Oh, did you know…?” Because I read that stuff in The Source or Rolling Stone. I’m going to work in entertainment.” They’d say, “You can do it!” I was always the person telling them what to get on. I used to say to people, “I’m going to work in music. Took that energy into FAM, all of that shapes you over time. It felt attainable to me, being at those shows. I met them at what we call the strip in Daytona Beach, right there. I met Biggie, Diddy, Redman, Method Man, Outkast. We knew what hotel they’d stay in, so me and my friends would sneak in. That’s when I first felt it was attainable.
We’d skip school, sneak and go to all those shows. MTV and BET’s heyday was at that time, so they’d come down to Daytona. People really coming to my city to have a good time. I’m from Florida, Daytona Beach, so I grew up around spring break and NASCAR. I knew then, I was going to do entertainment, but I had to find a way in. I watched the AI DJ trailer and loved the nostalgia part.
It all ties together: b-boying, graffiti, all of it.
I wanted people to feel the way I felt when I heard those mixtapes. Even when this project came, I’m thinking about all the great DJs. I bring it to everything I do, I don’t try to separate it. We got something dope coming up in August, but just to have the honor to do that. I’m excited because I’m guest curator for Lincoln Center for the Hip-Hop 50th anniversary concert. It’s the last original American art form that went out in the world, it moves the world. Because I will read all those credits, and that put me on a path to knowing I can have a career in this. That helped me to know you can be in front of the camera, in front of the mic, behind the mic, all these different jobs in the industry. I used to look in The Source for all that. There’s a line Posdnuos says: “every word I would say should be a Hip-Hop quotable.” That was a Hip-Hop quotable! That’s so dope they said that, and made it a Hip-Hop quotable. There’s a verse that both Posdnuos and rest in peace, Dave Trugoy said. I think Stakes Is High got four mics? But that really should have been five mics, at least four and half.ĭe La Soul’s Stakes Is High, title track off the album. I was going through my mind, trying to remember how many mics some of the albums got. For example, when De La Soul’s catalog came back on streaming. Hip-Hop grabbed me.Ĭome on now, five mics was everything! Some of the reviews are etched on my brain. There’s a big old record player behind me. I have these huge headphones on, you can see me singing/commentating to the music. I have this little short set on, my feet don’t touch the ground. My favorite picture that my mom has, I’m three years old. I want people to feel seen and heard.įrom birth. Hosting, being the voice of AI DJ, I want to make real lasting connections with people. I get a sense of purpose from that, so I bring that into everything I do. I try to be my unapologetic self, and just make connections with people. I try to treat people as well as I possibly can. Read below as we discuss his love for Hip-Hop and The Source, his journey to Spotify, assisting for Diddy, the new AI DJ feature, and more! DJ TTSPlayer The Source spoke with X at the Spotify offices in downtown Los Angeles, during their Stream On 2023 event for creators.
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