Stokie Opens Up About A Friend Who Taught Him How To DJ . Setoki Mbatha was born on February 13, 1983, in South Africa. The Disk Jockey started to display his talent from a young age. He began to create beats from his backroom in Mzimhlophe in Soweto. After being consistent, he decided to showcase his talent to others.
Stokie started playing musi at a tender age, and he was taught by a friend named Mpopo. “I was in high school, maybe around 14 when I first saw a DJ set. My friend Mpompo was the one who taught me how to DJ. At that time, he used to have a set at what was known as Soweto Community Radio back then, but now it’s called Jozi FM. Every Friday he would go there and perform on air. So, I started joining him and I ended up getting a slot to play as well,” he told Sowetan.
While deejaying was popular in the late 1990s and early 2000s, Stokie explains he took serious honing his skills in his teens, over popularity, because he knew one day it would all pay off. “When we started producing amapiano with the likes of Kabza de Small, MFR Souls, Gaba Cannal and De Mthuda, we were all still underground. I used to take their music and play them at the many gigs I had,” he recalls.
When it comes to an Amapiano dance mix, DJ and Producer Stokie is in a league of his own. The Soweto-born is a mastermind of deep, feel-good and soulful mixes that gets the crowds moving and bopping from the moment he starts his set, until the last song. The Soweto-born is a mastermind of deep, feel-good and soulful mixes that gets the crowds moving and bopping from the moment he starts his set, until the last song.
