Jesu Berkeley, aka Deej Karbon, worried that his daughter’s Denver elementary school had no music program, so he asked the principal if he could start teaching deejaying classes. The response: Sure, ...

In an anonymous strip of commerce in West L.A., beside a small bakery and a pet hospital, is a tribute to a staple of hip-hop and dance culture — the turntable. Up to 20 sets of hands turn wax-coated ...

The late and legendary Jam Master Jay of Run-DMC fame was one of the founders of the Scratch DJ Academy. The DJ school recently celebrated its 10th anniversary and paid tribute to the Hip-Hop icon in ...

If all the blissful, bass-heavy beats permeating the air during Miami Music Week are touching something deep inside your creative soul, telling you that electronic music is your true calling, there’s ...

After 18 years of teaching South Florida how to DJ, Scratch DJ Academy will close its Hollywood location at the end of September. The first Miami location opened in South Beach in 2005, moving to ...

Cosmo Baker is in a special class of DJs. Along with luminaries like DJ Jazzy Jeff, Rich Medina and King Britt, Baker is one of those elite, internationally respected Philly DJs who traverses the ...

Representatives of the world-famous, New York City-based Scratch DJ Academy will be in Negril this week, conducting training sessions for staff members of Beaches hotels in Jamaica and the Turks and ...

Students learning the art of turntablism at the East Colfax Scratch Academy. Photos by John Schaefer. Students learning the art of turntablism at the East Colfax Scratch Academy. Photos by John ...

Nicole Williams is in full postgraduate glow, having just earned her diploma via two turntables and a mixing console. Her final exam required that she blend together a six-song set of hip-hop, house, ...

Spending three weeks in NYC has inspired a lot of new ideas and most importantly given me the opportunity to learn a new skill that I have been very interested in for quite some time, DJing. I've ...