It’s always refreshing to see our celebrities using their talents for the bettering of our communities, especially when it involves instilling a sense of belief to kids who possess as much talent as they have.  One musician who is doing such is Black Coffee who earlier on this week officially launched the Black Coffee Foundation/Bridges For Music Scholarship.

Powered by SAE Institute South Africa, the launch of the Black Coffee Foundation  / Bridges For Music Scholarship took place in Cape Town on 13 May 2014. This coveted scholarship provides the opportunity for a highly talented and physically disabled student to study SAE’s renowned Higher Certificate in Sound Production qualification, at their incredible facility in Cape Town’s Woodstock Exchange

Few artists understand the challenges of living with a physical disability better than DJ Black Coffee – an award-winning DJ from KwaZulu-Natal. If you still haven’t caught up Black Coffee does not have the use of his left hand.  

Instead of relegating himself to obscurity DJ Black Coffee chose to take his considerable skills to the world – performing on the international circuit and becoming a household name in South Africa. It is this man’s resilience, passion and determination that influenced the development of the DJ Black Coffee Foundation – the spirit of which is to uplift the destitute, physically disabled and poor. 

The launch event was hosted at SAE’s stellar new campus in the Woodstock Exchange and featured DJ Black Coffee, Ready D, Sideshow, Diloxclusiv with visuals by talented Frank Latter. This unique event attracted a high profile audience from the film, animation and audio industries, and delivered an experience that may well equate to the music and humanitarian music phenomenon of 2014.

Through its theme of proactivity, courage and motivation, the event served as a powerful reminder of South Africa’s rich diversity of talent within its music industry. 

 Well done Black Coffee.