DJ Boboss

Self-taught Kenyan DJ, producer, and electrician who built his first wooden DJ mixer from magnetised metal pieces, bottle caps, and a dismantled cassette radio—later establishing his own pirate radio station broadcasting within a 200-metre radius during high school. Having saved enough money to move to Nairobi, he became an icon of Kenyan underground music culture, organising impromptu street parties with his handmade decks. His musical palette draws on dancehall, reggae, and East African sounds, approached with a guerrilla spontaneity compared to that of Lee Scratch Perry. His DIY methods and instruments have attracted wide international attention.