Thapelo Brian Sibambo known as Dj Smash or
Jah Smash was born in Naledi, Soweto. His love for music began at a very young
age in the early 90s where he fell in love with Hip Hop music through the influence of the
popular artists such as 2 Pac, KRS 1, Busta Rhymes, Notorious B.I.G. and more. Dj Smash’s passion for music grew more when
he started developing love for Reggae Music in the Mid 90’s which was something
completely different to the Hip Hop music he was used to then but this never
came as a surprise as he was surrounded by his Rastafarian friends who listened
to the genre at that time.
Dj Smash began to follow this way of life
(Rastafarianism) that’s where he started learning more about Reggae music and
the culture as he went to different events known to the Rastafarian community
as “Rub-A-Dub or Dance”. He started
collecting Reggae music and the collection grew more and more. Around 2005, Dj
Smash met a friend who had access to Dj equipment but didn’t have enough music to
start this hobby so he made an agreement with this friend of his that he will
bring his music collection and in exchange he must teach him how to dj, this is
when the bug bit him. He started playing at the Rub-A-Dubs which where only
held on Sundays and occasionally on Saturday nights. His skills grew and he
started networking with different Djs whom were already in the scene at that
time.
In 2007, realizing that the scene is
advancing as now people within the
Rastafarian community and outside(Non Rastafarians) where starting to host
parties due to the influence of the Sub-Genre called ‘Dancehall’ which is more up-tempo
and more ‘youthful’, Dj Smash started
hosting ‘Dances’ alongside his friend Dj Iceman at Iceman’s house which were
attended by a large number of the community members from all walks of life but
due to the complaints from some of the community members, they had to end their
sessions. These sessions later in 2010, found
a home at the popular venue in Soweto called Rockerfella Soweto which is
located in Molapo, Soweto. The events hosted popular Djs in the Reggae industry
such as Dj Fanta Jozi, Dj Pepe, G Dread and more. He hosted Pre-Parties for
popular Jamaican artists such as Anthony B and Capleton. These events had
people from all walks of life flooding to the venue every Thursday nights to
witness these amazing unusual events.
Dj Smash has played alongside popular names
in the South African Reggae industry such as Dj Fanta, Dj Pepe just to name a few. In 2010 he became the host Dj for the 1st
African Dancehall Queen Show held at Baseline in Newtown which became a success
home and abroad. Dj Smash is rated
amongst the best Djs in the Reggae industry because of his mixing abilities and
his creativity when it comes to mixing.
Contact
Details
Cell:
072 722 7989 / 073 937 5617
FACEBOOK: JAH
SMASH
