DJ Hollygrove
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DJ Hollygrove | |
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Birth name | D. Louding, Jr. |
Also known as | D. "Elmo" Louding |
Born | April 9th, 1984 |
Origin | New Orleans, Louisiana |
Genre(s) | Southern Rap, Chopped and Screwed |
Occupation(s) | DJ, Rapper |
Instrument(s) | Trombone, Piano, Turntables |
Years active | 2000- Present |
Label(s) | Hall-A-Fame Ent |
Associated acts | Mr.Wired Up |
Website | http://www.myspace.com/hallafameent |
DJ Hollygrove, born D. Louding, Jr. April 9th, 1984, is an up and coming DJ in the Houston rap scene. An amazing trombonist, accomplished actor, and talented DJ. He is the current Dj for Mr. Wired Up who has the number one (#1) club song in Houston of 2007; as listed in Ozone Magazine by Crisco Kid of the Bumsquad Djzand Party 93.3.
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[edit] Musical career
An accomplished trombonist while in high school he was the trombone section leader of John McDonogh Senior High Trojan Marching Band, Dj Hollygrove has also had the honor to play with Jazz great and fellow New Orleanian Wynton Marsalis. In 2001 he started DJing via PC DJ and decided this was what he wanted to do. His career as a trombonist continued to college where he received a scholarship to Texas Southern University to become a member of the Ocean Of Soul Marching Band. While here in Houston he met fellow band member Solomon Sypion a.k.a. Dj Siyo and became to chop and screw music. In the summer of 2007 he was signed to Houston based Hall-A-Fame Entertainment which is the home to Mr Wired Up. In 2008 Dj Hollygrove will be working on a new mixtape series intitles "New Houston Or.Leanin" Featuring up and coming artist from New Orleans and Houston
[edit] Major accomplishments
- 1996-Shakespears Children Documentary narrorated by Kevin Kline of 4th and 5th grade students learning and performing Shakespears A Mid Summers Night Dream
- 1998- Played with Jazz great Wynton Marsalis at concert for the Louis "Satchmo" Armstrong Jazz Camp and Foundation
- 2001- Accepted to New Orleans Center for Creative Arts for the disipline fo Jazz and Theatre
- 2003- Admitance to Texas Southern University under an Ocean Of Soul band scholarship
- 2007- 1st New Orleans Act to perform at the DJ Screw Fest
[edit] Partial Discography
- Wired Up Vol. 1, Wired Up Vol.2 Hosted by Mr Wired Up Chopped and Screwed by Dj Hollygrove (2007)
- Boucoup Wired (2007)
- Boucoup Wired Vol. 2 (2008)
- New Houston Or.Leanin (2008)
- Trigga Tongue (2008)
[edit] External links
- Myspace Music Page - Official DJ Hollygrove Myspace Music site
- Myspace Music Page - Mr. Wired Up Official Myspace Music site
- Record Label Myspace - Official site