DJ Tira Gets Roasted for Acting Young: “Tira Has Been Grooving for Decades Now”

DJ Tira Gets Roasted for Acting Young: “Tira Has Been Grooving for Decades Now”

  • South African Kwaito star DJ Tira recently got roasted by fans for acting like a young person
  • An online user posted a video of the star outside a garage showing off his new dance moves on social media
  • Many netizens flooded the comment section with their reactions to DJ Tira's new video

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Netizens reacted to DJ Tira not wanting to act his age
DJ Tira showed off his new dance moves. Image: Siyabonga Sokhela/Gallo Images via Getty Images
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Bathong, DJ Tira found himself being dragged by netizens on social media for not wanting to act his age.

On Sunday, 28 September 2025, an online user @ApheleleJody posted a video of the star showing off his dance moves at an unknown garage. However, the social media user didn't stop from roasting the star for not wanting to grow up and always acting as if he is still a young man.

This video was posted months after his son Samkelo Shezi admitted that he went broke just after paying lobola for his lover Mbali in May 2025.

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Netizens react to DJ Tira being roasted for acting young

Shortly after the online user roasted DJ Tira on social media, many peeps flooded the comment section with their reations to the star being dragged for acting younger than his age. Here's what they had to say below:

@manhla said:

"Lol ayyy he wishes he can turn back the hands if time."

@FAQJUUZ wrote:

"Y'all like to sleep that's why you're broke. He literally makes money from it. His kids are sorted because of it."

@Uncensored_Rza commented:

"Forget it! 70's gang doesn't age nor get tired-this is a blessed generation."

@bradzxcaprio responded:

"Tira has been grooving for decades now, Big Nuz is done for but he’s still outside."

@nyambose____ replied:

"It's actually quite cool how he's this grown but still manages to do the things he does."

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@missjolis mentioned:

"His dancing skills got so much better, shout out, he used to dance so awkwardly-actually getting better with age."

@djkingstuz shared:

"There is more than enough lalaring to be done when you're dead in the grave.. Right now let the man live and enjoy life."
Netizens reacted to DJ Tira being roasted on social media
DJ Tira was roasted for always acting like young man. Image: Oupa Bopape/Gallo Images via Getty Images
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Who is DJ Tira?

DJ Tira is a South African DJ, music producer, and businessman known for changing the Kwaito and Gqom music styles. He started working as a DJ in 1996 and has since put out many popular songs and albums.

As the founder of Afrotainment, he has helped many famous artists get their start. Over the years, he has won many awards and worked with musicians from South Africa and other countries.

Fans react to viral pic of DJ Tira and his two sons

Briefly News previously reported that award-winning musician and businessman DJ Tira recently spent quality time with his two boys, Tank and King Chase. Social media users could not get enough of the father's striking resemblance to his sons.

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Anyone who follows DJ Tira knows he is a family man. The proud father always flaunts his wife, Gugu, and their three children on social media. A picture of the Thank You Mr DJ hitmaker hanging out with his two sons, Tank and King Chase, has gone viral on social media.

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Mbali Tebele (Entertainment Editor) Mbali Tebele is a senior entertainment writer at Briefly News (joined 2023) with eight years of experience. She is a Journalism graduate from IIE Rosebank College (2018). She started her career in 2018 as a news writer, then moved to Add-X Marketing Solution as an account coordinator & social media assistant (2020). She was a freelance writer at Newskoop (2021) and a multimedia journalist and social media assistant at Daily Sun Newspaper (2022). Email: mbali.tebele@briefly.co.za

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