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{{Short description|Ghanaian hiplife musician}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name            =
| image           =
| caption         =
| birth_place     = Central Region
| birth_name      = Daniel Oduro
| instrument      = vocals
| genre           = [[Hiplife]], [[Afrobeats]]
| occupation      = rapper<br />
| module          =
| years_active    = 2015– present
| alias           = Patapeezy, Patapaa Amisty,
| associated_acts = [[Sista Afia]], [[Akwaboah Jnr]], Article Wan, [[Stonebwoy]], [[Mr Eazi]] [[Celine Dion]]
}}
'''Justice Amoa''', popularly known as '''Patapaa''' is an African [[hiplife]] musician and a songwriter based in Ghana.<ref>https://mobile.ghanaweb.com/person/Patapaa-3580</ref>
He is the first child in a family of three children and was born in [[Agona Swedru|Swedru]], Central Region. He is best known for his 2017 debut single "One Corner", <ref>{{cite web |title=Patapaa is a gem in his field and shouldn't be underrated - Medikal |url=https://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/entertainment/Patapaa-is-a-gem-in-his-field-and-shouldn-t-be-underrated-Medikal-649341 |website=GhanaWeb}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Patapaa saves Ghana Meets Naija again |url=https://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/entertainment/Patapaa-saves-Ghana-Meets-Naija-again-753319 |access-date=2019-06-09 |website=GhanaWeb |language=en}}</ref> which was nominated for the Most Popular Song of the Year category and song of the Year category at the 2018 [[Vodafone Ghana Music Awards]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.graphic.com.gh/entertainment/showbiz-news/vgma-2018-patapaa-s-one-corner-misses-most-popular-song-award.html|title=VGMA 2018: Patapaa's One corner misses 'Most Popular Song' award|first=|last=Graphic.com.gh|publisher=}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://3news.com/video-patapaa-rocks-vgma-stage-with-infamous-suit/|title=[Video] Patapaa rocks VGMA stage with infamous suit - 3newsgh|date=30 April 2018|publisher=}}</ref> Before gaining fame with "One Corner", he had released several other songs, including "Akwaaba", "Pozo", and "Na Abon", among many others, but they didn't gain much popularity.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Mooney |first=Ted |date=February 2002 |title=Letters to www-finishing-com/Letters |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0026-0576(02)80584-0 |journal=Metal Finishing |volume=100 |issue=7 |pages=40–44 |doi=10.1016/s0026-0576(02)80584-0 |issn=0026-0576}}</ref>
“One Corner” was also nominated as the Song of the Year at the 2018 Vodafone Ghana music awards.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ghana Music Awards Uk {{!}} Recognising the achievements of our musicians |url=https://www.gmauk.co.uk/home |access-date=2020-04-15 |website=gmauk united kingdom}}</ref>
In 2018, he was featured on an African international hit titled Akwaaba by one of Ghana's finest producers Guiltybeatz including [[Mr Eazi]] and [[Pappy Kojo]].
In 2019 during the Central Music Awards which was held at the Center for National Culture in [[Cape Coast]], Patapaa won the Artist of the Year for the Central Music Awards.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-12-02 |title=Patapaa crowned Artiste of the Year at Central Music Awards - MyJoyOnline |url=https://www.myjoyonline.com/patapaa-crowned-artiste-of-the-year-at-central-music-awards/# |access-date=2024-11-12 |website=www.myjoyonline.com |language=en-US}}</ref>
== Awards and nominations ==
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|rowspan="2"|2018
|rowspan="2"| ''One Corner''
|Song of the Year <ref>{{cite web|url=http://peacefmonline.com/pages/showbiz/news/201804/349971.php|title=Patapaa Apologizes To Charterhouse|first=Peace FM|last=Online|publisher=}}</ref>
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|Hip - Life Song of the Year<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/entertainment/Why-Patapaa-lost-Song-of-the-Year-award-to-Fancy-Gadam-643384|title=Why Patapaa lost ‘Song of the Year’ award to Fancy Gadam}}</ref>
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== References ==
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[[Category:Ghanaian highlife musicians]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Year of birth missing (living people)]]
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