In a world first I finally have gotten FAVELA ROCK party pics live the day AFTER the event. Battling through a massive hangover and crunchy knees I processed a nice stack of cray cray images taken at around drunk o’clock at Miss Libs last night. Check out the gallery at the YO!MAFIA WEBSITE!

If you love New Era caps as much as me, you’re in for a treat with their next collabo. Homegrown with a gangsta lean, the headwear giants team up with local legends Saint Side. Fronted by my mack daddy brothers X-Drift and Steve Duck, the fellas were given two colourways to reinterprete, throwing down a sweet ode to the DJ Quik classic ‘Dollar and Sense’. Dropping in a grey/red and black/red snapback, you can cop directly from the fellas at their pop up shop extravaganza in Melbourne’s CBD this Friday. All details are in the Facebook invite here.

Not content with dropping dope domeness on to the masses, the St Albans bretheren also have a stealth G-Shock to giveaway on the night! So mark your calendars for Friday 16th December and make your way to the Saint Side CBD PopUp Store, Level 2, 15 McKillop St (Above Up There Store) in Meltown. Oh did I mention I’ll be spinnnin’ some gangsta rap classics on the night? From 6-8pm followed by my DJ brother in arms A-Styles. Brought to you be the awesome Acclaim Magazine, New Era, Saint Side, Casio and Familia Brands. RECOGNIZE!!!

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New Era x Saint Side collaboration from New Era Australia on Vimeo.

Your weekends are about to get a whole lot better this Summer with the epic introduction of 360 AGENCY’S WE – THE WEEKEND. Chock full of Australia’s finest dance and hip hop DJs, WE goes down at the newly refurbished SEVEN NIGHTCLUB in Albert Park. I’ll be spinnin’ at the launch, DEC 10th..so make sure you get down cos if you’ve seen the roster of artists on the 360 AGENCY books, you know you’re in for a cray cray time yo. Peep the video teaser HERE.

Summer is officially upon us…(can someone please let the weather know!)…and for the first month of summer I’ll have 23 gigs to bust out. Within all my usual residencies (Thurs at Alia, Fridays at Strike/The George, Saturdays at Vintage/Miss Libs and Sundays at Notorious) there’ll be a sprinkling of private gigs, Saintside’s New Era party plus 360 Agency’s newest weekly night WE. Get ready for a shit load of YO!MAFIA madness in December…check out all the dates HERE.

To counteract all the electronica and dance that will be bombarding Melbourne this weekend, CQ are throwing a MASSIVE RNB night at LIV tomoz (aka Friday). But don’t fret, there will be a little bit of house in the building thanks to Mark Pelligrini and Yeah Right DJs. I’ll be headlining from 11:30-12:30, so if you’re trawling the city or on your way to the strippers then make sure you make a detour to the bangin’ YO! MAFIA JAMS. All deets are in the flyer above!

It may be Monday, but that don’t mean the party stops just cos the weekend did! Going on eight gigs strong, tonight’s gig is one I’ve been looking forward to for the last month since I was booked. It’s about time Melbourne got a dope hip hop jamboree for the start of the week. It’s the best way to curb those Monday-itis feelins. And it doesn’t get better than this killer line up. I finally get to DJ with my favourite homie HANS DC (and on his birthday none-the-less) plus long time DJ buddy Mu-Gen and Australia’s number one turntabilist and good mate DEXTER. Yes, you heard right…DEXTER will be christening the night with his rad stylings of insane cuts! It’s all FREE too…add to that $2.50 pots and $5 vodkas, your hangover just carried over into the new week bitches!!! LAUNDRY BAR – 50 JOHNSTON ST, FITZROY 3065. Check the FACEBOOK EVENT for more.

If you love cheezeey retro floor bangers like Madonna, Whitney, George (both Boy and Michael) and SClub7 then this is the party for you! I have a real soft spot for whipping out my ’80s and ’90s gems, so make sure you get down to The Laundry this Friday night to witness the Olivia Newton-John fitness. I’ll be rockin’ upstairs from 11-1am with a special performance by the Real Hot Bitches. If you haven’t seen these ladies perform..you’re in for a MASSIVE treat! Hit the FACEBOOK EVENT for all the info!

I’ve always been a massive fan of the TV Show BLOSSOM for a long minute and with 2011 it’s 20th year anniversary, I thought I pay my respects to Mayim Bialik and the lead character that helped shape my fashion steez. She was way ahead of her time with her vintage goodness, and if you jump over to THE VINE you can read my entire love letter to the show! Over 3000 hits already on this awesomeness!!!

This year I had the honour of rocking the NOVA100 Tent at the Tatts Cox Plate Moonee Valley Race Course. It was an incredible day fuelled with all you can eat goods and all you can drank cocktails. Needless to say, things got messy very quickly! On the ones and twos with me were the incredible BAG RAIDERS as well as the awesome Eddie Rinaldo – each of us rocking our own signature blend of party jams and dope bangers. Moonee Valley Racing just released the epic recap video featuring Hughsey and Kate plus a swag of horse race fans, which you can see AFTER THE JUMP.…mad times indeed!

Most DJs will know that technology is moving so fast it’s impossible to keep up with all the new ways you can mix and make your life easier when traveling from gig to gig. I’ll be the first to admit that taking the plunge to use Serato back in 2006 was one of the hardest decisions to make as a spin doctor. Everyone balked at the idea of DJng straight off a laptop without digging through crates to find that next gem. But my back decided the time was right, after lugging at least four crates of records to each gig. And working at Revolver and tryna get them up those bluddy stairs was a nightmare. But even Serato looks old school these days with all-purpose consoles being created that don’t even need CDs, vinyl or laptops. This is definitely the age of ‘anyone can be a DJ’. They’ve made it so simple, you can literally rock up to a gig with one USB key and a pair of headphones and you’re good to go.

That’s all because of the insane Pioneer CDJ2000s. With a new line of products rolling out that consist of what Pioneer call ‘multi players’, DJs can now literally download the software onto their computer, arrange their tunes by artist, bpm, track etc, export onto a USB key and then slot the key into the CD player and off you go. Now while I’m a way off mastering this new approach to mixing, I am excited that Pioneer have come up with a way to utilise these incredible machines to work natively with Serato. The whole purpose of the CDJ2000 is to take professional DJng to the next level. And believe me, it does!

I was very fortunate to get a nice hook up from the homies at Pioneer through my DJ Agency 360…and now I’m the proud owner of two brand spanking new CDJ2000s. The only CDJ I’ve ever owned was a CDJ600 from 2001. Believe me this is one hell of an upgrade. With turntables turning into massive drink coasters at clubs, CDJs are leading the pack as the DJs choice to mix on. I’m excited to spend hours of my days fiddling with all the incredible features (I’ve included a video below from Pioneer, for anyone thinking of pulling the trigger on one of these bad boys!). Pioneer Australia are the leading DJ brand for a reason – their products are super tough, ahead of the pack as far as technology goes and they care about DJs and their needs. I’m stoked to be showcasing their products! And damn they look so pretty, haha!