Family, friends and industry colleagues gathered at the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Rosebank, Johannesburg for the funeral of Warrick “DJ Warras” Stock.
The 40-year-old media personality was gunned down on December 16 in the Johannesburg Central Business District (CBD).
Former colleague and friend Sphe “DJ Sphectecular” Ngwenya says it’s disheartening that DJ Warras had to be killed in a brutal manner.
“He said the things that we really found and struggled to find the words to say, but he was that guy that was the voice. So, it’s definitely a sad loss for all of us,” says Ngwenya.
The priest presiding over the service reminded mourners that Stock had been baptised into Christ and confirmed in the Catholic Church.
A eulogy delivered by a childhood friend, Arnold Eckersley, who had known Stock for more than 30 years, painted a vivid picture of the man behind the DJ persona.
“Warik deeply, deeply respected and loved his family. He loved his boys, and he lived for them. They were his pride, his purpose, and the centre of everything he did,” Eckersley said.
Eckersley recalled their upbringing in the small KwaZulu-Natal town of Vryheid, long before the stages and microphones.
“We grew up climbing mulberry trees, riding bikes through long school holidays, and having endless sleepovers, filled with trips to the arcade games in town, always with plenty of laughter and always with plenty of jokes,” the friend shared.
DJ Warras’s sister, Nicole Stock, says the family is not focused on assigning blame for his death.
This follows confirmation that two suspects have been arrested in connection with the murder.
Nicole described DJ Warras as the light of their family, “It is sad, it’s somber, he was the life of the house. He was the light, the energy. He was this little tsunami that used to come in, so that noise and that bubbliness and that energy is gone.”
The priest reflected on Stock’s life being tragically taken at the age of 40 and noted the many lives he touched.
DJ Warras will be cremated on Wednesday during a private ceremony.
“He touched many lives. You certainly lived a full life,” he said.
The priest challenged mourners to reflect on their own lives, urging people not to take life for granted.
“Live each day as if it were your last. And that way we’ll recognise and appreciate what is most important in life. And that is family and friends and our relationship with God,” he said.
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