{"id":33005,"date":"2024-02-28T11:07:20","date_gmt":"2024-02-28T16:07:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/?p=33005"},"modified":"2024-02-28T11:07:20","modified_gmt":"2024-02-28T16:07:20","slug":"dj-black-coffee-accepts-altar-call-fans-celebrate-as-video-goes-viral","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/2024\/02\/dj-black-coffee-accepts-altar-call-fans-celebrate-as-video-goes-viral.html","title":{"rendered":"DJ Black Coffee Accepts Altar Call, Fans Celebrate As Video Goes Viral"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_33011\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-33011\" style=\"width: 885px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/87\/2024\/02\/dj-black-coffee-credit-steven-pisano-flickr.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-33011\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/87\/2024\/02\/dj-black-coffee-credit-steven-pisano-flickr.png\" alt=\"dj black coffee\" width=\"885\" height=\"622\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-33011\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Steven Pisano\/Flickr<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Grammy-Award-winning South African DJ Black Coffee is making international headlines after a video showing him responding to an altar call at a church service went viral. Days before the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MDNnewss\/status\/1759458863080714387?s=20\">video of him accepting the altar call went viral<\/a>, the 47-year-old, whose real name is Nkosinathi Maphumulo, shared a message with fans on Instagram after he sustained injuries during a flight en route to Mar Del Plata, Argentina, where he was scheduled to perform a show.<\/p>\n<p>He wrote, &#8220;Thank you for respecting my privacy during an intimate and enlightening moment in my life. I&#8217;ve taken this time to recover and take some much-needed time off at home, healing with my family by my side. It&#8217;s been rejuvenating on a handful of levels. I can&#8217;t wait to be back on the dance floor with you all very, very soon. I&#8217;m thankful to the merciful God for giving me yet another chance.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/C3IdxJ0Ih2G\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div style=\"padding: 16px;\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 19% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;\">View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; height: 12.5px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto;\">\n<div style=\"width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\"><a style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/C3IdxJ0Ih2G\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A post shared by Black Coffee (@realblackcoffee)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>One\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Mickzo\/status\/1759511953481867631?s=20\">commenter on X<\/a>\u00a0who responded to the DJ accepting the altar call wrote, &#8220;May the Good Lord Jesus Christ Fetch them One By One!&#8221; Others speculated that the recent spate of celebrities rededicating their lives to Christ or getting baptized (Kat Von D\u00a0and\u00a0Hulk Hogan, among others) might have something to do with the &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Ihhashi_Turkei\/status\/1759477568946737217?s=20\">end of days<\/a>.&#8221;\u00a0While some expressed happiness about his re-dedication of faith, others expressed skepticism.\u00a0One X user said, &#8220;Something weird is going on. &#8216;Celebrities&#8217; dedicating themselves to God on camera. I am not buying any of this. None!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>According to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.citizen.co.za\/entertainment\/celebrity-news\/watch-black-coffee-allegedly-gives-his-life-to-jesus-christ\/\">The Citizen<\/a>, another person questioned why the personal nature and sensitivity of an altar call was broadcast on social media: &#8220;Altar call was supposed to be a moment between him and God, yet someone saw it befitting to do this at that moment? &#8230; People are celebrating a soul for God, and you thought let me capture a celebrity? Strange behavior while in &#8216;Spirit.'&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In 1990, while he was part of a street party celebrating the release of Nelson Mandela from prison, a driver ran into Maphumulo and other pedestrians. The injury left him unable to use his left arm. In more recent years, Black Coffee has made headlines for his<a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeslive.co.za\/tshisa-live\/tshisa-live\/2019-12-24-timeline-inside-enhle-mbali-and-black-coffees-split\/#google_vignette\">\u00a0divorce<\/a>, marital\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.snl24.com\/drum\/celebs\/black-coffee-accused-of-cheating-on-enhle-mbali-again-20190628\">affairs<\/a>, and an accusation of assault by his ex-wife, Enhle Mbali, which he\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RealBlackCoffee\/status\/1381866132123095041?s=20\">denied<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Grammy-Award-winning South African DJ Black Coffee is making international headlines after a video showing him responding to an altar call at a church service went viral. 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