BIO
DJ Trakklaya was born & raised in Brooklyn, New York. He was influenced to become a DJ by listening to Mr. Magic’s Rap Attack, Chuck Chillout, & Kool DJ Red Alert. Every Saturday, DJ Trakklaya would hear the hottest HipHop and run to Burdell’s Music Shop on Nostrand Ave. to buy the records that he heard. At the age of 16, Trakklaya moved to Baltimore, Maryland. It was here that he continued to upgrade his turntable skills & began to do local house parties. In October 1992, he had a chance to meet DJ Vinnie V, who was the host of a weekly HipHop show called “Strictly HipHop” on the local college radio station 88.9 WEAA FM. He went from being a special guest to becoming a co-host & occasional DJ for the show.
In June 1996, Trakklaya & Vinnie left the show to pursue other endeavors. One of these was getting their own internet-based radio show on WEBR out of Fairfax, Virginia in May 1998. The show was called “The Cranium Jungle”, and they played everything from HipHop to R&B, House, Drum-n-Bass, and Acid Jazz. Unfortunately, due to FCC regulations, the website was shut down in June 2000. Trakklaya went on to continue to do other things in the industry, and landed a gig in October 2001 as an Urban Promotions Director for a record pool in Baltimore called Mid-Atlantic Dance Promotions Record Pool. He held this job until 2005, when he decided to step down so that he can pursue bigger things with his DJing career.
In January 2004, he met up with Ebony Brown, whom he had met during a previous meeting, discussing an idea with her to add to a weekly program that she had called “The Friday Night Jazz Club” on 88.9 WEAA FM, where she played Neo-Soul R&B music. He came with an idea of doing a half-hour mix every week to give the show a little spice. Ebony went with the idea, and started the “Jazz Club Mix”. Trakklaya mixed from 11:25– Midnight. It was ironic that the show came on right before his old gig at 88.9, which was “Strictly HipHop”.
Trakklaya didn’t want to stop there. He managed to lock down a weekend spot on 97.3 KKSS FM in Albuquerque, New Mexico. He landed this gig by one of his fellow Bum Squad DJz family members DJ Crisco Kid. He did these mixes from ’04 – ’05. Trakklaya also held down his pride & joy online mix show “Hotness Radio w/ DJ Trakklaya”. His show was featured on stations from OKRP Radio Network via Live365.com toSwurvRadio.com & JellyRadio.com. Currently, DJ Trakklaya has two radio mixshow slots. One is a weekly slot every Saturday from 8pm-9pm EST on on Mix Syndicate radio. He plays the latest & hottest HipHop and R&B during his show. The other slot is every 3rd Saturday/ Sunday from 2am-3am EST on “The Audio Infusion” on WEAA 88.9 FM in Baltimore, Maryland. He plays an EDM set that consists of anything from Electro, Dance, Top 40 remixes, Dubstep, etc.
DJ Trakklaya is also a member of the world famous MIX SYNDICATE DJz.
In June 1996, Trakklaya & Vinnie left the show to pursue other endeavors. One of these was getting their own internet-based radio show on WEBR out of Fairfax, Virginia in May 1998. The show was called “The Cranium Jungle”, and they played everything from HipHop to R&B, House, Drum-n-Bass, and Acid Jazz. Unfortunately, due to FCC regulations, the website was shut down in June 2000. Trakklaya went on to continue to do other things in the industry, and landed a gig in October 2001 as an Urban Promotions Director for a record pool in Baltimore called Mid-Atlantic Dance Promotions Record Pool. He held this job until 2005, when he decided to step down so that he can pursue bigger things with his DJing career.
In January 2004, he met up with Ebony Brown, whom he had met during a previous meeting, discussing an idea with her to add to a weekly program that she had called “The Friday Night Jazz Club” on 88.9 WEAA FM, where she played Neo-Soul R&B music. He came with an idea of doing a half-hour mix every week to give the show a little spice. Ebony went with the idea, and started the “Jazz Club Mix”. Trakklaya mixed from 11:25– Midnight. It was ironic that the show came on right before his old gig at 88.9, which was “Strictly HipHop”.
Trakklaya didn’t want to stop there. He managed to lock down a weekend spot on 97.3 KKSS FM in Albuquerque, New Mexico. He landed this gig by one of his fellow Bum Squad DJz family members DJ Crisco Kid. He did these mixes from ’04 – ’05. Trakklaya also held down his pride & joy online mix show “Hotness Radio w/ DJ Trakklaya”. His show was featured on stations from OKRP Radio Network via Live365.com toSwurvRadio.com & JellyRadio.com. Currently, DJ Trakklaya has two radio mixshow slots. One is a weekly slot every Saturday from 8pm-9pm EST on on Mix Syndicate radio. He plays the latest & hottest HipHop and R&B during his show. The other slot is every 3rd Saturday/ Sunday from 2am-3am EST on “The Audio Infusion” on WEAA 88.9 FM in Baltimore, Maryland. He plays an EDM set that consists of anything from Electro, Dance, Top 40 remixes, Dubstep, etc.
DJ Trakklaya is also a member of the world famous MIX SYNDICATE DJz.