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DJ Cassidy

DJ Cassidy (Cassidy Durango Milton Willy Podell), American deejay and producer, DJed Obama's and Biden's inaugurations, created Pass the Mic, and conducted the 2024 DNC roll call.

DJ Coone

DJ Coone, also known as Coone, is the performance name of Koen Bauweraerts, a Belgian hardstyle DJ and producer from Turnhout who founded the Dirty Workz record label in 2006.

DJ Cuppy

DJ Cuppy (Florence Ifeoluwa Otedola, born 1992, Lagos) is a Nigerian DJ, producer, and philanthropist, daughter of Femi Otedola. Known for Neo-Afrobeats, House of Cuppy (2014), album Original Copy (2020), and the Cuppy Foundation's $17 million Gold Gala.

DJ Dag

DJ Dag (Dag Lerner, born 1960) is a German trance DJ and producer, best known as one half of the trance duo Dance 2 Trance with Jam El Mar.

DJ Deep

DJ Deep (Cyril Etienne des Rosaies) is a French DJ and producer in Paris's house and techno scene since the late 1980s, founder of the Deeply Rooted label.

DJ Firmeza

DJ Firmeza, also known as Fifaz, is the stage name of Cílio Pegado, a Portuguese DJ and producer of Angolan descent from Lisbon's Quinta do Mocho who makes batida.

DJ Godfather

DJ Godfather, real name Brian Jeffries, is an American DJ and record producer from Detroit and a driving force behind the city's ghettotech scene since the 1990s.

DJ Gordo (musician)

Gordo, born Diamanté Blackmon, is a Nicaraguan-born American DJ who performed as Carnage from 2012 to 2022 before shifting to house music and Drake collaborations.

DJ Haram

DJ Haram (Zubeyda Muzeyyen) is an American electronic music producer and anti-format DJ from New Jersey, based in Brooklyn, known for experimental bass and club music with Middle Eastern instrumentation.

DJ Heartstring

DJ Heartstring (DJ HEARTSTRING) are a Berlin duo, Jonas and Leo, active since 2021 playing self-named Trance Dance Music: fast trance, Eurodance, techno and pop blends at roughly 136-150 BPM, known for their Boiler Room AVA 2023 debut, Teenage Dreams events, and debut album Sentimental Ultra (2026).

DJ Hildegard

DJ Hildegard, born Sylvia Rathai, is a German house and techno DJ, producer, and radio host active since 1988, known as the "Godmother of House" and a vinyl loyalist.

DJ International Records

DJ International Records is a Chicago house label founded in 1985 by Rocky Jones and Benji Espinoza, one of two labels that dominated the rise of Chicago house.

DJ Isaac

DJ Isaac is the stage name of Roel Schutrups, a Dutch DJ and producer who broke through in 1990s gabber and hardcore and helped found hardstyle.

DJ Kent

DJ Kent is the stage name of Khensani Mabaso, a Soweto-born South African house DJ, producer, and songwriter who won multiple South African Music Awards and founded the label 88 Productions.

DJ Krust

DJ Krust, born Kirk George Thompson, is a Bristol drum and bass producer and DJ who co-founded Full Cycle Records with Roni Size and recorded the 1997 anthem "Warhead".

DJ Lag and OKZharp

DJ Lag and OKZharp are a duo of the Durban gqom producer DJ Lag and London-based South African producer OKZharp, who released the Steam Rooms EP on Hyperdub in 2019.

DJ Luian

DJ Luian (Luian Malavé Nieves, born 1990, Carolina, Puerto Rico) is a reggaeton and Latin trap producer who co-founded Hear This Music with Mambo Kingz, signed Bad Bunny in 2016, and produced "Mia" with Drake.

DJ Maphorisa

DJ Maphorisa (Themba Sonnyboy Sekowe, born 1987, Soshanguve, Pretoria) is a South African DJ and producer, also known as Madumane, co-producer of Drake's One Dance and one half of the amapiano duo Scorpion Kings with Kabza De Small.

DJ Marky & MC GQ

DJ Marky & MC GQ is the live billing under which Brazilian drum and bass DJ Marky (Marco Antonio da Silva) performs with English MC GQ, documented since 2007.

DJ Pierre

DJ Pierre, stage name of Nathaniel Pierre Jones, is an American house producer from Chicago, best known as a founding member of Phuture and co-creator of acid house.

DJ Qbert

DJ Qbert, stage name of Richard Quitevis, is a Filipino-American turntablist from San Francisco who won multiple DMC world titles in the early 1990s and pioneered the crab scratch.

DJ Rashad

DJ Rashad (Rashad Hanif Harden, 1979–2014) was a Chicago footwork and juke pioneer, DJ Spinn's partner in Ghettoteknitianz and Teklife, whose 2013 Hyperdub album Double Cup brought footwork worldwide.

DJ Sammy

DJ Sammy, born Sammy Bouriah in 1969, is a Spanish DJ and producer best known for the 2002 trance hit "Heaven", which topped the UK Singles Chart.

DJ Spinna

DJ Spinna, born Vincent Williams, is a Brooklyn-born DJ and producer active since the 1990s across hip-hop, house, and soul, known for the Wonder-Full Stevie Wonder tribute party.

DJ Sprinkles

DJ Sprinkles is the deep house DJ persona of Terre Thaemlitz, an American producer and cultural critic based in Japan, best known for the 2008 album Midtown 120 Blues.

DJ Stingray

DJ Stingray is the performing name of Sherard Ingram, an American techno DJ and producer from Detroit, founder of Urban Tribe and former Drexciya tour DJ.

DJ The Prophet (musician)

DJ The Prophet, born Dov J. Elkabas in 1968, is a Dutch hardcore and hardstyle DJ called the "Godfather of Hardstyle" and founder of Scantraxx Recordz.

DJ WEF (musician)

DJ WEF is the stage name of Wafae Kefi, a Dutch DJ born in 1994 who mixes hiphop, dancehall, afro, and house, and won FunX's Best DJ of the Year in 2020.

DJ YAGI

DJ YAGI is a Japanese psychedelic trance DJ and producer based in Niigata City, active since 2002 and a six-time performer at ULTRA JAPAN through 2025.

DJ Zinhle

DJ Zinhle, born Ntombezinhle Jiyane, is a South African house DJ, producer, and businesswoman from Dannhauser, KwaZulu-Natal, known for hits like "Umlilo" and Africa's number 1 female DJ.