DJ SKEE TURF – Los Angeles HANDLE – “I was tryna figure out a DJ name for the radio and I just saw my name (Scott Keeney) sittin’ there and I just took the first four letters and dropped the rest.” STATUS – official mixtape DJ for THE Game, CEO of SK Consulting
DJ FRANZEN TURF - born in the Bay Area, now spinning on Hot 97.5 in Vegas STATUS - known for breaking Bay Area artists and introducing the hyphy movement to Las Vegas, where he’s held it down since the station’s inception five years ago. ROOTS - started as an intern at fourteen and worked his way into a position at KMEL (number four market). By sixteen he had his own air show and earned the highest ratings for a night show before bolting for Vegas.
GAMETIME – was working at Loud Records as an intern and met The Game. “I saw his talent and he saw some of the stuff I was doing and we’ve been rocking ever since.” MOST MEMORABLE GAME MOMENT – “It had to be the one with ‘300 Bars.’ That’s the one that took it to the next level, especially in my career with the mixtapes and all.” GRIND – mobile TV Network, “SKEE TV,” marketing consultant for T-Mobile Sidekick, Chrysler (300, Dodge Magnum, etc.), former Marketing Director for SRC
spot on Sirius Satellite Radio – Hip Hop Nation (Sat. nights). HOOKUP – djskee.com, skeetv.com, myspace. com/djskee B BOY OR BAD BOY – “It’s crazy ‘cause I started off likin’ rock and all that underground shit, that whole New York vibe, but I’ve always been appreciative of everything. From the Cash Money heydays to classic West Coast – Dre, Snoop, Death Row, to everything. I’ve always appreciated all flavors of music and that goes beyond Hip Hop.” SKEE FOR PRESIDENT – “I want to eventually keep expanding my voice. It’s kinda crazy. You look at my Myspace, I’m like the number one rated Myspace page in terms of hits and all that shit, so I wanna keep gettin’ my voice bigger and bigger with some TV shit and the syndication shit. I wanna use the power that I acquire to eventually go into politics and do stuff like that so I can actually make a change. Honestly, my goal is to be the President. I still got a ways to go, but that’s what I’m shootin’ for.”
HIS-STORY – started off on radio at 16 in Minneapolis and moved to Los Angeles to work with Steve Rifkind a year later at Loud. Eventually landed a
HOOKUP - www.myspace.com/djfranzen LAS BAYGAS - “I brought [the Bay] out here to Vegas and a lot of people adapted to it. It works in the club because it’s high energy music and when people are on the dance floor they’re having fun with it. I’m one of the first DJs to break Bay Area records in the Bay Area. When I first got my break in radio, that’s what I always wanted to do so that’s what I represent. But yeah, people out here [in Vegas] like it too.” THA LV BRAND - “There’s a nice local scene out here but it’s hard to get on the radio cause of all the politics. If you’ve been in the business for a long time, you know about the politics in radio. I’ve been trying to get a local show on forever, but it seems like it’s not working. As far as the local artists, you got Trigga – he’s very well known. Steve Rock - he’s a producer, artist, and lyricist and there’s a guy named Wease Mac who’s well known, too. There’s a local scene here but it’s not as strong as it should be.” FROM THE GROUND UP - “You got to start out with the streets first. Go to barbershops, mom and pop stores, malls, get on Myspace. Self promotion comes first. Certain artists put out a CD and automatically think it’s going to sell. That’s the wrong perception. You have to hit the streets and not just in your area. A lot of people in the Bay are satisfied with just getting played in the Bay Area. There’s so much more. You want to hit the major cities like Chicago, Miami, Detroit, New York, Atlanta, Houston, L.A., Phoenix, all the big markets. That’s the best promotion there is.” THE FUTURE - “I see myself using my connections to get more behind the scenes. I produce music as well. I want to be an A&R and find a platinum hip-hop or R&B artist. I want to A&R for someone and help executive produce their album.” Words: Ms. Rivercity
DJ Moe 1 TURF – Tha Bay – born in San Francisco, moved to Richmond in 1992 FAMILY TIES – DJ Juice’s younger brother IN THE GAME – 11 years, been deejaying since his youth, inspired by big bruh - “We grew up in a small house and the turntables were in a mutual spot, which was the living room, but he gave me the green light. He was like, ‘Fuck wit it, but don’t fuck it up’.” CLICK – Double Impact Productions CATCH ME IN THE CLUB – 17, Jeffry’s, Mingles (before it shut down) 330 Ritch, Glas Kat HOOKUP – djmoe1.com, myspace.com/djmoe1 SIDE HUSTLE – PRODUCTION - “I like working behind the boards. My ultimate goal is to smash out some platinum beats. I’m tryna get to that level.” PRODUCT – The Chosen One, R&B series – Hot & Wet, Old School Hip Hop Classics, Slow Jams Mixtape Series, Bay exclusives with Jimmie Reign, Mistah FAB and various underground artists. “The
mixtapes definitely got me out of my region. The clubs, people know me for that, but I think outside of The Bay, people know me for the mixtapes. That definitely got me poppin’. I owe a lot to the mixtape game.” BRAGGING RIGHTS – Juice, who is widely acknowledged as the Bay Area Mixtape King, has gone on record as saying Moe 1 is more skilled than him. “He says that, but I don’t know. I think we kinda different. He likes to do a little bit of mixing and I like to scratch and do all kinds of other crazy shit too.” SATISFACTION GUARANTEED – “You wanna come to a DJ Moe1 party ‘cause you’re definitely going to have fun. I get the crowd involved. It don’t matter who’s in there, you’re going to feel like a superstar when you leave the party.” DEXTERITY – “I’m a party rocker and a mixtape DJ and that’s kinda rare. A lot of DJs do the mixtapes and they don’t do the parties, but I do it all. I get down on the party. I really know how to rock a party. I get on the mic. I know how to talk to people and get the party goin’ and on the mixtape side I get real creative with it. My whole thing is being creative with the cuttin’ and scratchin’ and the blends. I might talk a little, but I like to let the mixes do the talking.” OZONE WEST // 19