Dee Jay Mack
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HEARD YOU JUST RECENTLY PURCHASED A NICELY PRICED HOME OUTSIDE OF THE CITY, WHAT KEEPS YOU HERE IN PHILADELPHIA?
MY FAMILY KEEPS ME HERE IN PHILLY.
HOW MANY CLUBS HAVE YOU DJ'ED FOR IN THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA?
"I HAVE DJ'ED AT EVERY CLUB IN THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA".
I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU GREW UP IN A HOUSEHOLD WITH NO MALE ROLE MODEL UNTIL YOUR LATE TEENS, HOW DID THAT MAKE YOU FEEL?
"I DIDN'T CARE; I HAD MY MOM AND GRANDMOTHER TO TEACH ME TO BE RESPONSIBLE, AS WELL AS A GREAT FATHER WITH MY KIDS. ALSO, I WAS SPOILED SO I DID NOT WANT OR NEED FOR ANYTHING IN MY LIFE, THAT HAS HELPED ME TO HAVE AN OPEN RELATIONSHIP WITH MY KIDS AS WELL".
WHAT HAS BEEN THE PROUDEST MOMENT IN YOUR LIFE TO DATE?
"WHEN MY CHILDREN WERE BORN AND HEARING THEM CALL ME DADA, I ALSO LOVE TO SEE MY KIDS SMILE, IT MAKES ME PROUD KNOWING THAT I HAVE AN IMPACT ON MAKING THEM SMILE".
WHAT IS THE BEST ADVICE THAT YOU CAN GIVE TO THE YOUTH?
REALIZE THAT WHEN YOUR LOOKING FOR A FRIEND, HOPE THAT YOU DON'T FIND YOUR ENEMY…"STICK TO YOUR BOOKS AND KNOW THAT ''REAL IS REAL AND FAKE IS FAKE". WHO WOULD HAVE KNOWN THAT THE SON OF ONE MS. CLAUDIA CERDAN WOULD GROW UP TO BE THE TRI-STATES NUMBER ONE D.J.? YES THAT'S RIGHT, NONE OTHER THAN D.J. MACK. MACK SPENT MOST OF HIS EARLY CHILDHOOD YEARS GROWING UP IN SOUTH PHILADELPHIA BEFORE RELOCATING TO NORTH PHILADELPHIA. DJ MACK HAS TURNED DOWN THE OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND COLLEGE AT BRYANT COLLEGE IN RHODE ISLAND, WHICH MOST PEOPLE WOULD SAY "ARE YOU CRAZY"?! WELL WITH HIS REPETOIR OF EVENTS IT’S NOT HARD TO SEE WHY HE CHOSE THE ROAD AND PATH HE CHOSE.
HE WAS VERY INTERESTED IN MUSIC AT THE YOUNG AND TENDER AGE OF 7 YEARS OLD AND HAS BEEN A LEGEND IN HIS OWN RIGHT, WAY BEFORE HE BECAME THE TRI-STATES NUMBER ONE DJ. DJ MACK HAS NOT LET ANYTHING STAND IN THE WAY OF HIS LOVE FOR MUSIC. HE RECALLS AND STANDS FIRM THAT "HE WILL BE A DJ UNTIL HE DECIDES HE'S NOT WORKING ANYMORE". DJ MACK'S GOD BROTHER, DJ STORM WAS HIS MOTIVATION; “DJ STORM IS THE REASON THAT RADIO IS WHAT IT IS TODAY" AND IT'S CLEAR THAT MACK WILL CONTINUE THE LEGACY. MACKIE WILL NOT LET ANYTHING STAND IN THE WAY OF HIS CAREER, HE HAS OVERCOME OBSTACLES SUCH AS NOT HAVING A FATHER IN THE HOUSEHOLD AND HAS STATED THAT "EVEN THOUGH HE DID NOT HAVE A FATHER FIGURE IN THE HOUSE HE DIDN'T CARE, HE HAD HIS GRANDMOTHER AND MOTHER" AND HAS GROWN UP GREAT AND ALSO VERY SUCCESSFUL. HIS MOTHER AND GRANDMOTHER HAVE SHOWN HIM HOW TO BE A RESPONSIBLE FATHER AND MAN TO HIS CHILDREN...
WHICH MOST PEOPLE WOULD SAY "ARE YOU CRAZY"?! WELL WITH HIS REPETOIR OF EVENTS IT’S NOT HARD TO SEE WHY HE CHOSE THE ROAD AND PATH HE CHOSE.
HE WAS VERY INTERESTED IN MUSIC AT THE YOUNG AND TENDER AGE OF 7 YEARS OLD AND HAS BEEN A LEGEND IN HIS OWN RIGHT, WAY BEFORE HE BECAME THE TRI-STATES NUMBER ONE DJ. DJ MACK HAS NOT LET ANYTHING STAND IN THE WAY OF HIS LOVE FOR MUSIC. HE RECALLS AND STANDS FIRM THAT "HE WILL BE A DJ UNTIL HE DECIDES HE'S NOT WORKING ANYMORE". DJ MACK'S GOD BROTHER, DJ STORM WAS HIS MOTIVATION; “DJ STORM IS THE REASON THAT RADIO IS WHAT IT IS TODAY" AND IT'S CLEAR THAT MACK WILL CONTINUE THE LEGACY. MACKIE WILL NOT LET ANYTHING STAND IN THE WAY OF HIS CAREER, HE HAS OVERCOME OBSTACLES SUCH AS NOT HAVING A FATHER IN THE HOUSEHOLD AND HAS STATED THAT "EVEN THOUGH HE DID NOT HAVE A FATHER FIGURE IN THE HOUSE HE DIDN'T CARE, HE HAD HIS GRANDMOTHER AND MOTHER" AND HAS GROWN UP GREAT AND ALSO VERY SUCCESSFUL. HIS MOTHER AND GRANDMOTHER HAVE SHOWN HIM HOW TO BE A RESPONSIBLE FATHER AND MAN TO HIS CHILDREN... DJ MACK HAS BEEN A HOUSEHOLD NAME SINCE HE WAS THIRTEEN YEARS OLD AND OPENING FOR THE HEAVY HITTERS SUCH AS TUPAC SHAKUR, BIGGIE SMALLS, JACKAL THE BEAR, LIL' KIM, LIL' CEASE, METHOD MAN AND REDMAN, AS WELL AS RUFF RYDERS AND KENNY SMOOV JUST TO NAME A FEW. HE HAD THE GAME MASTERED AT TWELVE YEARS OF AGE AND AT THIRTEEN HE WAS OPENING FOR SOME MAJOR NAMES AND YET HE IS STILL VERY MODEST AND HUMBLE. THERE ARE HOWEVER A LOT OF SIDES TO DJ MACK; HE USED TO BE A DANCER FOR A GROUP CALLED 4 HORSEMEN AND EVEN CHOREOGRAPHED FOR EVE, MUSIQ SOULCHILD, AS WELL AS ''AND 1'' BASKETBALL. HE STATES "I STOPPED BECAUSE I FELL IN LOVE WITH MUSIC". DJ MACK ALSO KNOWN AS MACKIE HAS HAD A LOT OF SUCCESS IN HIS CAREER AS A DJ, HE WON AN AWARD FOR BEING THE MOST VERSATILE DJ IN 2007 BY SONY MUSIC GROUP, AS WELL AS 9 TROPHIES FOR DJ BATTLES, SPINOFFS, TROPHIES FROM PEPSI AS WELL AS TROPHIES FOR DJING IN PHILADELPHIA PA, WILDWOOD NJ,AND ATLANTIC CITY.