radio six days a week and in the clubs three times a week. I got a mix CD coming up. I’m doing the Labor Day Community Car & Bike Show in 2006 behind the indoor flea market; that’s a citywide function. One thing I’m working on is music, too; I came out with a song called “Whoop,” featuring BSU. So you’re a rapper too? I don’t really rap, I just hype it up like Lil Jon. It’s basically my song but I just hype it up and do mic checking on the song. It’s kinda a club/dance song that’s blowing up in Tallahassee. Everybody’s on it, from college students to teens to grownups. It’s a real hot record. What’s your favorite style of music to play? Bass, down South music. But I could play anything. Since I’m on the radio, I play all kinds of music. White, black, Chinese, anything that’s real.
DJ LIL BOY Where are you from? Originally from Leon County, Tallahassee. How long have you been DJing? My dad was a DJ, so I started DJing at the age of the 6. I had some turntables on the floor when I was a kid. Now I’m 21, and I’ve been DJing on 102.3 for two and a half years. Wow! You started young. When did you start looking at DJing as a career? Career-wise I got serious when I was about twelve. I started doing birthday parties and DJing at local teen clubs like The Garden. So you were a popular guy in school. Oh, yeah. I was doing all the birthday parties and the little teen socials. That’s why they called me Lil Boy, cause I was always the smallest DJ and the youngest DJ. Do you have to play edited versions of songs for teen clubs? When you play for high school functions you have to play the clean version, but at regular parties we play the dirty version. These days, where do you DJ? I started doing regular clubs in Tallahassee like Floyd’s and Fat Tuesdays. Now I’m doing Chubby’s, I do a college night every week, and the high school stuff. I’m on the 20
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Are you restricted to a playlist when you mix on the radio? On the radio I have a lot of freedom. In the daytime it’s kinda restricted, but it’s basically whatever I wanna play. I’m starting to put my mixes on my website and do a lot of stuff over the internet. Are there any unsigned artists you see in Tallahassee that are ready to blow? Of course T-Pain already broke, so you can’t really say him. I could see the Nappy Headz or BSU going next. Do you think it’s easier to DJ in a smaller college town like Tallahassee? Nah, it’s harder. If you could DJ in Tallahassee, you could DJ anywhere. It’s harder because you’ve got people from all over, and you gotta cater to everybody and play some of everything. I play West coast, East coast, and down South. I mix it all up. Is it hard to get servicing from labels? In a way it’s hard, but since we’ve been getting #1 ratings for mixshow on the air down here in Tallahassee, so it’s kinda easy. It’s both. It’s a small city, but a lot of record labels that know about Tallahassee see our ratings and like our station. Do you think you’ll ever DJ a party with your dad? Nah, my dad probably only DJs one party a year. He gave that up. Do you want to give out any contact info? Check out my website, DJLilBoy.com. - Julia Beverly