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