According to Sunday World, the murdered DJ’s business partner, Kagiso Setsetse, has kicked Koketso and his mother put of Ayepyep – the nightclub he co-owned with DJ Sumbody whose real name was Oupa John Sefoka. The Suk’Emabhozeni producer was gunned down along with one of his bodyguards in a hail of bullets in Woodmead, Johannesburg, while on their way to a gig on 20 November last year. A few weeks after, according to Koketso, Setsetse turned on him and said he doesn’t trust him. He says this was after he asked Setsetse to give his mother all information about the ownership of Ayepyep as she was appointed the executrix of the estate and they wanted him to buy them out.

“Setsetse is not what he portrays himself to be, and he’s got his reasons for leaving South Africa,” Koketso said. Setsetse and his entire family have reportedly relocated to the United Arab Emirates, citing unsafety as his reasons. “I don’t know what’s going on in the business. I have faced a barrage of intimidation and harassment from him. His lawyers sent me letters telling me to stay away from the business, and I did that,” he said. 

DJ Sumbody’s family say that Setsetse claims to be the sole owner of Ayepyep, which also has a Cape Town branch. However, Setsetse denied the claim. He said he owned 50% of the popular establishment. “We have a shareholders agreement which dictates the succession and that my late partner’s shares are with the estate and the executor is a family member,” said Setsetse. With regards to police updates on his brother’s murder, as no arrests have been announced, Koketso says that their last update from the police was in April.

During DJ Sumbody’s memorial service last year, Setsetse spoke fondly of his friend of over 22 years. He told mourners at the time that they founded Ayepyep Lifestyle Lounge in 2016 and it was the late DJ who suggested the name. “I trusted his judgment. It was my last money and I have kids. We had to borrow money from family because we didn’t have enough,” Setsetse said. On his friend’s death he said: “Each morning I wake up and I pinch myself because I keep wanting to wake up from that bad dream. “Things will never be the same, we will be there and carry the legacy but the reality is that it’ll never be the same.”