Last month, social media celebrated National DJ Day. What, indeed, is a DJ? A disc jockey. Someone who spins records. It’s all I have ever wanted to do with my life!
My parents set up two turntables, a microphone, and a tape deck for me when I was just a preschooler, which fed my lifelong passion.
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