A-TRAK: How To Become Kanye West Tour DJ | R.O.A.D. #284

Welcome to the R.O.A.D. Podcast. The show that gives you unfiltered opinions from the eyes and ears of 3 seasoned DJ’s from the Las Vegas nightclub industry. On this week’s episode of the @RoadPodcast, the fellas welcome World Champion Turntablist, record label executive, 1/2 of @DuckSauceNYC and dj/producer @ATrak. A-Trak talks about being a child prodigy winning the DMC World Championship (@DMCDJChamps) at 15 years old (5:10), speaks on the discipline it takes to win a title with only 2 years of DJ experience (14:20) and opens up about his big brother relationships with @Dave1, @DJQbert, @Crazeroni and the late, great #RocRaida (28:01). He explains why he started @FoolsGoldRecs (34:30), reflects on his viral debate with @Roctakon on the plight of the “working DJ” (44:55) and explains how he became #KanyeWest’s DJ (49:40). A-Trak speaks on how his album @Mr_Camron came about (1:23:49) and talks about how he makes no money off his triple platinum remix of the @YeahYeahYeahs’ ‘Heads Will Roll’ (1:34:00). Finally, he states his frustration with the current DJ climate (1:40:01) and addresses past backlash he received for replacing #DJAM (@DJAMLives) in his collaboration project with @TravisBarker for #TRV$DJAM (1:53:01). HOSTED BY: @djcrooked @djneva @jaimedagreat FOR WEEKLY AUDIO EPISODES EVERY WEDNESDAY, LISTEN HERE: APPLE PODCAST: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... SPOTIFY: https://open.spotify.com/show/0W5EROb... SOUNDCLOUD:   / roadpodcast   Instagram:   / roadpodcast   Twitter:   / roadpodcast   Facebook:   / roadpodcast   Website: https://reflectionsofadj.com/