A Kansas native, DJ Richy is one of the youngest mainstream talents and has become the future prospect in the DJ industry. As one of the youngest mainstream Air and DJ talents, he is expanding his brand far beyond his boundaries!
DJ Richy, Richard Smart, started his career as a freshmen doing high school house parties and small events. At the age of 17, he began to intern for the urban radio station KSJM 107.9 Jamz. After a year of interning, he began a position as an employee. During this time, he started to do the weekend mixes for the station. As his craft began to get attention, DJ Richy started mixing for clubs and venues that he would have not attended if he weren't the DJ. 3 months after becoming an employee, he became the weekend air talent. Due to format changes and new ownership, 107.9 Jamz close its doors. Still doing events, venues, and clubs DJ Richy keep working his craft. Almost a year later, he got a new position as the night talent for KDGS Power 93.9 where he resides currently.
"Expanding horizons creates more opportunities" says DJ Richy. He plays a vast variety of genres ranging from 70's funk to electro & house, 80's pop to country, and of course Hip-Hop and R&B. "One of the most important rules as a DJ is to please the crowd!, so it's a must to play for the crowd and NOT YOURSELF!" DJ Richy uses this mentality which has made him a crowd pleaser.
He has recently produced mixtapes to add to his repertoire. "I first wasn't interested in doing mixtapes because of the lack of effort from current mixtapes, but now I am going to produce/ remix songs and do some compilations with different artist NOT THAT BOOTLEG INTERNET DOWNLOADING CRAP EITHER!"
As a young individual making move already, there is a bright spotlight gleaming on him. Music is what he knows; therefore it's what he does. If you don't know... GETTA CLUE!!!
