Deejays, at times, have to bear with hostile revellers in line of duty

Harassment while on the wheels of steel is a common feature for a lot, if not all DJs, who by the virtue of their trade often find themselves in between a rock and a hard place.

“Politicians and the so-called big people in society are used to having their way, so they will come and demand for a song, we play songs according to beats per minute (bpm).

For instance, you could be in a session that is modeled for songs around 100-103bpm, but the ‘big person’ will come and demand you play a song of 108bpm.

For this to happen, he would have to wait because it is professionally impossible, but but they won’t understand this bit. They easily get agitated and start hurling insults towards the deejay,” says Meru FM’s DJ Patchez.

For female DJs, the situation is even worse; from the double standards with assumptions they cannot spin it better than their male counterparts to sexual harassment, they get it rough while trying to make ends meet.

“Some men are at times extra too friendly and if you command respect, it is taken as being rude.