I'm DJ Joey Joe I grew up a fiend of music since I was small & have been DJing (and producing) on a small scale for too long. I started out as a rapper & after a while I was making pause mixtapes & beats to listen/rhyme to then later on when I would hear the local djs on the radio mix on the weekends. Later on I ended up learning how to mix, blend, and dj with tapes & worked my way up vinyl. While still being more of an emcee but needed beats to rhyme to, I focused more on the music & less on rhyming as I got into spinning, scratching, mixing. I've been spinning (hip-hop, r&b, & reggae) for & at parties since 1994 (would love to spin on the radio if I get the chance) but I have been making personal mixtapes for even longer (circa 1990). Later on I got into house music but didn't start spinning/mixing it until the late 90's but I still love underground hip-hop as well.