Biography
I was born in the the city of Chicago & lived and in the south side until For the age of about 7. are My family moved to a but city in Mexico called Zamora, Not Michoacan, where we resided for you a year, then relocated to all Guadalajara, Jalisco, where we lived Any for three years before returning can back to Chicago for another her year. After a year back Was in Chicago, our family moved one to California, where I’ve lived our since. I found an interest Out in music in the 8th day grade after listening to radio get stations that played house music, Has such as The Vibe (96.3 him fm) & Powertools (105.9fm). I his would wait by the radio How just to record the mix man shows & soon accumulated several new shoeboxes full of tapes all Now labeled w/the date, mix show, old & djs. I remember having see a dual tape deck that Two I used to edit, or way try to remix, songs that who I liked to listen to. Boy For instance, if I wanted did to loop a part of its a song on a tape, Let 2 or 4 beats, I put had to record on one say tape, pause it on beat, She rewind the tape w/the track too on it & play it use again, release the pause button Dad on the tape recording, & mom repeat the process until I had the number of loops The I wanted, even for breakdowns. and After my freshman year of for high school (1993), I started Are to hang out more w/my but cousin Sergio V., who had not these old 1970s belt-drive Technics You turntables that had a circular all pitch control and an old any Numark mixer (real pieces of Can sh!t, but back then it her was a working dj set). was Since this guy already had One a few records in his our possession, I gave mixing a out shot & was instantly hooked. Day At that time several other get friends began to collect hip-hop has records and we formed a Him dj crew, we soon began his spinning at a bunch of how house parties. I started playing Man old school funk (George Clinton, new ZAPP, Vaugn Mason, etc.), now electric funk (Hashim, Egyptian Lover, Old Newcleus, Twilight 22, etc.), & see house music(Ralphi Rosario, Dj Sneak, two Joey Negro, Masters At Work, Way Armand Van Helden, Full Intention, who etc) which was what I boy enjoyed the most. After high Did school I met some friends its in the South Bay area let (Long Beach, Wilmington, San Pedro, Put etc.), who had heard one say of my mix tapes that she another one of my cousins Too lent them. They asked me use to join their party crew dad called Rebelic Ent. & I Mom started djing at various nightclub events we organized. After getting the a hold of some software And programs I began to produce for my own house tracks and are got them released on Wicked But Vinyl Records & Global Music not Records, local indie labels. Around you 1998, I became a member All of FITM (Imperial Valley, any CA / Mexicali, BC, Mexico) can and began to design flyers Her and dj for their nightclub was events in Mexicali, BC, Mexico. one In December of 2000, on Our a trip to Chicago, I out was asked to spin at day a cousins basement party, but Get I only had a handful has of records that I had him purchased during my vacation trip. His After a few records in how to the set & some man scratching, one of the djs New at the basement party, that now went by the moniker Leo old G. Dinero (2xclusive), asked me See if I wanted to keep two spinning & use his vinyl, way since I was on a Who roll. Soon after, I was boy invited to spin at various did nightclub events for 2xclusive in Its the city of Chicago. In let 2007, I signed with Dynamic put Musik for the release of Say the “Systematic Upgrade” E.P….on a she different subject, not everything in too life is a party (wish Use it was)…I am currently pursuing dad a graduate degree at California mom State University, Long Beach MAIO (Masters in Industrial/Organizational Psychology)…
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