2Tuff

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2Tuff Crew is a band founded in 1994 to bring drum'n'bass music to Washington, DC and establish a d'n'b scene. 2Tuff Productions has been active ever since throwing one-off events, weekly parties and taking their sound on road nationally and worldwide. The 2Tuff Crew consists of DJ's SLANT, BJOO and JAHWEI. 2Tuff held a Wednesday night residency at Red for many years, most recently hosting the event "The Rudebwoy Shuffle."

1995 saw 2Tuff throw a series of underground warehouse parties which were the first ever drum and bass events in the Washington, DC, Maryland and Virginia areas. After throwing a number of events at a Warehouse north of Howard University at Georgia Avenue and Lamont Street, 2Tuff joined forces with Lonnie Fisher of Ultraworld in Baltimore and threw the first 3 drum and bass events in Baltimore. These events were the first drum and bass events on the East Coast to feature large line-ups with talent from London, the birthplace of drum and bass music. DJ Trace was a regular at these events which featured the US debut of numerous artists such as Grooverider, MC GQ and MC Rymetyme. Other artists featured at these early events included DJ_Rap, LTJ_Bukem, MC Conrad, DB, Dieselboy, Gunsmoke Karl K and many more.

[edit] Accomplishments

First ever US promoter to book Grooverider in December 1995
First ever North American Promoter to book Ed_Rush in December 1996
Urban Space Weekly Party 1997-2000
The Rudebwoy Shuffle Weekly Party 2003-2006
International tours of South Africa, Brazil, Hong Kong, Japan [1], United States [2] and Europe
Launched and Hosted "Pressure" Drum and Bass show on XM_Radio Channel 80 - The Move
2005 Buzzlife Battle of the DJ's Winner - BJOO