I went dancing with my friends at a monthly party called "The Rub." DJ Ayres and Cosmo Baker were cool, but DJ Chela rocked the house.
She killed it, had everybody dancing and screaming all night, exactly how I like it. She had her finger on the pulse of the room, and took us on a ride. Mixing classics with newer hits, crossing genres like they don't matter, she had me dancing til 4am. I mean, really, I couldn't sit down.
I met DJ Chela last year, at a CMJ Panel (which I snuck into) with KRS-ONE and Immortal Technique. She was the first DJ I had ever heard speak about women in hip hop. She inspired me to get my turntables, so to see her play was really inspiring, motivating. She didn't come extra fru-fru or fancy, just the best of really really good music, with smooth transitions and creative mixing, perfectly in tune with the bodies in the room. Yea girl!
