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Born in Panama, Central America and raised in the Toronto, DJ Grouch has always been around music. His love for Hip Hop started at the early age of 10, b-boying outside with his neighborhood friends. Realizing he wasn’t going to be the next member of the Rock Steady crew, he began to focus more on the art of deejaying. Inspired by the LL Cool J video “I’m Bad”, Grouch would imitate what Bobcat and Cut Creator did in the song. ”I just saw those two deejays going at it on the turntables and I knew that’s what I wanted to do.” Drawing influences from the likes of Jazzy Jeff, Cash Money, DJ Scratch, DJ Aladdin and Richie Rich, Grouch would practice every chance he could on his Pop’s record player. ”I loved hearing scratching in songs. That was my favorite part of the record, like just hearing Primo, Pete Rock or whoever scratching on the track. ...
...We were bitter rivals for mad years. He beat me so many times, but I eventually beat him in 1995.” That was a very important year for the young deejay, winning both the energy 108 battle and the Zulu Nation Canadian battle all in one weekend. This was also the year Turnstylez was born.
More: Dj Spotlight: Dj Grouch (Toronto)
www.djgrouch.com
www.twitter.com/djgrouch
www.facebook.com/djgrouch
www.ustream.tv/channel/the-newness
www.myspace.com/djgrouch
www.scratchlab.ca
www.djgrouch.podomatic.com
Also note DJ Grouch's work on Legion Music & Media's / Coast2Coast mixtape Breakin Artists 101 (3six Mafia edition)
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