A 13-year-old girl is living out loud as she likes to DJ. The girl goes by the name DJ Young 1. The
Culver Middle School first got her skills from playing the game DJ Hero.
DJ Young 1 says,
“I used to play that a lot. My mom was like, ‘Jeez, you’re really good. You’re beating the whole entire game.’ Of course, it’s not like real life deejaying. But it’s somewhat similar to it. I was really good at it. So we went to the Scratch DJ Academy located in West LA. DJ Hoppa, Chock, Fortified, Rob Shot—all these legendary deejays are the people that were my teachers. I went there for a year and a half and graduated at 10-years-old, almost about to turn 11.”
The young girl went on “America’s Got Talent,” and caught the eye of someone really big. That person was President Obama. Obama invited her to spin at the 2014 Easter Egg Roll that had about 30,000 people there. Young 1 also got big radio break after her mother heard about Real’s LA launch and got a chance to pitch her to Big Boy. She says,
“Big Boy was like skeptical about it because there weren’t any 12-year-old deejays [but] exchanged information with my mother. He gave me [Doc Wynter’s] information and that’s when I came over here. He was like, ‘Why don’t you go in the studio, show us what you can do for a little bit and we’ll discuss it after’. Maybe about an hour and 30 minutes later, we got the job. I was excited. I got hired in April 2015. Ever since then I’ve been at the station.”
What a awesome opportunity for just a 13-year-old! Young 1 went on to say,
“I express my feelings on the turntables through music. That’s what I like to do and I like to inspire other people by them listening to me on the airwaves. Hopefully I can take that to the next level and become a radio jock. For now, I’m happy and appreciative for everything I’ve done since I’ve been here. I want to thank everyone on the team because they’re the people that not only with just radio station, but actually helped me through my life. They’ll sit down and talk to me about school or whatever, advice.”
The young DJ went on to say,
“For those that are watching this. If you want to achieve something, don’t be afraid to do it. It doesn’t take age or wisdom. There’s no requirements to doing what you love.”
Source: HipHopDX
