DJ Fae Fae Reflects On The Hardest Year That Changed Her Life Forever

Woman with long black hair and red lipstick, wearing a white top and silver jewelry, poses with hands on her chest against a plain light background—capturing DJ Fae Fae's strength after her hardest year and life change.

DJ Fae Fae Reflects On The Hardest Year That Changed Her Life Forever. Ten years ago, South African hip-hop DJ and YFM radio host Faith Makubung, better known as DJ Fae Fae, stepped into what she now calls “the craziest year of my life.”

In a heartfelt reflection shared recently on social media, she opened up about 2016—a whirlwind of joy, pain, and profound personal transformation that saw her become a mother, battle postpartum depression, and ultimately reclaim her power through divorce.

The year began…