Bio
Black Coffee (real name Nkosinathi Maphumulo) is a South African DJ, record producer, public speaker and entrepreneur who got his first big break when his song Happiness was featured on the DJs at Work album in 2004, prior to his firt album in 2005, entitled Black Coffee.
Black Coffee was born in Durban in KwaZulu-Natal and grew up in the Eastern Cape in Mthatha, before moving back to Durban to study music at Technikon Natal, where he majored in Jazz.
He started his career in 1994 when he was still in high school, singing in the school choir and studying the keyboard. While studying music at Natal Technikon, he developed his skill and formed the band Shana, which went on to release four albums.
In 2003 he was chosen as one of two South African participants in the Red Bull Music Academy, which jump-started his career in the SA music DJ scene. He received a South African Music Award (SAMA) at the 16th Annual SAMA Awards in 2006 for the Best Urban Dance Album, Home Brewed.
Black Coffee lost the use of his left arm at age 13 while celebrating the release of Nelson Mandela, when a speeding vehicle ran over the crowd, injuring him. He set a world record for the longest DJ set (60 hours) using one arm in 2010.
In 2014 he was a judge on the reality series Road to Miss South Africa.
He married actress Mbali Mlotshwa on 13 May, 2011.