Beat Junkies | |
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| Origin | Cerritos, California, U.S. |
| Genres | Hip hop, turntablism |
| Years active | 1992–present |
| Labels | Beat Junkie Sound |
| Members | DJ Babu J Rocc D-Styles DJ Rhettmatic DJ What?! Mr. Choc Icy Ice Curse DJ Shortkut Melo-D DJ Havik |
| Website | www.beatjunkies.com |
The Beat Junkies is an American hip hop crew of DJs specializing in turntablism.
Established in 1992 in Cerritos, California by J. Rocc. As of 2014, The Beat Junkie Crew also host their own record pool, clothing line and radio station. The Beat Junkies opened their own DJ school[1] in April 2017, located in Glendale. In January 2018, they announced plans to go online and launch beatjunkies.tv.
The Beat Junkies have won prestigious DJ battles and competitions like the DMC, the Supermen, and International Turntablists Federation competitions and going to world tour exhibitions. They have traveled and performed across the United States as well as Japan, Germany, The Netherlands and Canada.[2] The Beat Junkies as a crew and individually have also featured in many other acts alongside artists such as Jurassic 5, the Visionaries, the Likwit Junkies with Defari, Phil Da Agony, Cypress Hill, Invisibl Skratch Piklz, Dilated Peoples, and Peanut Butter Wolf who was so influenced by the Beat Junkies that he recruited Homeless Derelicts (Grand the Visitor and Architect, currently members of Urban Umpires) who were featured on Beat Junkies Vol.1 and released them as the second ever Stones Throw Records release.
- ^ "The Beat Junkie Institute of Sound Gets DJ Hopefuls Up to Scratch". KCET. 2017-05-26. Retrieved 2021-03-20.
- ^ Beat Junkie Overview