About Me
DJ 1987 STARTED OFF IN THE HOUSE PARTY ERA OF THE LATE EIGHTIES AROUND THE SUBURBS OF LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA. AS A GRAFFITI ARTIST HE WOULD DESIGN PARTY FLYERS IN EXCHANGE FOR A CHANCE TO GET ON THE TURNTABLES. FROM THE FIRST TIME HE MIXED TWO RECORDS HE WANTED TO BE A DJ AND WOULD SHARPEN HIS SKILLS ON BORROWED EQUIPMENT BELONGING TO DJS LIKE TRT AND RESY. IN 1991 WHEN HE RHYMED WITH ROB ONE ON THE FLY I.D. RADIO SHOW, HE KNEW HIP HOP WAS BECOMING HIS WAY OF LIFE.DURING THE EARLY 90'S HE HAD A CLOTHING LINE CALLED HEMP GEAR. IN 1993 WHEN HEMP GEAR HAD FINANCIAL TROUBLES, HE TURNED TO MUSIC. HE SOLD HIS CAR TO BUY TURNTABLES, A FOUR TRACK RECORDER AND A KEYBOARD SAMPLER. HE WAS HANGING WITH ARTISTS LIKE CYPRESS HILL, PSYCHO REALM, GANJA K, DJ KILLU, AND ALKAHOLIKS. HE SAW THEIR SUCCESS AS AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT HE WANTED.WITHIN ONE YEAR OF OWNING HIS OWN EQUIPMENT, HE WAS ROCKING A SHOW WITH DJ TRT AND HE SAW A ROCK BAND THAT CAUGHT HIS ATTENTION. AFTER THE SHOW HE BUMPED INTO THE GUITAR PLAYER OF THAT BAND AND SUGGESTED THEY ADD SOME HIP HOP FLAVOR TO THEIR MUSIC. AT THEIR NEXT SHOW HE CAME WITH A CASSETTE TAPE OF THE BAND, RECORDED WITH HIS SCRATCHES AND BEATS ON TOP OF IT. HE WAS IMMEDIATELY ASKED TO JOIN THIS BAND CALLED INCUBUS. THEY WERE STILL UNSIGNED AND FORMING THEIR FANBASE, SO HE BEGAN PUTTING IN WORK WITH THEM.BY 1996 HE WAS SIGNED WITH IMMORTAL/SONY AS A MEMBER OF INCUBUS. HE BEGAN WORKING ON A FULL LENGTH ALBUM, AND TOURING BEHIND AN EP TITLED "ENJOY INCUBUS". AFTER 3 YEARS OF LONG STUDIO SESSIONS AND EXHAUSTING ROAD TOURS INCUBUS PUT OUT THE RECORD S.C.I.E.N.C.E. WITH A NEW HIP HOP ROCK STYLE. THEY BEGAN TOURING HARD AND THOSE TOURS TOOK A TOLL ON THE ENTIRE BAND IN MANY WAYS.THE BAND AND THE DJ HAD A FINANCIAL DISPUTE IN DEC 97, AND BY FEB 1998 THE DJ WAS ASKED TO LEAVE THE BAND. MANY RUMORS ABOUT DJ1987 (THEN KNOWN AS DJ LYFE) SURFACED, BUT NONE WERE TRUE. THERE WAS MUCH CONFUSION IN THE INDUSTRY REGARDING THIS MATTER, BUT MANY INSIDERS HAD LOVE FOR THE DJ, SHOWING UNPRECIDENTED SUPPORT.FROM THAT TIME FORWARD IT BECAME A STRUGGLE FOR DJ1987 WHO IMMEDIATELY CHANGED HIS NAME AND AND JUMPED INTO THE L.A. HIP HOP SCENE FULL FORCE. HE BEGAN SHARPENING HIS SKILLS AS A PARTY ROCKER AND MIXTAPE DJ, INFLUENCED AND SCHOOLED BY PEOPLE LIKE DJ ROB ONE, TRUELY ODD, KIILU, AND BEAT JUNKIES. BY 2003 HE WAS PUT ON TO THE ROOT DOWN BY DJ DUSK AND HAS HELD THAT BOND CLOSE TO HIS HEART, ROCKING THERE AS OFTEN AS POSSIBLE.IN 2004, AFTER A 3 YEAR LEGAL FIASCO WTH INCUBUS, DJ1987 BEGAN RECIEVING SIGNIFICANT ROYALTY PAYMENTS AND USED THAT MONEY TO ENHANCE HIS HIP HOP CAREER. AFTER INVESTING IN STATE OF THE ART RECORDING GEAR, HE FELL IN LOVE WITH WRITING MUSIC AND EDITING VIDEO. IN 2005 HE RELEASED "87 WAYS DVD MIXTAPE VOL. 1", WHICH FEATURES RARE FOOTAGE, INTERVIEWS, AND MUSIC VIDEOS BY ARTISTS LIKE KRS ONE, DILATED PEOPLES, MELLE MEL, RAEKWON, THE BEATNUTS, AND MORE.HE IS NOW PUSHING HIS CAREER AS A VIDEO EDITOR AND MUSIC PRODUCER. HIS SPARE TIME IS SPENT ROCKING SHOWS, PAINTING ART, AND BUILDING LOWRIDERS. HE HAS EDITED FOR ICE CUBE'S CUBEVISION, LOTUS FILMWORKS, ROOM.TV, AND OTHERS. HE CONTINUES TO REPRESENT A LEGACY KNOWN AS THE CANNOT BE STOPPED CREW, AND LIVES A POSITIVE HIP HOP LIFESTYLE.
