Ramaphosa congratulates Black Coffee on Grammy win
President Cyril Ramaphosa has joined South Africans in celebrating renowned DJ and producer Black Coffee’s first-ever Grammy win.
Nkosinathi Maphumulo, popularly known as Black Coffee, received his first Grammy for the 2021 Subconsciously.
The album won Best Dance/Electronic album at Monday morning’s awards ceremony.
In a post on Twitter, the president wrote: “Congratulations to Black Coffee for being awarded the Best Dance/Electronic Music award for his album ‘Subconsciously’ at last night’s #GRAMMYs. Thank you for flying the flag and inspiring a new generation of talent to take over the world.”
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Speaking to the Recording Academy, Black Coffee said he was intentional about making an album that can compete at an international level.
“It was intentional to create an album that would be recognised on this level, being someone who comes from Africa or South Africa where most of our artists are always categorised together – whether on African or world music thing, so I was very intentional about what I wanted to do with this album where it would compete on an international level with people that I think are my peers.”
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