DJ Mike Smoove (born Michael Riggins in August 26, 1977) is one of the
hottest hip hop DJ's from the West Coast to step onto the Hollywood
scene. He was born and raised in Inglewood, California. He later
relocated to Compton then to Santa Ana, California.
Music has always been a major part of Smoove's life; raised by his Mom
the majority of his adolescence he grew up listening to Old School
Classics. At an early age he was exposed to gangs and drugs. But to
keep him focused his parents started putting him in dance contests and
sports. Mike loved music whether it was listening, singing, or
dancing to it.
In 1989, Mike went to live with his Father in Santa Ana, CA to attend
school. Although his roots will always remain in Inglewood, CA, Santa
Ana would later prove to play in an instrumental role in his road to
success. During high school, he turned his focus to basketball and
was immediately placed on the Varsity team as a freshman and would end
his senior year as the Co-Captain of one of the State's top high
school basketball teams at that time. After high school he attended a
couple years of college, starring in basketball at saddleback college
with current Denver nugget Anthony Carter. But he would decide that
college was not the route for him and decided to pursue a career in
music. He started spending hours in the studio making beats at a home
studio his dad bought for him. And soon after that started making
hip-hop and r&b songs wit local artists. In 1999 Mike Smoove would
connect with B.H. Tha Great & Tyrant from Santa Ana. He started doing
music with them and joined the group, I.K. With
I.K., Smoove performed all over from night clubs, the House of Blues
Anaheim and Vegas, community events, all the way to opening for Rick
Ross in Miami. Even putting out several mixtapes. In September 2006
Smoove decided to shift his focus, he took the last of his savings and
purchased DJ equipment. He had never deejayed before, but knew more
about music and how to make people party than most DJ's he had seen
and heard. He practiced during every free moment he had. Plus studied
under Deejay's Rampage, N.I.C, Mark Da Spot, and Tendaji Lathan.
Then on October 28, 2006 only one month after buying his dj
equipment, He deejayed his first gig at night club the rocking taco in
Fullerton. Since then he has gone on to dj at almost every major night
club in Hollywood. Including My House, Haute, Mood, Element, The Highlands, The Garden
Of Eden, Basque, Cabana, Cinespace, Ivar, Forbiddin City, Sugar,
Ritual, Avalon, Lax, and the list goes on. Even being called to host or
deejay major events for stars such as Danity Kane, Swizz Beatz,
Tyrese, Tank, David Banner, Kwame Brown, Snoop Dogg, Dj Quik, Al B
Sure, Biz Markie, Allen Iverson, Dwayne Wade, Kenyon Martin, Lebron
James, SD Charger Antonio Cromatie, GB Packer William Blackmon, Sf 49er Dashon Goldson, Lamar Odom, Jordan Farmar, Josh Powell, Trey Songz, Jackie Long, Young Jeezy, Shaq, Ne-yo, T-Pain,
Hurricane Chris, R Kelly, Gorilla Zoe, Yung Joc, Penthouse Magazine
and so on. He would go on to appear in the september dj issue of Ozone magazine. Also Mike Smoove has been traveling to do gigs in Atlanta,
Las Vegas for all star weekend, Arizona, Utah, Florida, Denver, and over
seas. He is also the tour dj for Young Jezzy/CTE artist 2eleven. Dj Mike Smoove has now joined forces with one of biggest and
hottest dj crews in the land The Core Deejays. Known for being
able to mix all genres from Britney Spears to Jay Z. Be on the lookout
for this young rising star in a city near you
To book DJ Mike Smoove, visit the following website:
WWW.MYSPACE.COM/DJMIKESMOOVE and/or you may contact him at:
Email DJMIKESMOOVE@GMAIL "WHO THE FUCK IS DJ MIKE SMOOVE MIXTAPE"
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