Now we bought you this story in January about a certain local laaitie who was ripping up the decks at the ripe old age of two, although tales of his beat-dropping badassery were still limited to our shores.

Well say hello to worldwide fame little man, as news of DJ AJ (Oratilwe Hlongwane by birth) has gone international. So far he has racked up a few headlining appearances and landed some plum sponsorship deals along the way. Despite the fact that he is still learning to put together words DJ AJ can lay a bass-heavy beat that gets heads bopping wherever he plays. This from the Daily Mail:

His mother, Refiloe Marumo, credits his astounding success on the decks to his father Glen Hlongwane’s decision to buy an iPad for his then unborn son.

Mr Hlongwane, a gymnastics coach and aspiring DJ, had planned to download educational apps to speed up his child’s education but also downloaded a disc jockeying app for himself.

When he was just one-year-old, little Oratilwe learned how to use the gadget and started fiddling about with his father’s DJ app.

His parents were blown away when their son, who still wears nappies, repeated what he had learned on the app on actual DJ equipment, playing with sound effects and bouncing between songs.

Of course such levels of success are bound to bring the haters out, and DJ AJ’s parents have come under fire for exploiting their son’s skills for personal gain. We say do your thing little man, sounds like you have the talent to go all the way.

Thanks, Tara

[source:dailymail]