User:Dj Yg Oklahoma

One of Oklahoma’s Top Hip Hop trending DJ’s

Born in Tulsa, Oklahoma August 21, 1980 Jaun Deannta Cozart “aka” DJ YG Oklahoma always had love for the music. Growing up as a kid listening to several different R&B and Rap groups, some of which included SOS, Bobbie Brown and Hoodini just to name a few. As most kids in High School, I would come home after school and watch YO! MTV Raps, that is when it all began. One day while watching an episode, I saw a video by DJ Quik, the song “Tonight” and that is what inspired me to start producing music. A group of my childhood friends would come home with me and watch me make my beats, before I knew it I started being asked to DJ house parties. All I had was a couple of portable CD Players and some great music, the guys wanted to hear gangster rap and the girls wanted to hear booty shaking music at the house parties. Due to my growing popularity amongst friends, I started producing music and making beats for them, off of my Playstation with a program called MTV Music Generator. When I was 19 years old, my brother, childhood friends and I started our own rap group and called it “My Street and Rowdy Ass Productions” (R.A.P), continuing to produce our beats.

After a couple of years of making beats on the Playstation, I bought a keyboard and learned how to play it. I wasn’t very well with the keyboard, but my passion drove me to continue to work hard to learn. My Uncle Nate was very familiar with my drive to learn the keyboard, so he introduced me to a good friend of his, Leo O’Keke. Leo was a famous producer who worked with such artists as Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch, Jodeci, and New Edition. Leo taught me how to set up a studio production, taught me how to sequence keyboard sounds, and how to engineer and produce tracks.

After another year or two of producing music, I started making a buzz around Tulsa and began dj’ing more house parties, which eventually turned into college parties. Once I had turned 21, club owners started contacting me regarding performances. The first bar that I DJ’d at was Three Frogs, I was contact by the owner after he saw one of my performances. Word spread so quickly about my performances, producing and DJ’ing; consequently, I was contacted by the Tulsa World for an interview. Because of my write up in the Tulsa World; I was asked to open up for many artist, which included Snoop Dogg, Keisha Cole, Nelly and many more. Several of us took a trip to California to promote our music that I had been working on, we hit up several record companies, which included Death Row Records.

Due to a growing family, I decided to take a break from music for a couple of years. I continued to produce music even though I was not performing or DJ’ing. After taking a little time off, my passion for music continued to grow and I was ready to get back into it. I started back up as the House DJ at Club Kream, followed by DJ’ing at the Boom Boom Room. Around the time I was DJ’ing at Club Kream, I also produced my first DJ mix tape called “Blast from the Past” and Old School Mix of 70’s 80’s and 90’s. I continued to work hard at it and got the opportunity to do a song with Joe Blow and Key Loom entitled “Out here Grinding”. Once the projects started, everything began to take off. I also had the honor of DJ’ing for Twista, Devon the Dude, Gorilla Zoe, Lil Flipp K-Stylis and more.

Around 2014 / 2015 I started the group Smash Game, and also joined UMA (Urban Music Alliance) DJ’s and began hosting mixtapes. Currently affiliated with worldwide Fleet Djs. I also did collaboration with Frankie and Neffie from The Keisha Cole show, Gucci Man,Twista and T-Rell Terry. I began to get gigs outside of Oklahoma, some of which were located in Texas, Kansas and Missouri. I have been fortunate enough to be the opening DJ for headlining acts such as Rae Sremmurd, Bone Thugs, Scarface, Merkuleas, Nappy Roots, Haystak, Nipsey Hustle, Stevie Stone and Lil Eazy-E. My many accomplishments include starting Industry Wednesdays to give local artists the opportunity to showcase their music; I was 2016 Producer of the Year nominee for Oklahoma Music Awards and was 2016 DJ of the Year. I have also done many charity events, as well as, project work and public speaking at schools and community programs.

I am currently in the process of setting up a tour to promote an upcoming project of mine entitled “Too Fun, Too Serious” set for late 2018. New single “Lights Off” and “Start Me A Wave” from album is available now. Currently nominated for top hip hop DJ for We Are Tulsa Music awards set in Tulsa Oklahoma in March also booked on Heavyweights of Comedy tour and Jokes & Notes tour city’s based in Oklahoma, Kansas, Missouri, Texas, and Arkansas. Save Our Youth (S.O.Y.) Road show. Currently working with Tha Vets band to bring quality music with live band to Oklahoma and surrounding states.