Biography:

Deejay Tony 5kratchere started his life in Hip Hop at an early age. Growing up in a small rural Louisiana town, his only exposure to Hip Hop culture were the Breakin' movies, Beat Street, and Boss 96 AM. As a child early hip hop anthems Rappers Delight, 8th Wonder, the Breaks, the Message, and Rock It left an indelible impression. After stealing a copy of Beat Street from the local video store, he taught himself some of the earliest B-boy moves and thus began his foray in to the world of Hip Hop. As a youth he began to hone his earliest talents for art by reading comic books and mimicking the techniques of his earliest artistic idols, Arthur Adams, John Bryne, Walt Simonson, and Todd McFarlane. As a teenager, hip hop fused with the skateboard culture and thus a new obsession began. One summer while working as a pizza delivery guy, he met an asian graffiti writer from California named Daniel Nyguen. Fascinated with graffiti from an early age, he convinced Daniel to teach him the craft. The next few years were spent inside his blackbook. After high school he moved to Lafayette and began to seek out other B-boys and graffiti writers. At this time he met Kevin C, a b-boy hooligan graffiti writer from Lafayette. Kevin C. explained the philosophies of hip hop, quoted KRS One, listened to dancehall reggae, and gave him his first mixtapes ripped from college radio stations in Houston. It was about this time he started making regular trips to Houston for B-boy events and got down with the HouTex Freaks and Havikoro. It wasn't until he visited New Orleans for a party that he first developed an interest in deejaying. This party boasted some of the best deejays in the world and yet none of them would scratch or do tricks. . . Dejected and confused by what he saw as a paradox, he went vinyl record shopping for the first time the very next day. The moniker Tony Skratchere was born in 1998 as an homage to his cajun heritage. Tony Skratchere was an obvious pun on the creole seasoning Tony Chachere's, and he set out on his sole mission: add some flavor to the bland deejay scene. Later that year, he hooked up with the Kubuki Crew. Kubuki's Dj, Dokta J, was an old skateboarding buddy along with Take 2 of the Kubuki Crew, he rekindled his love for b-boying. Dj Dokta J lent him the Vestax Turntable Mechanics workshop, and his life was forever changed.

Deejay Bio:

Behind the wheels since 1995 Co-Founder of the Mad Cajun Crew with Gumbeaux (Now Dj Chubby Knuckles) Co-Founder of Bucknutty's Hip Hop Jam (an event that lasted 8 years and hosted B-boys and Deejays from Arizona to Atlanta) Co-Founder of the GetDown Project Mentor of various Deejays in Louisiana (Antix, Mr. Fingers, Rob Battles, Stoned Cold, Beverly Skillz) Shared the stage with the likes of Bushwick Bill, Luther Campbell (Luke), Mobb Deep, the Triple Threat Deejays (Shortcut, Vinroc, Apollo), Slick Rick, Raekwon, Ghostface Killer, Inspecta Deck, Planet Asia, Afu-Ra, Josh Martinez, Qwel of the Typical Cats, and of course the Media Darling family. He has battled in every major American deejay battle ITF, DMC, and Guitar Center. Guitar Center Baton Rouge Champ in 2005, and Houston Regional Champ in 2006, he has also advanced to the Kool Mixx New Orleans finals in 2004-2005. He has also competed in various other independent deejay battles such as Needle to the Record(Atlanta, GA), Krackernuttz Pepsi Throwdown(Houston, TX), Odyssey Records Battle(NOLA), and most recently King of Scratch (Austin, TX). Tony Skratchere continues to make mixtapes, produce remixes, teach turntablism, host Open-Fader Scratch sessions and compose turntable routines. He has rocked parties from Seattle to Atlanta. He currently resides in New Orleans with his fiancee Beverly Skillz, his Rottweiler Agnes, and cats Meatwad, Taki, Lydia, and Joey.