Super-spreader jol: Black Coffee slammed for packed hotel party
FACE THE MUSIC: DJ Black Coffee
Top local DJ Black Coffee is facing a backlash after a video of him playing at a packed Cape Town event without Covid-19 protocols went viral.
The video shows the superstar DJing to a full house at the larney Silo Hotel at the V&A Waterfront.
Mense are seen giving their lyf a tyd, kapping it uit on the dance floor without any social distancing or face masks.
The DJ and the hotel got blasted on Twitter, with tweeps labelling the jol a super-spreader event.
@2frost2furious wrote: “I’m looking at IG stories and watching what looks like a Black Coffee gig happening at the Silo Hotel with not a single mask in sight and I’m wondering if Cape Town wants a third wave because that is how you get a third wave.”
I’m looking at ig stories and watching what looks like a Black Coffee gig happening at the Silo Hotel with not a single mask in sight and I’m wondering if Cape Town wants a third wave because that is how you get a third wave
— 𝚂𝚝𝚊𝚢 𝙵𝚛𝚘𝚜𝚝𝚢 (@2frost2furious) March 14, 2021
Chay Skyla Cook said: “We all know the third wave is coming after Easter Face throwing a kiss We’re also gatvol of this government. 0.2% of our population has been vaccinated whilst our industry is at a standstill? It’s been a year since we could actually work work. The whole of CPT/SA.”
We all know the third wave is coming after Easter 😘 We’re also gatvol of this government. 0.2% of our population has been vaccinated whilst our industry is at a standstill? It's been a year since we could actually work work. The whole of CPT/SA: 🖕🏻 this 😂
— Chay Skyla Cook ♥ (@ChayCook) March 14, 2021
While @SoliloquyPanda replied: “Ppl are dumb and selfish. For 2h? of fun they are willing to jeopardize their and their families health. Think they need to take a really good and deep look into themselves and ask themselves what kinda ppl are they. But I’m guessing they are incapable of that.”
Ppl are dumb and selfish. For 2h? of fun they are willing to jeopardize their and their families health. Think they need to take a really good and deep look into themselves and ask themselves what kinda ppl are they. But I'm guessing they are incapable of that.
— Fairy Godmother (@SoliloquyPanda) March 14, 2021
The Silo Hotel’s marketing and communications manager, Ross Bowers, told IOL Entertainment “all protocols were adhered to”.
“The whole of The Silo Hotel, including all accommodation, was booked out privately on Saturday in accordance with Covid-19 regulations and restrictions on capacity. All protocols were adhered to on arrival and check in. Because it was private, the hotel was closed to the public,” Bowers said.
Black Coffee’s team has not yet issued a response.