 Pete Rock DJing at the Rahzel and Friends - Brooklyn Bowl in 2016. Image by Steven Pisano, via Wikimedia Commons. Licensed CC BY 2.0 |
D.J.Disc jockey Disc jockey Person who plays recorded music for an audience "DJ" and "Deejay" redirect here. For other uses, see DJ (disambiguation) and Deejay (disambiguation). A disc jockey, more commonly abbreviated as DJ, is a person who plays recorded music for an audience. Types of DJs include radio DJs (who host programs on music radio stations), club DJs (who work at nightclubs or music festivals), mobile DJs (who are hired to work at public and private events such as weddings, parties, or festivals), and turntablists (who use record players, usually turntables, to manipulate sounds on phonograph records). Originally, the "disc" in "disc jockey" referred to shellac and later vinyl records, but nowadays DJ is used as an all-encompassing term… (Source: Wikipedia)
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