He
is one of Nigeria’s high-flying deejays. With a master’s degree in
finance, DJ Caise reveals why he had to forgo a white collar job for
music
Where did you get the alias, DJ Caise from?
My real name is Derin Phillips and I got
the alias from a friend who thought I was a crazy disc jockey. Caise is
the French word for money box.
Where and how did you catch the music bug?
I have always been a music head. I was a
choir member at my church and I was always the guy in class that always
made a lot of noise singing and rapping. When I got to the Reading
University in the United Kingdom, I started work as a disc jockey while
studying for my BSc Economics and MSc Finance. I guess music has always
been a huge part of my life. I could not even fight off my love for
music even if I tried.
