Dj Kickback (born Luis Quiroz in 1971 in Laredo, Texas) was influenced at a young age by early New York Hip-Hop pioneers such as Afrika Bambaataa, Grandmaster Flash, Eric B & Rakim and Run-DMC. But it was around 1987 that he was introduced to a new sound coming out of Chicago, Illinois called House Music through live mix show cassette recordings of the Hot Mix 5 which were broadcast live on Chicago’s radio station WBMX. Taking influence by Dj’s such as Julian “Jumpin” Perez, Ralphi Rosario, Mickey Oliver and Bad Boy Bill, that he developed a taste for underground dance and urban music.

However his musical career did not begin until 1989 when he was introduced to a pair of belt-driven turntables by his high school friends. He quickly took in all that he had learned from his early influence with a small collection of vinyl records and started to develop his own mixing style.

He is one of the first Dj’s to sell his live mix sets recordings on cassette in his hometown which in return would feed his need for purchasing all the latest dance music from the local and out of state record stores.

Kickback’s big break came when local radio station 98.1 asked for him to submit live mixes for their Sunday night mix show line-up. From there he would be asked to open for several major label artists performing in the area and eventually would go on to win the local radio sponsored Dj competition. Kickback was also one of the original mix shows Dj’s at a newly formed party radio station 106.1 where dance music was part of the regular rotation.

Although Hip-Hop and House Music culture took several years to catch on with the masses in Laredo, Kickback is considered one the first Dj’s to spin both of the genres at his performances and is responsible for producing the first local Hip-Hop group.

With over 19 years of experience in the game, Dj Kickback is guaranteed to rock the crowd with all sub-genres of House Music and Hip-Hop.

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