DJ Black Coffee acquires stake in Gallo Music Investments

House music maestro DJ Black Coffee has procured a huge stake in SA’s biggest and most established free music name, Gallo Music Investments.

The two gatherings declared the arrangement inked through Black Coffee’s speculation holding organization FlightMode Digital – for an undisclosed sum – in a joint articulation on Wednesday evening.

This comes after Gallo was in March purchased by Lebashe Investment Group from Tiso Blackstar for R75m – consolidating it into news and diversion business Arena Holdings.

“This is the first of numerous moves we are taking a shot at to change the scene of both the South African and African music industry,” Black Coffee said.

“The music in the Gallo inventory is probably the most socially rich that has ever been made in this nation.

“The organization with Lebashe to put resources into the index and bosses is something other than a business exchange – it’s tied in with making a domain in which specialists and creatives have a genuinely evenhanded stake.

“It is additionally the start of an industry upheaval where African specialists are a piece of structures that are reasonable and urge better approaches to monetise content.”

Gallo has been in the music business for a long time and it’s equivalent with large specialists, for example, Lucky Dube, Dorothy Masuka, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Stimela, Sipho Hotstix Mabuse and Mango Groove.

“We are pleased that South Africa’s most broad melodic files live inside Arena Holdings, and it is our aim to investigate and reintroduce these stunning traditional chronicles to our standard market, locally and internationally,” said Lebashe administrator Tshepo Mahloele.

“The cooperation with universally prestigious DJ Black Coffee will introduce another time for the South African music business on a worldwide scale.”