Interview, Fireside Chat
How I Became The Worlds Best DJ With Only One Arm: Black Coffee | E183
- Plans to release a new album anticipated to win a genre-specific best album award.
- Forecasts becoming one of the continent's or country's most important producers within five years.
- Aims to create a track similar to "Drive" with perceived improvements, while acknowledging the original cannot be exactly replicated due to unique contextual factors.
- Maintains a professional identity split of 65% DJing and 35% producing.
- Strategy to separate African and global releases to preserve creative control and prevent African music from being categorized as "world music" on international award platforms.
- Open to creating content in the Salificater language, though such a track would not be included on Grammy-qualifying albums.
- Currently performs approximately 21 shows per summer in Ibiza alongside other weekly dates, totaling over 150 shows annually.
- Anticipates a one-year recovery period following performances before undertaking another nine-show tour due to physical and emotional demands.
- Expresses concern that survival instincts rooted in childhood hardship may eventually lead to decisions compromising adult needs.
- Actively working to balance respecting others with recognizing personal success, expecting this internal dynamic to persist.
- Plans to finalize divorce proceedings before relocating his mother to his current residence shared with his children.
- Purchased a neighbor's house to serve as a family residence, designating the current home as a "future Black Coffee house."
- Intends to establish a legacy project at the new home by framing memorabilia, such as Grammy attire and footwear, to create value for his children.
- Seeks to ensure his children lead a normal life by limiting their daily exposure to celebrity visitors.
- Views happiness as an ongoing process of achieving milestones rather than a final destination.
- Committed to teaching parents and children to express love verbally and physically, addressing a generational absence of these behaviors.
- Plans to collaborate with emerging talent from Botswana and southern Africa.