Finalists for A-Trak's Goldie Awards Revealed

After months of entries, A-Trak‘s Goldie Awards has chosen eight DJs and eight producers to compete in the finals in New York City on Sept. 7.

The DJ finalists are John Beez (U.S.), K-Swizz (New Zealand), Kayper (U.K.), Miles Medina (U.S.), Rocket Jackson (U.S.), Rafik (Germany), Vekked (Canada), and Yuto (Japan).

The producer finalists are DJ Brace (Canada), City The Beatmaster (U.S.), Fresh Kils (Canada), Holly (Portugal), MSCLS (U.S.), R!OT (U.S.), STFU (U.S.), and Young Sidechain (U.S.).

The competitors will be judged by a panel that includes Diplo, Craze, Just Blaze, Mannie Fresh, and Destructo.

The winning producer will get to release a song on A-Trak’s Fool’s Gold label while the winning DJ will get to perform at the Fool’s Gold Day Off festival.

Check out the finalists below.

We're excited to introduce you to the 8 contestants who made the cut for the first annual Goldie Awards DJ Battle 🎚Watch it all go down Sept 7 at @brooklynsteel in NYC. We received an overwhelming number of incredible submissions so we selected two more finalists then originally planned! 💪🏻 Congrats to: @johnbeeztheone @djkswizz @kayperofficial @milesmedina @3two1blastoff @dj_rafik @vekked @djyuto_ Tix & info: goldieawards.com

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And introducing the BEAT BATTLE contestants, come witness this historic battle live Sept 7 at @Brooklynsteel 🏅 @dj_brace @citythebeatmaster @freshkils @miguelholly @iammscls @riotedm @stfu.music @youngsidechain 🏅 Get tix: goldieawards.com

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