he is a well respected crooner in that field both locally and internationally with his huge catalogue of well-meaning interviews granted Music Heavyweights like Rita Marley, Morgan Heritage, Busy Signal, Anthony B, Ninja Man, Rocky Dawuni, Freddie McGregor, Stonebwoy, Shatta Wale, Samini, Charly Black, Etana, just to name a few.

Starting outright from this weekend, King Lagazee steps in the studios of Asaase Radio 99.5 with his Reggae Show. Hold Up! There will NOT be any change in his Sound System Radio Magazine — he will still maintain his brand gig “Yaad Settingz” for the show on Asaase Radio 99.5fm. He will be playing 4 times in a week on air.

Below are his radio slots on Asaase Radio 99.5fm

Saturday Dawn from 4:00am – 7:00am
Saturday Afternoons from 5:00pm – 8:00pm
Sunday Afternoons from 12:00pm – 3:00pm
Wednesday Evenings from 8:00pm – 10:00pm

About King Lagazee:

Real Name — Isaac Tetteh Ago Monney
At age 21 in 2002, he found himself on Sunrise FM in Koforidua. “My voice was heard on my own radio Reggae show – Ital Riddims on Sunrise FM but before then, I used to select for BushMan on Radio Z (also in Koforidua) after the owner discovered me as a talented youth in an argument with my peers in our area in Koforidua Atekyem. We were arguing about Yellow Man and he was shocked with our reasoning at that age, so he decided to try me on air and I didn’t disappoint his call to task” – King Lagazee.

His Journey Through Sound System Culture

Before radio, King Lagazee used to follow Ghanaian Sound Systems (locally known as “Spinners”). This would help him hone the craft and later become a lead face of the Sound System Culture in Ghana.

“We used to pack sound (PA) systems on trucks and travel into the countryside playing for funerals and parties. I was like the number one MC that you can’t go without. Basically reggae music was played in every section I play,” he added.

“I can tell you on authority that Steve Allen from UK introduced me into all these, showing me some dances with Bass Odyssey performing with Squingy as the MC; it was mind blowing and I fell for it, matter of fact, I wanted to become Squingy at that moment at this was in the late 1990s,” – King Lagazee.

As to how he has been able to launch himself impeccably from the analogue days into today’s digital ways of keeping up on iar and off air activity, King Lagazee says “the secret is constant learning and keeping close contacts with all my artistes who are more or less my ‘friends’. In this business if you don’t have information you can’t give information, so from the old school days to the new school era we are in now, I try my best to keep the balance with more reading and researching plus keeping close gap between myself and the artistes and their respective Management Team folks.”

Though King Lagazee runs his radio show once a week, it feels as if he does multiple runs for it; because even off air, he keeps the energy, drive and update across audience, courtesy social media platforms; hence this new move to Asaase Radio 99.5fm came through for him at the right time.

King Lagazee is an internet savvy fellow who gives critical attention to his social media pages. He’s carved for himself a cult following both online and offline – he has been able to effortlessly deliver as an MC for dozens of Reggae/Dancehall gigs as well as headline MC for respective Artiste concerts – like Stonebwoy’s “Ashaiman To Da World Concert” (2017) where he remarkably was able to calm down a highly agitating crowd who were flinging stones, bottles and ‘mini weapons’ of all kinds on stage after one of the stage hands miscommunicated something derogatory to them (the crowd), AND again he was able to handle Samini’s annual concert “Saminifest” 2018 on the Oxford Street, Osu in December that year.

Awards, Nominations & Recognitions:

Ghana DJ Awards (Best Reggae Dancehall DJ Of The Year)
2015 – Nominee
2016 – Winner
2017 – Winner
2018 – Winner
2019 – Nominee

Ghana Dj Awards (Record Promoter Of The Year)
2018 – Nominee
RTP Awards Africa (Best Reggae Radio DJ Of The Year)

2016 – Nominee
2017 – Nominee
2018 – Nominee
2019 – Nominee
Young Dada Cup Clash Champion – 2018 (Winner)
Reggae Fest Award (Best Reggae Dancehall MC) – 2013
Bass Awards Committee Member – 2013 till date.

“Everything around me revolves around Reggae & Dancehall, I will defend Sound System Culture till my last breath!” – King Lagazee

His Radio Show “Yaad Settingz” unquestionably is the most listened to radio show in Ghana and with his move into Asaase Radio 99.5fm with his cult following and wide fanbase, he is sure to pull the numbers to that side without any doubt! Now, clean your radio sets and stay tuned to hear King Lagazee’s voice loud in your speakers from Asaase Radio 99.5fm as he gets on to feel your soul with well curated music playlist and his seasoned interviews!

(Story: Elorm Beenie)