DJ Greg G Greg G keeps the parties live in Orlando. In addition to his full club schedule, he’s also making beats now and plans to start showcasing them on mixtapes next year. This Florida Classic Weekend if you’re not at a Greg G party, you’re probably in the wrong place. What’s your current DJing schedule? I do Antigua on Tuesdays with Power 95.3. That’s the biggest Tuesday party in the city. Wednesday we do Cleo’s, it’s like an industry party. Thursday I’m at Limelight downtown. It’s the biggest party on Thursday. Saturday I’m still at Icon. Do you still make mixtapes? I used to do the Street Heat series. I took a break from mixtapes for a minute to get into production. I’m pushing my beats right now. I’ll probably start making tapes again early next year to show people what I’ve been doing with the beats. What made the DJ game appealing to you? How did you get started? I always loved music since I was a kid. I been an entrepreneur at heart so I put it all together. Back in the day I started interning at 102 Jamz. That was back when Cedric Hollywood was there, and he took me under his wing and showed me how to get money. I started off as a promoter and got into DJing kinda by accident. Some of my DJs had quit on me when I was throwing parties. That’s how I got into it. Being a tastemaker of music in Orlando, who do you think are some of the hottest artists being played? As of late, there’s a lot of Orlando records heavy in the clubs. Not to say there didn’t used to be, TREAL and them had a bunch of records. But I notice now there’s a lot of different artists. PI Bang always has a hot single out, right now “Maserati Dreams” is running the club. Lil Wop has “Pimp Shit.” Kevin Cossom has went national now and we running his song heavy in the club “Baby I Like It.” We got artists like Atiba and Slim Goodie. Lil Kee, Strizzo and Javon Black in Tampa have the hit “Buss It Wide Open.” As far as national artists, anything Jeezy, Gucci, is real heavy. Travis Porter’s “Make It
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Rain” is real big. Where do you see the trends going in rap music? I can’t even call it right now. As far as mainstream rap, it seems to be a lot of hip hop mixing with dance, house, techno music. As far as the streets go, I don’t think things are really gonna change much. There’s a big difference in what Will.I.Am is doing from what Waka Flocka is doing. I think we’re always gonna have our hardcore street rap. I think things are going back to how they were when it first started – when I first started, a majority of the clubs was playing techno and house, and a minority was playing hip hop. I think it’ll go back to that. Do you have anything going on FL Classic weekend? Friday I’m at the car show they’re doing by Magic Mall with Brisco and them I think. At night, every Friday and Saturday I’m always at Icon. Sunday I’m DJing at the Gucci Mane show at Club LAX, formerly Club Destiny. How can people get in touch with you for booking or beats? DJGregG.com and Twitter.com/GregGodzilla. My email is djgregg@gmail.com. Logon to the site, I got beats up for sale. If you need production holla at me.