Francois Van Coke, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Francois Van Coke

South African singer

Date of Birth: 18-Sep-1980

Place of Birth: Brakpan, Gauteng, South Africa

Profession: singer, guitarist

Nationality: South Africa

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

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About Francois Van Coke

  • Francois Badenhorst, better known by his stage name Francois Van Coke, rose to fame as the front man of South African rock bands Fokofpolisiekar and Van Coke Kartel.
  • On the 8 April 2015, Francois launched his self-titled debut solo album and kicked his solo career into gear with the release of – Toe Vind Ek Jou featuring Karen Zoid.
  • It was the first Afrikaans album and single to simultaneously jump to number one positions on the South African iTunes Store.
  • The song was downloaded more than 20,000 times on iTunes, achieving Platinum status as a single.
  • The music video for "Toe Vind Ek Jou" was viewed over a million times within six-month and was announced as the biggest Afrikaans music video of 2015.
  • His second album, Hierdie is die Lewe followed in 2017 and in 2018 he released a collab-EP, Francois van Coke en Vriende featuring collaborations with Die Heuwels Fantasties, Early B, Laudo Liebenberg and Jack Parow.
  • The first season of his TV show, Die Van Coke Show, aired in 2018.
  • His third solo album, Dagdrome in Suburbia, released in October 2019. Van Coke has always had an affinity for music.
  • Moving to Boston, Bellville, Western Cape in early childhood where he grew up, he participated in high school in a battle of the bands competition where he performed the vocals for the band.
  • He was later kicked out of the band, which put him off performing vocals for a while.
  • Van Coke's strong Christian upbringing (his father was a pastor) led him to create the Christian band AS180.
  • Van Coke established himself in the Bellville underground music scene by forming the band "A Guy Called Gerald", which later changed its name to "New World Inside".
  • Van Coke then co-founded the rock band Fokofpolisiekar.
  • The band was initially started as a joke to shock the widely conservative Afrikaans community.
  • Van Coke recalls that, "My mom cried for a day or two when she heard the name of the band".
  • After initial performances his father asked him to change his surname from "Badenhorst" to "Van Coke", as his father, being a minister, was receiving complaints about his son's performances from the local church-going community.

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