User:Danmekled/sandbox

Dan Mekled (born June 4, 1964) is a Lebanese-American professional that appeared on the top 40 radio station 96.3 FM WHYT Detroit as Dangerous Daniel Max (DDMax). His career started at the age of 14 where he was a professional model for and did TV commercials for major department stores such as Hudson's (now known as Macys) and Kmarts. He was managed by the metro Detroit talent group know as Just Kids lead Jeanne Foxx.

While attending college at Lawrence Technological University where he studied mathematics and computer science, he started his own entertainment company and worked as a mobile DJ performing at weddings, parties and bar mitzvahs. Over time, he became interested in freestyle music commonly played on radio stations in different states such as New York, Florida, California and Washington D.C. He began to incorporate this jondra into his music programming and found success at nightclubs in the metro Detroit area such as Chassys (Legends), Taboos and Monroes despite the motor city being the home of Techno electronic dance music.

One evening while performing at Detroit's premiere hot spot - Club Taboos, he was met by the late Larry “Doc” Elliott best known to Detroiters for his stints on radio stations WJZZ, WCHB, WJLB and WHYT. The music doctor took a liking to Dan and offered to share a demo tape with music director of then radio station Power 96 (transitioned over to 96.3 FM) for the weekly dance mix show. Dan eventually joined co-hosts Lisa Orlando (aka Lisa Lisa), Scott Gordon and Jackie Christie and formed what was know as the Party Posse on radio. Each week the Party Posse took the air ways and played some of the most cutting edge music on the planet.

Lisa Lisa's "bust a rime" time during the Party Posse's show allowed 15-year-old, unsigned rapper Eminem on the air -- where he was eventually discovered by Detroit producer Marky Bass, who was listening to her show in his car.