Willingboro, Nj, United States
Jonathan Geayer aka DJ Jay-Ski fell in love with Hip-Hop in the early 80's. He went from growing up on Van Halen, Led Zeppelin and playing guitar, to trading that in for breakdancing and eventually two turntables. After messing around with an early record that he purchased (Jam Master Jay by Run-DMC), he fell in love with the way it sounded to scratch "Jayyyyy" on his father's stereo. After risking the record condition as well as his dad's needle, Jay was eventually given a set of beginner turntables as a gift. From that point on, there was no looking back. After practicing day in and day out, and eventually buying a set of Technic's 1200 turntables, Jay-Ski entered a local DJ battle that consisted of about 25 DJ's. He made it to the second week, and remained on the stage all night as he defeated all competitors in his path. This landed him a local radio guest spot as a prize, which then led to a gig on Philly's Q102 in 1992 doing a weekly hip-hop show. One year after that he a