DJ Hotsauce

DJ Hotsauce was born near Munich, Germany, where he spent the first 13 years of his life before moving to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, where he spent about 3 1/2 years and then returned to Germany. However, Malaysia is where he was introduced to and found his love and passion for rap music.
After moving back to Germany in 1998, Hotsauce and a friend purchased some “very basic” DJ equipment and, through trial and error, taught themselves how to use the equipment and before long they were djing weekly parties at a local club.
During that time he was listening to and beeing inspired by artists such as Jay-Z, Nas, Notorious B.I.G, Lox, Snoop Dogg, Dr. Dre.....then after a few years he began to hear about this movement that started in the south of the US and started his research and began listening to artists such as T.I., Lil Jon, UGK, 8 Ball & MJG, Oomp Camp and Ludacris…...Hotsauce found his interest in the south movement was stron – which was also the inspiration for his name. He says, “People always ask me about my name, “Hotsauce”, where does it come from? Well, as I studied Southern American Culture I discovered that Hotsauce was a main ingredient in Southern Food. So I became that recipe!”
Around 1999/2000, in the United States, DJ Jelly and the Southern Style DJ’s Crew were the hottest selling Djs in the South…and they became one of the biggest influences for DJ Hotsauce and inspired him to create his own Mix CD series.
Hotsauce was one of the first DJs in Germany to ever release a Mix-CD with all Southern hip hop music. However, German record stores were not ready for this…so Hotsauce began to sell his Mix CDs to Internet Stores in the U.S. and that’s how people all over the world started to learn of the German DJ playing the southern hip hop music of the States.
Coming from a country like Germany where the Mix-CD market is still in its early stages, the Internet became Hotsauce’s main tool to promote and build relationships with people in the music industry. He was able to get different southern artists to host his Mix-CD's including: David Banner, Baby D, UNK, BHI, Lil Jon and more.
From there, Hotsauce hooked up with a local booking agency and actually started bringing Southern Artists and DJs like DJ Jelly & DJ Montay, Rasheeda, Crime Mob and more to Germany. He soon became a major factor in introducing Southern Hip Hop to Germany. This, in part, came through building a strong successful business relationship with Atlanta Indie Label, Big Oomp Records and the Southern Style DJs – -where he is now an official member!
Hotsauces’ Mix Cds have been recognized and reviewed in various Magazine and websites around the world. He is also the first DJ outside of the U.S. to ever be nominated at the Southern Entertainment Awards in 2005 and 2006. And, it was no surprise in 2006 that DJ Hotsauce would receive his biggest accomplishment, to date, by winning the "Best International Mixtape DJ" Award at the Justo Mixtape Awards!

All DJ Hot Sauce Mix-CD's are for promotional use only!