Black Coffee Makes History as First South African to Win BET Award
DJ Black Coffee (R) and Mbali Mlotshwa attend the Make A Wish VIP
Experience at the 2016 BET Awards on June 26, 2016 in Los Angeles.
The South African DJ Black Coffee (Nkosinathi Maphumulo) was recognized
by BET in the best international act Africa category at Sunday's BET
Awards. The only electronic musician in the category, he beat out two
South African competitors, Cassper Nyovest and AKA, along with nominees
from across the continent: Yemi Alade (Nigeria), Diamond Platnumz
(Tanzania), Serge Beynaud (Côte d’Ivoire), MzVee (Ghana) and Wizkid
(Nigeria).
This is the first time that a South African has taken home the award, and Black Coffee celebrated the success on Instagram.
"For the past 4/5 years I have been doing tours outside my country,"
the producer wrote. "In the last two years even relocat[ed] my family
with me while on tour to make everything work...
Taking our South
African Music to places I can't even pronounce... I'm grateful to my
lady @enhlembali_ and my kids for allowing me to chase my dreams
unconditionally... a BET Award comes to our our Land for the first
time...This is a Great Honor." "We did not do this alone," he added.
"Thank you for all your Votes.....Thank you for the Love."
South African politicians -- including President Zuma -- praised Black Coffee's achievement, Channel 24 reports."DJ
Black Coffee continues to inspire our youth with this achievement and
has now become our prime international export in the music industry as
an example of the South African youth talent," Zuma noted in a
statement. "Our nation is immensely proud of him and this achievement in
particular. We congratulate him most heartily."
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