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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 Marfox

DJ Marfox, born Marlon Silva in 1988, is a Lisbon-based DJ and producer of batida, a percussion-driven club style grown from Angolan kuduro in the city's outskirts.

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 Méndez

DJ Méndez (Leopoldo Jorge Méndez Alcayaga, born 1975) is a Chilean-Swedish DJ and singer whose debut Latino for Life sold over 300,000 copies; known for Estocolmo, Lady, and Mi Chile.

DJ Muggs

DJ Muggs (Lawrence Muggerud, born 1968) is the Queens-born, Los Angeles-based DJ and producer of Cypress Hill, founder of Soul Assassins, producer of "Jump Around" and "Check Yo Self," and GZA collaborator on Grandmasters.

DJ Ozma

DJ Ozma (DJオズマ) is a Japanese dance-pop persona played by Show Ayanocozey, leader of the rock band Kishidan, who debuted in 2006 and reached No. 4 on the Oricon chart.

DJ Patife

DJ Patife, born Wagner Borges Ribeiro de Souza in 1976 in São Paulo, is a Brazilian drum'n'bass DJ whose "Sambassim" remix was the first Brazilian drum'n'bass track on BBC radio, in 2000.

DJ Paul

DJ Paul (Paul Duane Beauregard), Memphis rapper, producer, and DJ; co-founder of Three 6 Mafia with Juicy J; 2006 Academy Award for "It's Hard Out Here for a Pimp"; runs Scale-A-Ton Entertainment.

DJ Pausas

DJ Pausas is a Lisbon-based kuduro and batida producer and DJ, a founding member of DJs Di Guetto, whose 2006 compilation DJs do Guetto Vol. 1 launched the Lisbon batida scene.

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 Pooh

DJ Pooh (Mark Jordan, born 1966, Los Angeles) is a West Coast hip-hop producer, screenwriter, and director: producer of Ice Cube's It Was a Good Day and Snoop's Tha Doggfather, co-writer of Friday (also playing Red), and writer-producer of GTA: San Andreas.

DJ Premier

DJ Premier (Christopher Edward Martin, born 1966, Houston) is an American hip-hop producer and DJ, half of Gang Starr with Guru, famed for boom-bap beats, scratch choruses, and 1990s classics for Nas, Notorious B.I.G., and Jay-Z.

DJ Premier production discography

DJ Premier (Christopher Edward Martin, born 1966, Houston) production discography: Gang Starr's seven albums, Illmatic, Ready to Die, Reasonable Doubt, Jeru the Damaja, and the 2025 Nas album Light-Years on Mass Appeal.

DJ Próvaí

DJ Próvaí, birth name JJ Ó Dochartaigh, is the Derry-born DJ and producer of Irish-language hip-hop trio Kneecap (formed 2017), a former Irish-language teacher known for his tricolour balaclava and the band's 2024 Sundance biopic.

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 Qualls

DJ Qualls (Donald Joseph Qualls, born 1978) is an American character actor from Manchester, Tennessee, known for Road Trip, The New Guy, Hustle & Flow, and TV roles as Garth on Supernatural, Citizen Z on Z Nation, and Ed McCarthy on The Man in the High Castle.

DJ Quik

DJ Quik (David Marvin Blake, born 1970, Compton) is a West Coast rapper-producer whose 1991 platinum debut Quik Is the Name and gold albums through the 1990s made him a defining G-funk figure and producer for 2Pac, Jay-Z, Janet Jackson, and others.

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 Sabby

DJ Sabby, born Sabelo Mtshali, is a South African radio DJ and television presenter who has hosted Metro FM's breakfast show Best Mornings since 2023, after a decade at YFM.

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 Screw

DJ Screw (Robert Earl Davis Jr., 1971–2000) was a Houston DJ and producer who created the chopped and screwed style, slowing songs to about half tempo, recorded 300-plus Screw tapes, led the Screwed Up Click, and died of a codeine overdose in 2000.

DJ Shadow

DJ Shadow is an American DJ and record producer from the San Francisco Bay Area. His 1996 album Endtroducing..... is recognized as the first wholly sampled album.

DJ Sharpnel

DJ Sharpnel is a Japanese doujin hardcore unit, active since 1998 on its Sharpnelsound label, that converts anime and video-game material into hardcore techno and is credited with pioneering J-core.

DJ Shimza

DJ Shimza, real name Ashley Raphala, is a South African Afro-house and Afro-tech DJ and producer from Tembisa, known for his annual One Man Show charity event.

DJ Smash

DJ Smash, stage name of Andrey Shirman, is a Russian DJ and producer whose 2008 album IDDQD went platinum and whose single Volna topped the Russian radio chart.

DJ Smokey

DJ Smokey: Montreal-based Canadian experimental phonk producer and DJ from Hamilton, Ontario; founder of Nuke Radio, creator of the Shadow Wizard Money Gang and Legalize nuclear bombs tags, host of Skrillex's 2025 album. Distinct from the Mumbai DJ Smokey (Indira Kanawade).

DJ Snake

DJ Snake (William Sami Étienne Grigahcine, born 1986, Paris) is a French-Algerian DJ and producer behind "Turn Down for What," "Lean On," and albums Encore, Carte Blanche, and Nomad (2025).

DJ Spanish Fly

DJ Spanish Fly (Antonio D. Kimbrough, born 1970) is a Memphis DJ, producer, and rapper, the acknowledged godfather of Memphis rap. His 1980s mixtapes, 'Gangsta Walk,' and the triggerman beat shaped Southern rap, phonk, and jookin'.

DJ Spinall

DJ Spinall, also known as Spinall, is a Nigerian disc jockey and producer who founded the Lagos label TheCAPMusic and released albums from 2015 onward.