Black Coffee congratulated Siya and Rachel Kolisi. Image via Instagram @realblackcoffee
‘I was shocked’: Black Coffee on Diddy’s exclusive parties [watch]
‘Puff’s parties’: Black Coffee took a trip down memory lane and recalled the first time he made it to one of P Diddy’s exclusive parties.
Black Coffee congratulated Siya and Rachel Kolisi. Image via Instagram @realblackcoffee
South African-born international disc jockey, Black Coffee – real name Nkosinathi Maphumulo recently shared an entertaining story of how he met Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs aka Puff. The Drive hitmaker was interviewed on Kaya FM as he opened up about how he got to rub shoulders with the American rapper and mogul.
‘MET PUFF IN IBIZA’: BLACK COFFEE ON HOW HE MET SEAN ‘DIDDY’ COMBS
There’s no denying Black Coffee is one of the most popular DJs in the world. He has managed to manoeuvre his stardom in ways that most DJs can only dream of. Over the years, not only has he made history as the first South African to play at the Maddison Square Garden, but has also bagged himself a shiny Grammy award.
In an interview on Kaya FM, the KwaZulu-Natal-born disc jockey who has been spotted rubbing shoulders with several Hollywood stars including Alicia Keys and her husband Swizz Beatz, Jay-Z, Travis Scott, Busta Rhymes, and more, opened up about how he met Diddy.
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“Let me tell you a story of faith and Puff (Puff Diddy). I first met Puff in Ibiza. I was playing a set; I finished; I went to go get a drink, when I come back – he was there. That’s the first time I met him. And he’s like ‘Oh man, I just came to see you [and] I just heard [that] you’re are done playing’,” the renowned disc jockey recalled.
Last year, Black Coffee bagged a huge deal with a popular club in Ibiza where he secured bookings for every Saturday from 27 May to the 30th of September, DJ Mag, reported.
“Fast forward… We are in Miami. Some friends of mine from France were there; they were going to Puff’s party. They were like, ‘Do you want to come?’ You know Puff’s parties start at 06:00 in the morning. I was like, ‘Nah, I’m going to sleep’. They call again and asked if I’m sure. I was like ‘Actually, I am coming’,” Black Coffee said.
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THE GRAMMY AWARD*WINNING DJ CONTINUES…
When he gets downstairs, Black Coffee says his friends were surprised to see him carrying his DJ set. But since Diddy had missed his show in Ibiza, he decided to bring his DJing materials, just in case. When he and his friends arrived at Diddy’s party and while standing in the long queue outside Diddy’s party, the Superman hitmaker and his friends realised that they were not even on the list.
“There’s a long line. Like, people were name-dropping. They are trying to get in and this guy had said our name is on the list and it’s not. We are just waiting now at the gate,” Black Coffee shared.
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He then recalled that one of Diddy’s guys walked out and pointed straight to him and told him to come through. After looking around, Black Coffee said he was taken aback when he realised that he was indeed the one Diddy’s guy had called.
“He let us in. He was like ‘Puff is going to be so happy that you’re here’… As we walk into the house – he [Diddy] was still seeing Cassie at the time. Cassie sees me, she’s like ‘Oh my gosh’. I was so shocked… Puff was so happy. There was a long list of DJs, pre-arranged, there’s a line-up. [And] he [Diddy] took the mic and was like ‘Black Coffee is going to play right now’,” the award-winning disc jockey recalled.
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