I EXPRESS MYSELF... ARTISTICALLY.. A VAGUE REALIST.. DESERVING.. SUPPORTIVE... SELF AWARE.. SUN+MOON=STARS... MAN+WOMAN=CHILD... ETHER SMASHED TAKEOVER... CLIENTELE KID.. 3RD LOVER... AFRIKA BLACKDJ VIC MASE WAS BORN IN ’88 AND WAS BORN TO BECOME A DISK JOCKEY. HIS FATHER, VICTOR MASON JR AKA DJ V-NICE WAS A DJ AND CURRENTLY IS A BIG DJ IN LAS VEGAS. HIS MOTHER DIDN’T ALLOW VICTOR TO GET INTO HIP HOP AS A KID BECAUSE OF THE VIOLENCE AND CURSING BUT AFTER SCHOOL, HE WOULD DO LITTLE RAPS WITH HIS SCHOOL MATES AND LISTEN TO THE RADIO BEFORE SHE WOULD COME HOME FROM WORK. IN HS, VIC MASE WANTED TO BEGIN DEEJAYING BUT FROM SOME ILL ADVICE AND BEING SO COMMITTED TO STUDIES AND SPORTS, HE DIDN’T START UNTIL HIS FRESHMAN YEAR AT VCU IN RICHMOND. THERE, WITH THE HELP OF SOME SUPPORTIVE PEOPLE, HE LINKED UP WITH DJ RAYVON FOR MENTORSHIP. RAYVON GAVE HIM HIS FIRST MIXER, AND HIS FIRST RECORDS TO PRACTICE ON (PAY BACK FOR CARRYING ALL 6 OF RAYVONS CRATES INTO THE CLUB NIGHT AFTER NIGHT). PURCHASING TECHNICS 1200’S FROM EBAY AND SETTING UP IN HIS DORM ROOM, VIC MASE BEGAN LEARNING THE BASICS OF MIXING, BEAT MATCHING, AND JUGGILING WITH CLASSIC VINYL. THE FOLLOWING YEAR HE CONTINUED TO PERFECT HIS CRAFT WITH THE SAME RECORDS HE HAD AND EVENTUALLY SAVED UP TO PURCHASE HIS OWN SERATO/SCRATCH LIVE KIT. FROM THERE, WITH HIS MUSIC EAR AND SKILLS WITH THE CLASSIC VINYL, VIC MASE QUICKLY TOOK OFF AS ONE OF THE UP AND COMING DJ’S IN THE 757, AN AREA FULL OF MUSIC TALENT (I.E PHARRELL, MISSY, TIMBO). HERE HE HAS ROCKED PARTY AFTER PARTY AND GIG AFTER GIG BUILDING A NAME FOR HIMSELF. THE SKY IS THE LIMIT AND DJ VIC MASE WILL BE A HOUSE HOLD NAME BEFORE THE RECORD STOPS.
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