DJ Maj

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DJ Maj
DJ Maj in 2005
DJ Maj in 2005
Background information
Birth name Mike Allen
Origin U.S.
Genre(s) Christian hip hop
Years active 1997 – Present
Label(s) Gotee Records
Website http://www.djmaj.com/

Mike Allen, professionally known as DJ Maj, is a Christian music DJ, contributing to Gospel music albums released by tobyMac, GRITS, Ill Harmonics, dc Talk, and the Newsboys. DJ Maj has released several mixtapes, as well as a solo album entitled BoogiRoot.

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[edit] Early life

His friends gave him the name DJ Magic after watching his dazzling dexterity on the turntables. Mike only learnt to deejay because his friend who was a DJ moved away from Louisiana so he felt he had to learn it all for himself. He later changed his name to DJ Maj to reflect that, as a Christian, he did not want to be associated with magic. He continued to DJ as a way of paying his way through technical college and soon perfected the art, using it as a means of bringing holy hip-hop to the mainstream audience.[1]

He signed a recording contract with Gotee Records and in 1999, released his debut mixtape album: Wax Museum: the Mixtape.[2] The success of this album led to him collaborating with several Christian music stars in his following mixtapes and his debut album in 2005, BoogiRoot.

In 2002, Maj moved to the epicentre of Christian Music, Nashville. However, he found Christian hip-hop wasn't taken seriously, so he started a radio show to raise awareness of Christian urban music. [1]

[edit] Discography

Mixtapes

Albums

[edit] Contributions

DJ Maj is very well known as the "DJ of choice" for solo artist and dc Talk member tobyMac.[citation needed] He tours extensively with Toby, as well as working on his records. He has also done work for Christian rapper T-Bone. He is included in the listing of the Diverse City crew, which is the list of people who perform with tobyMac. He was also the DJ who made the cuts on the !Hero album.[2]

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b Exploring The Boogiroot: DJ Maj moves from mixing to MCing on new album
  2. ^ a b Stephanie Smith

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