Some people don’t have to try, they just do. That’s Stu Machinya, better known as Stunna, the Cape Town-based triple-threat creative: renowned DJ, acclaimed model, and fashion designer at luxe label Lavender Swan.

Her romance with music began in 2016 while serving the modelling scene in Kuala Lumpur. She walked K L Fashion Week by day and played the Formula 1 after party by night. And just like that her runway model-cum-artiste extraordinaire stage presence, coupled with an inborn finesse for mixing, carved her a spot on the musical map the industry has been forced to reckon with ever since.

From owning the Singapore mainstream with a mashup of house, hip-hop, and RnB throughout 2017, she moved onto nurturing a more underground sound in the realms of house and tech house. From clubs to corporate, she solidified herself as a purveyor of pure vibes and versatile sounds for the broadest of audiences.

Since being back on home soil in the Mothercity, Stunna has established herself as an unrivalled vixen of the decks with a crowd-pulling energy that has lit the life and soul of coveted institutions like Souk and COCO Nightclub, as well as Kove Collection’s The Bay Hotel and Bungalow.

Other stand-out gigs include The 2022 Coca-Cola Gala Dinner and The Art & Opulence Zeitz Mocca Gala Party by GUCCI. Put plainly: there’s simply no stage Stunna can’t slay.