Cape Town — Legendary South African DJ, Black Coffee, made history after he sold out all tickets for his Madison Suare Garden (MSG) performance this past weekend.
The DJ became the first South African performer to headline an event at MSG and the DJ did not disappoint as he and his selected lineup of opening acts made Mzansi proud.
Black Coffee took to his social media pages to showw off his custom-made Amiri outfit as well as a ticket, telling fans he sold out the show. He proclaimed how proud he was of his achievement and the rest of South Africa were on hand to congratulate him on his record breaking perofrmance.
Among some of the names to congratulate him were Minister of Sport, Arts and Culture, Zizi Kdowa and President Cyril Ramaphosa, while many other of the DJ’s fans took to X to offer their congratulations to him
Take a look at some of the responses below:
We did it. 🇺🇸❤️ #soldout pic.twitter.com/WxKxX8BFqV
— Black Coffee (@RealBlackCoffee) October 8, 2023
Thank you Mike, Amiri. This one was for the culture pic.twitter.com/k6QD03S4i8
— Black Coffee (@RealBlackCoffee) October 8, 2023
History was made at Madison Square Garden. Filled to capacity, people came from all over the United States to watch a South African headlining the famed venue. This is historic @RealBlackCoffee. You make the country incredibly proud! @MAJORLEAGUEDJZ @OskidoIBelieve @Bonang pic.twitter.com/tABGQe1Lca
— Minister of Sport, Arts & Culture (@zizikodwa) October 8, 2023
Congratulations to Black Coffee for being the first South African DJ to perform at Madison Square Garden in New York City, USA to a sold-out show this past Saturday. South African artists continue to distinguish themselves and promoting our talents on the global stage. We thank… pic.twitter.com/9t6xc1rbET
— Cyril Ramaphosa 🇿🇦 (@CyrilRamaphosa) October 9, 2023
NDABANEWS: Black Coffee makes history and becomes the first South African DJ & producer to perform at Madison Square Garden in New York on Saturday.
He was supported by Major League DJz with special appearances Oskido, Msaki, Bucie, Portia Monique & Mondli Ngcobo among others.… pic.twitter.com/e3rSfD6bDa
— Thulani Ndaba (@tndaba) October 9, 2023
Black Coffee’s madison square garden performance looked insane.
— n3li (@n3llypollito) October 8, 2023
Black Coffee sold out Madison Square Garden. Absolutely insane 🔥
— Mayowa (@imgoodnewz) October 8, 2023
Y’all downplaying the great work Black Coffee is doing at Madison Square Garden and I don’t like that. Dude is making history as the only Dj to sellout the revenue & ya’ll mizing? C’mon!
— MaBhekzon (@MaBhekzon) October 8, 2023
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Compiled by Matthew Petersen