Risky Medicine

Risky Medicine, aka Big Kongzilla, aka The Light Fantastic, aka uThayela Mandela, aka the Gqom Don Dadda was born David Kay in Kingston, Jamaica. As a teenager, he took an interest in turntablism and joined his high school friends as a DJ and curator for the online radio station, NNG Radio. After the NNG crow dispersed to different countries, David made his home in the cultural and sonic melting pot that is Toronto, and broadened his musical horizons to encompass the world of global electronic music sounds. In the pandemic, he started his own online radio show Nctrnlly Radio, featuring local DJs and artists such as Martinses, Razaq El Toro, Sarah Jane Riegler, Chlz and many more. Soon after after experimenting amongst his musical cohorts, and contemplating an identity, he donned the Risky Medicine moniker (from a conversation with a local icon) and taking inspiration from witch doctors and spiritual healers across diasporic folklore and culture, set out to deliver hard hitting, hedonistic rhythms to dancefloors across the city. Having played for collectives and events like Afrique Like Me, Nomada Project, Krampus Ball, Kinetic and many more, Toronto's dancefloors have become his operating table, and he delivers often.