Nowadays, it seems as if deejaying as a career seems to be seriously hit by a series of security threats. After gigs, which normally end in the wee hours of the morning, deejays become vulnerable to all sorts of grips and vices. These include being harassed by over excited revelers and becoming victims of robberies and muggings.
Kunaal Jinabhai otherwise popularly known as Dj Kuchie got mugged by a gang of manyora (thugs) on Saturday night. He tried to chase them, but failed to catch them. Kuchi who had been performing at a gig got robbed off his cellphone in the wee hours of Saturday morning at Molapo crossing car park. The celebrity house deejay however managed to get his phone back on Saturday morning after tracking his phone with the help of the police.
The Telegraph managed to secure an interview the following morning after the incident happened. “Luckily I use a Samsung smartphone so I traced its location using my brothers’ phone and got Gaborone west police to help me trace it,” he said. Out of sheer luck his phone was still on and the police successfully located it at a shebeen somewhere in white city and he managed to get it back.
“I was mostly concerned about my contacts as compared to the actual device itself,” said Kuchie who showed a big sigh of relief after he got his phone back.
A passion for music is what motivated and inspired Kuchi to enter into Botswana’s music industry at the tender age of 15 back in 2001. He continues to make appearances on local radio station such as Yarona FM and RB2. His recent big performance ever was alongside Mi Casa at the last edition of the Mascom live sessions at Botswana craft market.
Beyond Botswana’s borders, Kuchi has been targeted to play at popular night clubs in Kimberly and Johannesburg, South Africa. Also in South Africa, Kuchi’s music receives heavy rotation on radio stations like Goodhope FM, Y FM, Metro FM and 5 FM BB Radio 1Xtra. Fulfilling his interest in producing music, Kuchi has eleven (15) successful productions on various compilations. The most notable tracks he has produced are: “The Beginning (DJ Fresh Remix)”,”Keep Me Inside (Kuchi’s Be Right Mix)” Ft Lorayne of the huge hit “Something About You” & “Spinin’ (Kuchi’s Life Mix)” – Blackwhole & “Give Me Your Love – Dj Kuchi Ft Bernie” which topped the local charts. Recently his work has travelled beyond Africa all the way to BBC Radio 1Xtra which charted “Dj Kuchi Ft ATI – Hey you”.??Kuchi has played alongside DJ heavyweights such as DJ Fresh, Euphonik, Blackcoffee and DJ Kent, to name but a few. Productions to look out for by Kuchi include “If It Ain’t for Love – Dj Kuchi Ft RJ Benjamin” on Soul Candi 10.?
Catch Dj Kuchi’s electrifying house music performances, live every week at the free Friday’s sessions at Dros pub at Molapo crossing.
