Top 10 Interesting Facts About Dj Zinhle

It might seem like we know everything there is to know about Dj Zinhle, however there are a few things you might not know. Here is a look at the following 10 Things You Didn’t know about Mama Ka Kairo.

1. Her real name is Ntombezinhle.

Given to her by her father, the name means “beautiful girls.”

2. Her daughter shares a name with Egypt’s capital city.

Zinhle and AKA welcomed their daughter, Kairo Owethu Forbes, to the world in July 2015. As Zinhle explains in her blog: “Kairo is an Arabic name and is a variant of Cairo, meaning “victorious one.” My mother chose her second name, Owethu… a Zulu name meaning “ours.” She is ‘our victorious one’.”

3. She suffers from Globophobia, a fear of balloons.

“This one time at McDonald’s, I could smell them and I had a panic attack,” she says.

4. She’s always had “a thing” for Michael Jackson.

“I fell in love with him in high school. My first CD was one of his and I used to write down his lyrics. I even stole a Michael Jackson book from the library. His birthdays were important to me.

5. She’s been teased about her broad shoulders.

“I’ve been teased about my broad shoulders my whole life. It hurt when I was growing up. Once someone tweeted: ‘How can Zinhle’s boyfriend sleep with her? It’s like he’s sleeping with another man’.”

My Name Is, put her on the map, locally and abroad.

Zinhle fell into the scene a decade ago when she had to fill in for a DJ who didn’t show up for his gig. “Whether you’re female or male, it takes a plan to build a name,” she says, adding: “DJs are the new superstars. I think I’ve contributed a lot to the industry.”

8.  People criticised her decision to become a DJ.

When she became a DJ, friends teased her about her career choice. “They told me, ‘But you never went anywhere.’ The first time I went to a club was in my 20s,” she says.

She’s passionate about female empowerment.

She launched Fuse Academy, an all-girl school that grooms young women to become DJs. “My message to women is: stop being lazy,” she says. “Women can fight harder for the things they want. Dreaming takes guts. It must scare you. Women are so apologetic about making money. We need to get to the point where we are like, ‘We want this big money’.”

10. She sees “DJ Zinhle” as her more confident alter-ego.

“My brother used to say I have Parkinson’s because I’d shake so much at gigs. I tell myself Zinhle must stay here —DJ Zinhle needs to entertain. I’m very conscious of getting out of myself to represent DJ Zinhle the way she would do things.”