26/04/2026
Lady Du kindly promote me, My name is Raeez Kuhn. The world calls me Eezo the Blind DJ. I am currently sitting in Cliptown, South Africa. I am totally blind. I see nothing. No flicker. No shape. No dawn. Just a forever dark that has no end. But even in that darkness, I have never stopped loving music. It is the only light I have ever known.
I was two when the light died. Right after watching my father die saving someone else. I was beside him. Days later, my eyes gave up forever. I still breathe missing him. That grief still sleeps inside my chest like a second heartbeat. But I moved. What else could I do?
I learned Braille. I talk to my phone and it reads your words aloud through TalkBack. I use NVDA on a computer without ever seeing a screen. As a person who cannot see at all, I have learned to do so much on a phone and a computer without sight. I taught myself Virtual DJ using only what I hear and what I remember. When I mix, my fingers find the beats like water finds cracks in stone. I produce in total darkness. Even though I cannot see at all, I can use a computer and a phone much better than some sighted people. That is not bragging. That is survival. My heart refuses to shatter completely.
I started DJing in 2013. I really love my career. My story has been on SABC Morning Live, Sunday Times, Daily Sun, Good Things Guy, GroundUp, Glamour, The Citizen. People have praised my talent. But no article has ever cut close enough to touch the real wound.
In 2014, my mother fell deep into bipolar disorder. We lost our home. My family broke apart. Since then, no relative has helped. No friends lean in. For the last four years, I did not get proper paid gigs. It is really challenging. I don't know what to do. I don't know who to speak to. I don't know where to start. For someone like me who cannot see at all, I really have a vision as a DJ. But I don't want to lie. Honestly speaking, I am at that verge where I feel like giving up because no matter how hard I push, nothing seems to work out for me. At the same time, I am going through so much. I keep it to myself. Constantly thinking: where do I really start? How do I rebuild myself as a DJ?
It is April 2026. I am still fighting. Still hoping someone finally sees me. Not my blindness. My heart.
Please hear me: I am running out of time to pretend. Even so, I choose to believe that something good is coming.
I have . No soap. No underwear. No clothes. Nothing at all. I am restarting my entire life. Not just as a DJ—as a person. . My clothes are rags. Rent is a stranger. Johannesburg swings from burning sun to freezing rain in hours. There is a bullet still inside me from an attack years ago. When the temperature drops, that old metal aches like a new wound. There was a shooting near me recently. I am not safe. I cry every day until my throat burns. I love music. It is what makes me happy. It is my joy. But right now, my situation is so critical that even joy feels heavy. Still, I have not stopped believing that I can rise again.
I charge R2,000 to play an event. That is my rate. But I cannot get regular gigs because I own nothing. I cannot practice at home. Promoters call and I have to say no. I have the name. I have the skill. But skill alone does not stop hunger. And a dream without tools dies on the ground.
What I need to build a real life: CDJs and a mixer so I can DJ anywhere. A secondhand laptop—even an old one—so I can produce music, find work, stay tethered to the world. With those, I practice every day. I play parties. I keep everything I earn. I stop surviving on scraps. I start standing.
If you have old CDJs, a mixer, speakers, or a working laptop collecting dust, please reach out. WhatsApp me. I will answer. I have nothing left to hide except how much this hurts.
I am asking one final time. I do not want to be a burden. I want to be what people look up to. A real inspiration, not a beggar. I have lifted others before. I want to keep doing that. But right now I cannot even lift myself. And that truth breaks me more than the bullet ever could.
I promise you, on my father's memory, on every tear I have cried, on everything I am: this is my last public ask. Once I have my tools, I will work. I will earn. I will open a small DJ school for blind and sighted people. I will teach NVDA, Virtual DJ, accessibility. I will lift others. But first, let me stand up.
Please do not scroll past. If you cannot give, share. Share in every South African group. Tag promoters. Tag clubs. Tag anyone who books DJs. One gig at R2,000 changes my week. One share changes my life.
WhatsApp or call: +27 67 820 8855
PayPal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/djeezo
Standard Bank savings: 10160118431 (R Kuhn)
Cardless/PayShap/TymeBank: Send to +27 67 820 8855 with HELP2026
clothing vouchers: Checkers, Shoprite, Pick n Pay, Spar – send to my number
Data/airtime: Same number
Secondhand equipment: WhatsApp +27 67 820 8855
My media:
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/share/1avwXYwNpn/
X: https://x.com/eezotheblinddj
Articles:
Morning Live: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=L-FG1pUcQYo
Good Things Guy (1): https://www.goodthingsguy.com/people/south-africas-blind-dj-feels-the-music-as-he-spins-the-decks/
Good Things Guy (2): https://www.goodthingsguy.com/people/eezo-blind-dj-inspires-south-african-with-his-amazing-story/
GroundUp: https://groundup.org.za/article/blind-dj-works-against-odds-pursue-music-career/
Sunday Times: https://www.sundaytimes.timeslive.co.za/sunday-times/lifestyle/2020-09-27-my-first-time-playing-at-an-event-i-felt-tears-of-joy-says-eezo-the-blind-dj/
Daily Sun: https://www.snl24.com/dailysun/celebs/dj-and-motivational-speaker-raeez-kuhn-opens-up-about-his-passion-for-music-20231216
The Citizen: https://www.citizen.co.za/sandton-chronicle/uncategorized/2020/11/09/melting-moments-with-ayanda-mvp/
GlobePost: https://globepost.co.za/2025/03/31/dj-eezo-the-blind-music-maestro-defying-all-odds/
I do not want to be a burden. I want you to look at me one day and say: He made it. He fought. He won. He never gave up. Not because he could see—but because he refused to stop believing that someone, somewhere, would finally see him.
Please give me that chance. I will turn every cent into action. Every rand into hope. Every share into a step forward.
With my last shred of hope, tears on my face, and music still alive in my bones,
Raeez Kuhn (Eezo the Blind DJ)
+27 67 820 8855
No matter what life throws at you – anything is possible. I am living proof the human spirit can survive anything. Now I just need someone to believe in me one last time.