When Brooklyn Dawn moved to New York City in 2005, she had one idea in mind. “I stood behind my turntables for eight hours a day, every single day, for over a year getting the basics of everything down,” says the hip-hop deejay. “I taught myself how to mix better, scratch better and master Serato. I wouldn’t leave my apartment for two weeks at a clip.”
That’s Brooklyn Dawn in a nutshell. We’ve all seen the deejays who are clearly only there for the payday. You know the type: the ones who scan Billboard each week for the top singles, know enough mixing to get by and make a nice living on who they know, not how they perform. With Brooklyn Dawn, an early fondness for music became an obsession with deejaying and her devotion to her craft has led her to where she is today: numerous NYC residencies at clubs such as Greenhouse, GoldBar, 1 Oak, Above Allen and Butter, spots on MTV shows (Skate Life, following the life of skater JZ Radical) clients ranging from Burton Snowboards to Aerial 7, and production work with such noted emcees as Jim Jones and Jeru the Damaja.
In the words of Jay Z, Brooklyn “goes hard.” All that can be said about Brooklyn is that she is the most passionate DJ in the game, not the most passionate female DJ in the game, the most passionate DJ in the game. She is an artist in the truest sense, holding firm to her musical vision, with a constant chip on her shoulder to prove herself as an equal or superior turntablist to her male counterparts. The only problem: her authentic downtown style and waifish good looks sometimes hold on to your attention, distracting you from the music.
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