Curious about emerging within music, DJ Derekz, decided to join his brother, Flavour of Africa, who at the time was honing in on his musical talent, regularly performing at local bars. DJ Derekz envisioned one day he would be performing just like his brother.

Being one to strike whilst the iron is hot, DJ Derekz invested in a used compact disc player and DJ mixes and would play a selection of mixes in the DJ corner after his brother's performances.

DJ Derekz soon built a strong following, with club and bar revelers requesting special mixes. This encouraged him to save more funds, which enabled him to buy a used professional DJ mixer, from friend and popular DJ personality at the time, DJ Bala. From here, DJ Derekz performed sets at small gigs, under the mentorship of his brother.