DJ Switch has gone international again as she has been featured in a new post by the official account of Instagram.
The creators of the photo and video sharing app, Instagram shared the unique story of the young Ghanaian Disc Jockey on its 418 million followers’ account.
A photo of the 13-year-old was posted with a caption that sums up her career and personality.
“I feel like I am doing something that creates a galaxy beyond the Andromeda Galaxy. I’m a person who uses music to connect with people’s souls. My attitude and style of DJing either make you smile or laugh and basically switches up your mood… My goal is always to pump up the room and people,” the post quoted DJ Switch to have said.
It continued noting that “after winning a TV talent competition, Erica went on to become the youngest recipient of Ghana’s annual DJ award at the age of 10.
“I am discovering new versions of myself and passions each day,” says Erica, who also sings, raps, dances, writes poetry, acts, and does motivational speeches.
“She also has her own nonprofit organization, the DJ Switch Foundation, which seeks to change lives through music”.
Speaking further about the foundation, Instagram wrote: “The foundation focuses on encouraging quality education, teaching health and well-being, and supporting gender equality globally. I have had the opportunity to become an inspiration to my community, the young people in the world, and especially young girls. It means a lot to me to enable other people my age and from places like Ghana to pursue their creativity”.
The post on the platform has since amassed over 200,000 likes and more than 6000 comments from Instagram users around the world.
DJ Switch in reaction to this feat wrote a comment on the post. She simply said, “OMG Thanks to @instagram for this one #switchup”.
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Well, this is one of the many times the TV3 talented Kids winner has gone international.
It can be recalled that in November 2020 Apple featured her in the promo of its new Mac chip.
During an Apple event, to announce the introduction and details of the new chip that will power the new range of computers and iPad, Timothy Donald Cook, the C.E.O of Apple Inc, spoke about how some influential people have used Apple Laptops to make a significant impact across the world.
During his submission broadcasted at the event, he said “today the Mac is stronger than ever, it continues to lead the industry in customer satisfaction as it has over a decade and more customers than ever are choosing the Mac”.
After this Tim’s comment, a short documentary of the people Apple celebrated for using the Mac to change the world played and it showed Ghana’s DJ Switch with American singer Pharrell alongside other global influencers featured in the clip.
Meanwhile, not everyone is in support of how fast and far DJ Switch is growing.
It can be recalled that in a recent interview, DJ Ashmen, a popular Ghanaian disc jockey, stated that Dj Switch is inexperienced, immature to be given awards. According to DJ Ashmen, DJ Switch should be given more time to gain experience and skill before receiving awards.
DJ Ashmen made these remarks because DJ Switch was named Best DJ of the Year in 2019 and Young DJ of the Year in 2020 for the second year in a row.
DJ Ashmen also expressed his displeasure with how the 12-year-old DJ was introduced to such a vocation at such a young age, claiming that “it amounted to child labor”.
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