DJ Ca$hmoney & DJ Scratch (EPMD) On Tour January 2010
Wednesday, 9 December 2009
Illusive Entertainment are pleased to confirm that legendry DJ's Cashmoney & DJ Scratch (EPMD) will tour Australia this Summer 2010Philadelphia's Dj CashMoney raised the bar behind the turntables when he won the Dj championship in New York, the DMC American Mixing Championship in Los Angeles and the DMC World Supremacy Dj Championship in London throughout the late eighties. Since winning all three championships, cash now judges dj contests world-wide only to be inducted into the DMC –Technics hall of fame in 1998.
His unique mixing style and raw innovation on the turntables brought dj cash money billboard charting, by the early nineties cash had joined platinum-selling r&b act PM Dawn, where he produced and remixed the group's gold selling single, Ways Of The Wind, for Island Records...
From turntables to Sneakers – Cashmoney does it all – he has his own sneaker made by Puma which was inspired by Yo, MTV Rap!. One can say his greatest achievement is being Presented by Technics, personalized Gold Signature Turntables
Dj Scratch has been Acknowledged as one of the greatest DJs of all time and in 2006, he was honored in The Source Magazine as a Hip Hop Icon. On stage, he provided the flamboyance to EPMD, Jay Z and P Diddy's stage shows with his visual and technical routines.
Shortly after winning the New Music Seminar Battle for World Supremacy DJ Championship in 1988, he joined the RUN DMC "Run's House World Tour." Befriended by the late Jam Master Jay ("JMJ") of RUN DMC, JMJ mentored Scratch & converted him from a raw battle DJ to an all around performer & showman. In exchange, Scratch taught JMJ DJ solos that he performed in RUN DMC shows ever since. When the tour ended, JMJ recommended Scratch to EPMD, who needed a DJ with flair. After EPMD witnessed the DJ phenomenon do tricks at their first show, they hired Scratch on the spot. The rest is history.
Scratch's film credits include "Juice", "The Original 50 Cent", "Backstage", "Fly By Night", "Rhyme & Reason" and Spike Lee's controversial film "Bamboozled". Soft drink giant, Coca Cola commissioned Scratch to produce & feature in their first DJ commercial, "3 DJs".
Having mastered the art of DJing, Scratch started to pursue his second love, producing. Scratch's accolades include the 3 Grammy nominations and over 40 Gold and Platinum Awards to his credit which makes DJ Scratch responsible for the sale of over 30 million albums to date.
This will mark a special occasion for Dj Scratch as it will be his first tour of Australia in over 21 years...
