A moment that happened to me in college was my dad passing away. My dad was really into a lot of music. Growing up, we were always around music and we knew so much about it that when he passed away, I was DJing at the time. My dad bought me my first set of turntables.

After he passed, I said, “You know what? I know my dad would want me to really go extra hard with doing this DJ thing.” And that’s what really motivated me in sculpting me into becoming the DJ I am today.

My father was part of a local rap group in Philadelphia called Grandmasters of Funk.  He worked with Jazzy Jeff. He also worked with another DJ out here called Cosmic Kev. He was one of the bigger rappers out here in Philly on the local scene.

Growing up, we were always listening and watching videotapes of his old performances. We heard all kinds of music and different DJs.

When I was in high school, I was into a lot of other instruments before I got into DJing.  I played the flute for years and played around with the drums for a little bit.  Then, DJing was the next thing I wanted to get into. My dad influenced us to do all of the music that we did.

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