Black Coffee blesses Alicia Keys with a remix

01 July 2016 - 13:23 By TMG Entertainment
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Black Coffee during a New Awakening with J.C. Le Roux on November 25, 2015 at Turbine Hall in Johannesburg, South Africa.
Black Coffee during a New Awakening with J.C. Le Roux on November 25, 2015 at Turbine Hall in Johannesburg, South Africa.
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DJ Black Coffee has given his fans around the world a new remix to dance to this weekend, and this time it's a retake of an Alicia Keys' hit.

Black Coffee recently revealed that he was working with the award-winning US songbird and fans have now got the first fruits of the pair's collaboration, a remix of Alicia Keys' track In Common.

  • Black Coffee's next big gig: Working with Alicia KeysThere really is no stopping DJ Black Coffee's shine. Fresh from winning a prestigious BET Award in L.A over the weekend, the DJ has revealed that he is working on a collaboration with US songbird Alicia Keys. 

The track was released on Friday and forms part of an EP consisting of In Common remixes.

The remix has drawn praises from fans across the globe, with many hailing it as one of the best versions of the song released.

Announcing the collaboration, Black Coffee called  it "such a great honour to be included in this remix package", while christening it his "soundtrack to Durban"- ahead of this weekend's Durban July.

  • DJ Black Coffee fills up free BET celebration gig within in an hourDJ Black Coffee's BET Award win over the weekend was not just a win for him but for the whole of South Africa. And so to celebrate the DJ announced that he will be holding a free gig for all his local fans.  

The song is available on iTunes here.

Alicia Keys' husband Swizz Beatz is a known fan of Black Coffee, and has previously taken to social media to praise our DJ for his skills.

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