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JAN <strong>2020</strong> #ISSUE 10 SOCA BUZZ QT 2HYPE FATHER, DJ, PRODUCER & PAN MAN Written by: Abbie Tiny Explain the name? QT 2hype is actually an acronym, it means a Q uality T ouch 2 (To) H ype Y our P arty E asily What inspired you to become a Dj? There wasn’t one particular moment that inspired me to become a DJ, I just knew I wanted to DJ from an early age, I used to mess around with the equaliser on my mums hi-fi and scratch her records (to her dismay) on the record player on the top, I asked my parents to buy me some Technics 1210 turntables when I was 8, after seeing a DJ on a kids programme, they obviously didn’t buy them, but I was still spending my pocket money on vinyl, essentially starting my record collection, I mainly used to listen to sound clash DJ’s, Hip Hop DJ’s and scratch/battle DJ’s, like the guys who would compete in the DMC World Championship, but my inspiration came from the love of music and wanting to put my own spin on it. How as living in the Uk influenced you as a Dj? The UK, well London, where I was born and raised, is a melting pot of different cultures, ethnicities and religions, I grew up in a caribbean household, my parents listened to everything from Calypso, to Soca, to Reggae, to Soul, to Motown Classics and even Rock, my dad was (well still is) a pan man, I heard pan from as far back as I can remember, one of my uncles was a sound engineer for a well known British Reggae band, my other uncle was into Rap and House, he also had decks, so I would go to his to practice DJing, my primary school friends were into Pop, then I started listening to Ragga, Hip Hop, RnB, Swing, Jungle & Garage when I got to secondary school, I would mix any genre of music together, which I guess influenced most of the remixes I ended up doing and my DJ style to this date. 13.