Born in Mexico City, Mexico, DJ A-Beats has been a music lover since his birth. Inspired by his parents love of music A-Beats experimented with many genres of music he found his true love, Hip Hop. “I remember when I first moved to the US, there were so many different types of music. I really got into Michael Jackson, Guns N Roses, Red Hot Chilli Peppers etc… Then my brother started coming home with NWA, Ice Cube, Run DMC, Slick Rick and I was hooked.” He began to learn more about hip hop culture and eventually embraced it as his own.

A-Beats decided to take hip hop to the next level and began to DJ in the summer of 2000. He soon earned a spot at the college radio station for James Madison University, WXJM 88.7 FM. At WXJM A-Beats began to hone his skills and bean to create a name for himself. He teamed up with his beat friend, The Polostinian and together they created “Primary Education”. It aired every Tuesday night from 10-12pm for three years, creating a huge buzz in the town of Harrisonburg, Virginia.

Shortly after joining WXJM A-Beats became the Urban Music Director in January 2001. As the Urban MD for WXJM A-Beats became a reporter to major college publications (Urban Network, Rapattacklives.com, CMJ, Rapnetwork.com, Insomniac and Behind The Scenes). He maintained the Urban MD position until he graduated in August 2003.

Recently A-Beats has gained nationwide recognition for his mixes and is one of the up and comers in the mixtape game. Most notably A-Beats was recently nominated at Justo’s 8th Annual Mixtape Awards for Best Mixtape Duo (DJ A-Beats and Double J Present: From 1 Generation 2 The Next). Some of the most renowned mixtape journalists have been praising his latest mixes.

A-Beats is still holding down college radio at WGMU 88.1 FM, George Manson University. He also reports to Rapattacklives.com, Rapnetwork.com and Insomniac Magazine.

2004 will be a big year for A-Beats as he will continue to release quality mixtapes, break new artists and never cease to be the ear of the street in College Radio.

For booking or mixtape sales please contact: djabeats@yahoo.com or www.djabeats.com

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