Biography: DJ RAKESH
Introduction
My name is Rakesh Thielemans aka dj Rakesh or Black Jack. Why the strange name? I’m originally from India where I was born in 1973. Adoption in 1977 brought me to Belgium where I still am today.
I started fooling around with music at a very young age. While learning piano and battery I was very busy discovering a wild range in music and making tapes. I listened to Prince, Michael Jackson, Wham and James Brown, loving the funk and the genuine eighty tunes such as Grand Master Flash, Breakmachine and many more…
When I was fifteen I officially started out as dj. Always very involved in the music scene through investing in records for parties and organising performances with Elmer Food Beat, Yellowman, Urban Dance Squad and many more. 
Anyway, today I am a full-grown dj with a great love for the profession. I have seen and been in a lot of places and my style is eclectic just like my experiences. Alow me to give you an oversight of my achievements.

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In the late nineties I started mixing in a small pub in Ghent. I came there with about fifty records and stayed three years. That’s really where my name got picked up by people and soon I played during the annual ‘Gentse Feesten’, one of the most notorious streetevents in Belgium, where I still entertain people through the wee hours of the morning.
I participated in a play called Kung Fu and toured Europe with them. We went to Paris, Londen, Amsterdam, Stockholm… Just to name a few. The play had a fixed afterparty where I stood behind the turntables with 2ManyDj’s and Mo en Benoeilie”The Glimmers ”.
Things started booming and I found myself on the festival Ten Days Off, the infamous Eskimo-events, the even more infamous afters and in Culture Club, which is recommended by the inflight magazines upon visiting Belgium.

I started off a new century exploring the city of Antwerp and played numerous styles on numerous occasions such as ‘Free Vibes’ in Café d’Anvers.
When I got back to Ghent the Charlatan became my resident venue and that’s where I still kick it. In coöperation with a friend I opened ‘Sweet16’, a pretty select club in the centre of the city and I was also an actor in the Royal Flemish Theatre “KVS” in Brussels when the organisation asked me to lead the production of their annual parties. I accepted and got together with great names such as Prince Thomas, Pete Herbert,Buscemi,The Glimmers, Tlp,and many more That’s when my name changed to dj Black Jack. By then I had seen about every major nightlife scene Belgium had to offer.

That’s why in 2006 I was looking for new frontiers. I left for a tour in South-America where we hit Santiago (Chili) for the Love Parade, moving on to Argentina where we attended festivals, many more clubs and extraordinary venues.
My recent tour with dj Jah Zulu went through Egypt where we spiced up the Latex Club in Caïro, the beach in Alexandria, Pacha in Sharm el Sheikh and Simbad in Hurghada. Playing in Tanzania,Kenya,Malawi,Zanzibar...

As you can see I can make people from all over the world party like there were no tomorrow.
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My style: eclectic, the best of everything. Oldschool hiphop, deep house, lounge, rock... My venues: KAFEE CHARLATAN,Dour festival, Love Parade, Culture Club, AB Brussels, City Parade,Make up,Belmondo, Vooruit Ghent, Café d’Anvers Antwerp, Mirano, Ten Days Off, loungy beaches, rocky pubs, stylish clubs... My quote: ‘It ain’t over yet!’
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Based in area two 4, Lilongwe, Malawi. Active since 2012 wen it was co-founded ...(snick, thyarista, holly & (g-black currently outta sys.) Primary doin dancehall/hiphop soundz. Affliated kidz doing dance/house muzik in the prelude levelz.  Productionz under GMA Rekordz.

Malawi's Serial Hit Maker. Award winning Artist/Producer. Top hit songs include Tabwela, Mr Captain, Ukadutsa, Kwacha, Konko, TSIKA, KANDA

I take my craft very seriously am easy goin very professional and humble.

Name: David Kalilani
HipHop Artist, Rapper, Songwriter
Genres: HipHop, Rap, Nyambo
Years active: 1996 – present
Labels: Indie (Independent)
Influences: Bob Marley, Wambali Mkandawire, Da Truth, Tupac Shakur, Dr. Dre, Crossmovement, Ambassador, Tracy Chapman, Eminem, Naughty by Nature, Lecrae, Oliver Mtukudzi, Sade, Propaganda, Marvel in Christ, Gemstones, Chino XL, Rass Kass, J.R., FLAME, Mali Music, Andy Mineo, Tumi and the Volume, Masta Ace, Proverb, Floetry, Shabach

David Kalilani, or known simply as David, is a gifted rapper and HipHop artist who is uncompromising in skill, lyricism, substance and content that is now based and founded on the Christian faith that he represents and embodies in his life. 

David was first known as Linguistix or simply Stix, a name he adopted for having being recognised as having the ability to switch from his native tongue of Chewa to English flawlessly while he was in the US and freestyling on radio. He, along with Kimba Mutanda (Plan B), later joined Qabaniso Malewezi and Lou Chikuni aka Marvel & Q, forming Malawi's pioneering HipHop group known as Real Elements, a group with which he toured with in the UK and Europe as a whole.

In 2004, a shift in thinking, refocus of life's priorities, Jesus the Christ was what and who David encountered. From 2004 David went silent for a few years and came back appearing and featuring on several Christian projects – Spirit Filled Spit Kickaz vol 1 & 2, Gosple's album among others. Fast forward to 2012 and David released “The Lost Tapes” -  a collection of some of the songs he had featured in and others that were never released over that period in a bid to give his listeners something to hold on to as David's work.

Later in the same year, 2012, David released his debut solo album “Exodus: The Preview” which features great Malawian talent like Lawi, Taritta, KBG and also features a shout out from MC Jin. The album contains 15 tracks all written by David himself – an aspect that raises him to a platform as a songwriter. The album is available for FREE DOWNLOAD on www.ariseincmw.com 

David is currently touring on the back of the just released album while at the same time already in the process of writing for the sophomore album “Sleeping Giant” which promises to further expose his heart, passion and the message placed inside of his being. 

David has a degree in biblical studies from African Bible College. David also runs Arise Inc., an artist management company which also deals with multimedia and events management.



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