Malawi is blessed with lots of talented people, talk of wonderful footballers, musicians, comedians and of course Dj`s. One of the finest cream of dj`s in Malawi who has made a name by himself with his magic hands when it comes to spinning turntables is Dj Scarpper.
Born James Ibrahim on 7th March in 1985 in Zimbabwe, Scarpper a big fan of all types of music genres, Hip-Hop, R&B, Reggae, Dancehall, Drum n Bass, Trace, House and Afro you name it. He is an afro/house Dj when it comes to parties etc but on radio he plays any kind of music. His passion for music since secondary school days has landed him behind turntables. One would say he has transformed from a normal Dj to one of the kings of turntables. He got all of his Dj education as follows:
- Radio Training by Hallo FM from India
- Degree/concentration in Studio Management & Media Management
- Dj University: In Mozambique (Maputo)
His works gradually turned into international cream since his tender age of 13 (1998), now he has an impressive resume from spinning at mega nightclubs, celebrity and private VIP parties across the world pointing VIP BLUE NIGHT PARTY a Celebration after Hon. Peter Muthalika was released from police cell, the party was held at Portuguese club on 15th March 2013, performing alongside Big Nuzz, Dj Tira & L'vovo, oskido from South Africa @ Waka Waka and hosting the Malawi 50 years of independence celebrations in Salima courtesy of Multichoice Malawi together with B1 from Zambia as some of his wonderful works.
The dj has also played in most big club`s in Malawi like: Harry`s Bar when it was hot, Synergy and in most of big events in Malawi. He was one of the selected Dj`s around the globe to perform at an international music festival Lake of stars in 2005 and in 2006 and being the only voted dj by white people at the festival to perform twice on the main stage because of his mixing. With the tittle Malawiz Number One Dj, Scarpper has also performed for Multichoice Malawi (DSTV) Big Brother welcome parties for 2011 big brother representative Felicia and 2012 big brother double welcome parties in Lilongwe and Blantyre for Wati P and Nafe Kulemeka and in 2013 the DJ hosted again BBA welcome party for Natasha and BBA red carpet. This award-winning DJ was awarded with an achievement gold medal UMP by Nde`feo Entertainment in 2013 on the 27th July in Blantyre. He has also performed at a number of high profile VIP private parties, including a VIP party that was hosted at the Crossroads Hotel for Professor Peter Muthalika a brother to the late President of Malawi (R.I.P). Scarpper is also a renowned radio presenter and a librarian working with Galaxy fm Radio Station.
His only secret behind all this is "don’t sell it out" and works with a motto that says " I CAN (easy to learn) hence he loves to be called RJ Scarpper on Radio and Mlwz#1djscarpper in the Clubs. Of all his dreams he has one dream which he can`t reach on his own, so he`s asking the government to join hands with him to make the dream come true. His dream is basically for the youth, he has quiet a number of good ideas for the them. Ideas which can change the attitudes of the youths in our country, hence he hopes Allah helps him.
His only secret behind all this is "don’t sell it out" and works with a motto that says " I CAN (easy to learn) hence he loves to be called RJ Scarpper on Radio and Mlwz#1djscarpper in the Clubs. Of all his dreams he has one dream which he can`t reach on his own, so he`s asking the government to join hands with him to make the dream come true. His dream is basically for the youth, he has quiet a number of good ideas for the them. Ideas which can change the attitudes of the youths in our country, hence he hopes Allah helps him.
He has designed a youth center of which he dreams to be built in Lilongwe hence the need to work with government or any other willing NGO. The youth center will have facilities like; music studio, aids counseling centre, basket ball colt, swimming pool, netball colt, multipurpose hall, music school to mention just a few.
He`s worked with an organization called FAMILY PLANNING ASSOCIATION OF MALAWI (FPAM) as a peer educator on HIV/AIDS and the use of male and female condoms in 1999, Book him now you won't regret your choice or losing your money and wasting time, the good news is after resigning from working in a club as a resident DJ, Scarpper has now given his full-time to his people to book him on any kind of events at any time and elsewhere around the World as a DJ or sound/light engineer and a graphic designer.
Currently he owns an entertainment label known as TEaM X1 and yet to be established music recording firm Scar records 85, he`s also is involved in mixtape circuit, rocking parties, promotions, VIP functions and cooperate events, night clubs and other events. His style of playing music includes Cutting, Blending, Scratching, Rooping etc. This guy enjoys seeing his people going crazy when he plays new tracks, if you've witnessed this puregenius/mastermind at work you would recommend him to your friends to book him for sure.
He possesses the stereotypical qualities of a DJ which are his good looks, his charm and the ability to get a party jumping. Adding on that he also has qualities which some DJ s out there don't have and he calls them MAD talent and passion for good music. He breathes music, dates music, thinks music, talks music, dream music and madly loves music in his free times. These qualities have earned him a strong reputation of being Malawi's number one DJ by dishing out dope live mixes wherever he goes.
Malawiz #1 Dj Scarpper has two younger brothers who are also best DJ s in the city of Lilongwe that is Dj Starnaz currently working for Zanzi 3D and Dj Small-ton, and the most interesting part is that he`s a single guy. As a bonafide talented guy, he hates nobody, he believes in being a friend to everyone. He never smoke or drink and its his desire to keep on like that. Promoting others is what he works for and his thanks goes to all his fans across the globe. To him he wouldn't be where he is today without the great support he`s received over his entire career.
As a Dj he is working on his album dubbed "son of africa" and urges his fellow Dj s to keep up the good work and push it further so as to keep people happy at all times because a happy face never gets old to him.
For bookings contact him on these contacts
Phone: +265 993 986 288/881 477 841
BBM: 25CB5922