About DJ Akeem

Born in St Louis, Akeem's passion for music began at an early age. At 15 he discovered DJ Rectangle and had his mind blown. Exploring the worlds that that genre of music opened for him he found an outlet to focus that passion into. Shortly after that, he was given his first CD decks and a mixer by his family. Akeem then spent countless hours pounding music into the night and honing his craft. He started looking up to and studying the talents and skills of many DJ's at the time, including: DJ Qbert, DJ Jazzy Jeff, DJ Enferno, DJ Charlie Chan Soprano, DJ AM ‘R.I.P’, DJ Sir Thurl, and DJ Master D.
Akeem was first recognized in 2005 by DJ Thurl (The Music Choice's Mixtape Channel for 2009 and mixer on KATZ 100.3 The Beat in St. Louis for 10 years.) and was taken under his wing. After being exposed to the glitz and glam of the local music scene he realized he was going to have to step up his game. Akeem then purchased his first pair of 1200’s and became completely obsessed w