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DJ Gabriel Rican's Bio:
Gabriel Rican Rodriguez of Puerto Rican decent was born in the Pilsen area on the Southside of Chicago. As kid he often found himself playing with his father's phonograph players, record collection, tape recorders instead of playing with toys. Something about music just fascinated him as a kid. At age fourteen yrs old, he and his former b-boy partners DJ 3rd Rail & Devastating Dennis started promoting and doing parties around the neighborhood.
In his first year of high school, Gabriel Rican's skills on the 1's & 2's quickly began to shine. Always being astounded by scratching, Gabriel Rican began to pull away from many of the local DJ's by having his own style that quickly made him a household name on the streets. During this time he had influenced and played a major role in the evolution of scratching and turntablism in Chicago. He wanted to put his skill to the test and started to enter DJ battles and competitions. Once entering competitions, he already had won a string of 25 DJ battles consecutively in a row... the longest of any DJ in the Chicago land area. By his junior year in high school, he had won high school DJ of the year and was invited to be on "Hardcover TV Show" hosted by Latino Youth.
In the early 90's, Gabriel first hit the airwaves on the historical WCYC 90.5 FM station perusing his lifelong dream of being a radio jock. That would prove to be his career defining point in his tender DJ career. Since then, DJ Gabriel Rican has established himself as a major DJ force in Chicago and he has DJ'ed for radio stations such as Univision's La kalle 93.5 / 103.1 FM, B-96 96.3 FM, WCYC 90.5 FM, WCRX 88.1 FM, WRTE 88.9 FM & WIIT 88.9 FM. This versatile deejay was blowing up the Chicago mixtape scene with over 45 different mixtapes of various styles of music and heavily promoted himself on the streets. Gabriel Rican sold thousands at local neighborhood record stores, flea market stands, malls and even out of his trunk. Gabriel Rican some how has always managed to put himself surrounding the music industry and has worked for such places as Hot Jams Records, Fusion Records, All Mixed Up, Audio Video Technologies and Sam Ash Music. Gabriel Rican also had the opportunity to showcase his skills on “Hot Wax†one of the hottest cable dance mix shows on Comcast Cable with over 1.5 million viewers per episode. Not to mention, his performance earned him a spot on the "Best of Hot Wax 2003" episode. DJ Gabriel Rican has opened for artists like Pitbull, Baby Bash, Nina Sky, Lil Rob, Malverde, Notch, Casa De Leones, La Factoria, Wisin y Yandel, Kinto Sol, Chino Bling, Tony Touch, Chosen Few, Down, Monchy y Alexandra, Toby Love, Extreme, Opitmo and Groupo Mania, to name a few.
DJ Gabriel Rican has proved he is a staple in the Chicago Latin music scene for quite some time. In 2007, DJ Gabriel Rican traveled to Boston, MA to DJ at La Fraga Ent. Boat Party hosted by Jam' 94.5 Hip Hop & La Kalle 100.7 / 105.1 FM. During this time, Gabriel Rican also appeared in a Reggaeton video entitled "La Cookie" with Boston's favorite group Alofoque. There is where he met Don Omar's current producer & good friend Richy Pena. In 2008, Gabriel Rican traveled to Miami, FL to appear in A2's Hip Hop/R&B video called "Come Ride with Me" and was in "A2’s" live performance at the Calle Ocho Fest. Around that time, DJ Gabriel Rican had became a member for one of Chi-town's prestigious Hip Hop organizations called the "Soul Selectors DJ's". Currently, DJ Gabriel Rican is a member of Miami's Slip n Slide Records DJ Team and is soon about to hit the Florida airwaves on Slip n Slide Radio: WJFP Fort Pierce, Vero Beach, Stuart 91.1 FM, WJFP West Palm Beach, Rivera Beach, Mongonia Park 107.1 FM, WJFP Cocoa, Merrit Island, Tutusville, Rockledge 93.9 FM, WJCB Clewiston, Bellglade, Morehaven, Harlem, Southbay 88.5 FM and WJFp Melbourne, Palm Bay 94.3 FM. Make sure you keep him on your radar because DJ Gabriel Rican is about to make some noise with his production skills and also drop some new Hip Hop mixtapes. After hearing him spin and watching his smooth techniques it is undeniable that DJ Gabriel Rican emerges as Chi-town’s premier DJ and is one of the greatest Deejays Chicago has ever seen.
