It started with the song “Planet Rock”. The moment DJ OSO Fresh
heard this classic by Afrika Bambaataa & the Soulsonic Force his
passion for DJing and music was ignited. Born in Portland Oregon
DJ OSO Fresh soon discovered that music was unied people,
regardless of race, color or gender. When his family moved to
Northern California, in his early teenage years, OSO was exposed
to the Powermixers on stations like KMEL and KSOL. He paid close
atattention to the smooth blends from song to song, never missing a
beat.
Since his mother didn’t quite understand his early fascination with
music nor his innate ability to create, he funded his early career
through odd jobs, a paper route and his weekly allowance. After
acquiring a DJ Mixer for his 14th birthday, OSO refurbished two
old Technics turntables and started mixing on a few 12” singles his
uncle had left him before going to the service. From that point on
the record store became weekly ritual, spending whatever cash he
had on musi music. By the age of 19 he was selling music, later to
become manager of a music store. While selling music OSO moved
into music production releasing a few local singles with his group
Deuce Deep and an EP with the Hip Hop collective US titled “In us
we trust”.
Upon returning to Portland OSO landed a job at a local recording
studio, recording local R&B and hip hop acts. Then the radio bug
bit him. OSO enrolled in Mount Hood Community College’s radio
broadcasting program and was quickly picked up by a station.
Within 2 years OSO was mixing on the radio and has since
remained on the radio for the past 9 years. Syndicating mixes to
other markets (Spokane, Boise, Seattle), all from his Portland
based home studi studio. OSO broke new ground in the Portland market
by being one of the few Mix Show DJs to ever become an “on-air”
personality and simultaneously play as a DJ at the hottest clubs in
Portland. Opening for acts like Ne-yo, Dave Chappelle, Pussy Cat
Dolls, Pauly D, Carly Rae Jepsen, and Shaggy. OSO didn’t just stick
to radio, he put his studio knowledge to work creating exclusive
remixes, edits and music videos. Now you know where it started
and th that same passion and desire is what motivates him to move
crowds today.