Kid Fonque

Kid Fonque is a versatile DJ, producer, label owner, and radio host hailing from Johannesburg, South Africa. Renowned for his boundary-pushing taste and deep commitment to musical diversity, Kid Fonque—real name Allan Nicoll—has played a vital role in shaping South Africa’s electronic music landscape since the early 2000s. Growing from his roots as a hip-hop and funk DJ, he quickly established himself as a tastemaker with a flair for genre-blending sets that uniquely fuse house, jazz, broken beat, bass, and everything in between.

Through his acclaimed label STYTRU (Stay True Sounds), Kid Fonque has helped launch and nurture some of the country’s brightest talents, while his influential “Selective Styles” radio show on 5FM has introduced fresh, innovative sounds to a broad national audience. Both locally and abroad, Kid Fonque is celebrated for his forward-thinking approach and his mission to elevate South African music to an international platform, championing authenticity, versatility, and unity through sound.