A young talent to Look out for.

              

             A friend, brother , colleague and classmate Eric best known as DJ CJO is a rising star in the making. The twenty one year old is heading in the right path of a successful multimedia guru, this young talent is not only a well-known spinner of the decks in the area of Bloemfontein and his hometown Polokwane but he is also a former Kovsie FM radio presenter and now does the brand marketing for the on campus community radio station. Eric was born in Thembisa, a small township in Pretoria and later moved to Polokwane with his mother at the age of nine; he went to Mokate primary school and discovered his love for music then. He started learning how to DJ with the rotation of DVD players. His breakthrough was when a friend got a computer for his birthday; which allowed them to download virtual DJ and tractor which would prepare him for the turntables. He says “I always considered myself an economist; never a DJ” DJ.CJO was a straight A economics student in high school then he came to see how deeply in love he was with the media industry. In the year 2008 he suffered the tragic loss of his father and was deeply saddened by it because he had not built the relationship he had been longing for with him as he grew up far from him. “I felt so much pressure to do well for myself and not disappoint my mother after my father’s passing” He says he wants to complete with his studies and takeover from where his father left off and financially assist his mother in the upbringing of his younger siblings. He is known to seduce many women with his music; but tells us that he keeps a strictly professional relationship with his listeners; when asked about his relationship status he says “pending”, sorry ladies the man clearly has so much on his plate already.