Cape Town — South African DJ Black Coffee is still basking in the glory of his historic performance at Madison Square Garden over the past weekend, a moment that filled Mzansi with immense pride.
He received praise from many South Africans after the show, including President Cyril Ramaphosa, who praised him for taking and showing off his talents on a global stage.
For his performance, Black Coffee wore a specially-crafted outfit deisgned by American designer Mike Amiri. The outfit was inspired by a painting of the three most influential women in his life. His mother and his two grandmothers.
According to The Citizen, Black Coffee first commissioned South African artist Wonderbuhle to paint the three women who have impacted his life. The painting is titled The Pyramids. To further honour the three pillars in his life,
“For me this is such an important piece because I am literally carrying my people to Madison Square Garden. The piece is these three women, one Zulu woman, and two Xhosa women. The one in the middle, younger, that being my mother.”
“Being who I am in the family, I wanted to preserve the history of the our family,” Black Coffee said in a video posted to his Instagram.
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“I was really humbled that he would reach out to me, to partner with him on creating a look for such a special performance. One of the best feelings I get when creating, is putting something together with this much meaning and that is important to someone. He had shown me a painting that reflected them and I wondered was there a way to incorporate that into the look,” said Amiri in the video.
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Compiled by Matthew Petersen
