South African DJ Black Coffee's History-making Grammy win

By Ooro George 


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South  African DJ Black Coffee became the first African to win a Grammy award in the category of Best Dance/Electronic Album. Most previous African Grammy winners have achieved their awards in the World Music category.
The superstar DJ - who has performed to hundreds of thousands of people at America's prestigious Coachella music festival, in Ibiza and clubs around the world -- had wanted his latest record to gain international recognition.
Wearing an all-white suit and accompanied by his son to collect his first Grammy, the DJ, producer and songwriter was for once lost for words and simply started his acceptance speech with the word ''wow''.
On his way up to get the award, he embraced French DJ David Guetta, who featured on the album: "I saw David on my way up to the stage to accept the award and we shared a brief, special moment."'
He gave special thanks to all those who featured on Subconsciously, including another global star, Pharrell Williams.
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