DJ Steve Junior to mark 10 year anniversary in South Africa
What you need to know:
DJ Steve, who is a member of Dotty Family Entertainment, started his career as a nascent in the year 2004 under the mentorship of Patty Ranks performing in clubs such as Florida 2000 and the now demolished Madhouse
The Roots Master, in addition to wanting to secure a radio-presenter job to propagate reggae music, hopes that by the age of 45 he wants to mentor others DJs and not just perform in clubs
Kenya’s homegrown DJ Steve Junior plans to celebrate 10 years as a Reggae disk jockey in South Africa, in November, where he will also launch his Africa Roots Tour.
DJ Steve Junior, speaking on The Base, said that he has already toured the US, Bahrain, Qatar and Dubai and now an Africa tour which will start in Tanzania is his next project. “I want to do a tour across Africa starting with Tanzania but I will launch it in South Africa,” he noted.
The DJ added that reggae music has outgrown its initial perception of being affiliated with rowdiness and chaos to now being popular with people of different descent in the world over.
DJ Steve, who is a member of Dotty Family Entertainment, started his career as a nascent in the year 2004 under the mentorship of Patty Ranks performing in clubs such as Florida 2000 and the now demolished Madhouse.
When starting out, he decided to erect his foundation on the Roots music, a sub-section of Reggae genre. “I saw it’s better to start with roots followed by Dancehall music.”
Consequently, after honing his skills he was nicknamed the Roots Master by his fans.
His career, however, has not been devoid of challenges. His first, second tour in the US flopped because of heavy snow. Nonetheless, his fortitude propelled him to do a successful third tour that culminated to an epic fourth tour in Dallas; and later in Las Vegas.
He defended reggae saying it is a type of music one can enjoy with family and advised upcoming DJs to be patient and put God first.
The Roots Master, in addition to wanting to secure a radio-presenter job to propagate reggae music, hopes that by the age of 45 he wants to mentor others DJs and not just perform in clubs.
“When I am 45 years I want to focus as a roots master and mentor the current generation but not perform in clubs only.”
