Where are you from originally? I was born in Ft. Lauderdale, raised in Palm Beach County and I live in Orlando. I guess I’m from Palm Beach County; that’s what I claim. What were some of the most memorable events you provided music at? I think the car show during last year’s Florida Classic was one of the most memorable. That was a good one with DJ Q45. I did a step show two years ago with about 4,000 people. Me and Lil Duval were cracking back and forth on each other.
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Where will you be DJing during the Florida Classic this year? We’re doing the Karma Corner with Whilin Entertainment. I believe it’s on Saturday. We have a few other things on the table that we’re negotiating.
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J Slym has been making his mark in the world of DJing for several years now. As a club and mixtape DJ, Slym heavily promotes up-and-coming artists, especially those of Haitian decent. With a unique niche in his field, Slym is on the rise in Central Florida. You’ve been working on your mixtape game lately. What do you have in the works? I just put out a mixtape called So Mufuckin Florida. It’s a series. I drop one every month with Florida artists that have hot music. The last one featured a little bit of hosting by BloodRaw. The next one is gonna be hosted by Haitian Fresh or Papa Duck. Those are promotional for the Florida artists. The Street Buzz mixtape series is for every artist. The slogan for that is, “If you don’t have a Street Buzz mixtape then you don’t have a street buzz”. How do you represent for your fellow Haitians? I got the Haitians in Hip Hop mixtape about to come out featuring Redd Eyezz, Papa Duck, Haitian Fresh and Mecca. That’s basically to showcase Haitians that are doing it big in the Hip Hop game. I got Jacki-O on there; she’s half Haitian. I got Joe Hound on there also. Any Haitian artists that are making noise can send me their music and I’ll throw them on there. 10 | OZONE
Besides Whilin Entertainment, do you have any other DJ affiliations? Clientell Family, Mo Muzik Ent, Hard Hat Productions, Supreme Team DJs, Hittmenn DJs and a couple of others. How did you become involved in the entertainment business? What made you interested in it? My love of music. I love music. I wanted to learn about it more and see where I could take this music thing. That’s why I jumped in the industry. What has been the most challenging part of getting your foot in the door as a DJ? My biggest challenge is that I get involved in doing so much for other people that I don’t really focus on myself. I try to help everybody else win thinking I’m probably going to win too once I help them win. But it never happens like that. I’ve been there for everybody else but everybody else isn’t really helping me. Where would you like to see yourself in the next few years? I wanna be one of those cats like Khaled, or even bigger than Khaled. I want to sell millions of records. I plan on dropping a single within the next month. I just want to keep promoting the mixtape series and let people see that I have the #1 mixtape series in the streets. If you listen to everybody else’s mixtape, they don’t put as much work into the mixtapes as I do, you know chopping ‘em up with the drops and everything. The quality of my mixtapes and the amount of work I put in makes me different from other DJs. Do you want to give out any contact info or website? You can reach me at 407-470-5820 or DJSlymOrlando@gmail.com. // Words: Ms. Rivercity Photo: D Suave