Dumile Donatus Kunene was born in Durban Marian Hill Hospital on the 28th of June 1981. He stayed KwaDabeka until he was 5 years then grew up in a township called uMlazi south of Durban, he has two sisters & one late brother and he is a 3rd born in his family. He started schooling at Mzwilili L. P. School and completed his higher education in 1998 at UMlazi Commercial High School. He then went to ML Sultan (DUT) to study IT (Information Technology) in 2000.
Dumile’s music influence started to rise when he use to entertain his community as a Dj on local youth events at the age of 17. At the age of 18 he went to a Dj School Academy called MIXMASTER under the leadership of Devin who is very talented. He then met Andile da dj who was his teacher at the Academy.
Andile contributed a lot to this man’s potential as he use to give him extra lessons at his flat on weekends. After finishing the course he then started playing briefly in the night club’s where he had a chance to showcase his talent as a Dj.
Then he met with other dj’s like Dj Stax and Andy X who were resident Dj’s at Durban Tando Night Club at the time. In 2001 he became a resident Dj in Durban Tando Nite Club, in 2003 he started playing at Pop Art Café (Gateway) and He’s not a resident anywhere now (it a business decision).
He is getting bookings every weekend all over South Africa because of his talent. In 2007 he started as a guest dj at Durban Youth Radio ( DYR) because of the love he has for music he then approached DYR station manager to give him a slot. In 2008 he was offered a position to drive a Vinyl Addiction Show every Friday’s and Saturday’s from 00h00pm to 03h00am. In 2012 February he joined Vibe 94.7 FM every Sat. 13h00-15h00 until February and now his got a 30min set every Wed @ 17h30 on a drive Show. Dumile has shared his moments with other prominent dj’s in the music industry such as dj Christos, Vinny, Ganyani, Michael G, Siyanda, Tira, Fingers, Blackcoffie and many more.