INSPIRE, DREAM, BELIEVE, THIS IS WHAT I LIVE BY.....
J
ook City is more than a brand; it is a movement, a force
However, overnight success is not something the real world hands out
of music unstoppable in its drive and unswerving in its
very often, and it was in 1996 Jamal began plotting the route that would
route of heading straight for the top and keeping right
ultimately lead him to scale the heights of the music business; revealing
on going.
himself to be a master behind the decks, Jamal’s talents as a
Setting that movement in motion
DJ brought him into the world
and controlling its direction with
of the music scene, regular
an incredibly capable hand and
engagements building his repu-
unmatched vision stands the
tation and bringing him onto
master of all ceremonies, Jamal
the radar of the major record
Lyles, aka director of the decks
labels. Subsequent invites to
and pinnacle of producers, the
break music in the clubs for
driven DJ Strizzo.
these industry names put Jamal’s finger firmly on the pulse of who
Such well-known hits as Low
and where the best new music
Lowww and Sweat, & Bootlegg
was coming from.
(Burn My S**t) has seen what some critics dubbed as ‘just a
Fast forward a few years and
local’ movement into a wave of
hard work has turned effort into
world drenching tides, slaking
reward, his name burned deep
the thirsts of a buying public
into the minds of any who were
demanding something more from their music, something unique and fresh,
fortunate to catch him in New York, Nashville, Las Vegas, Cleveland, or one
and devastatingly powerful.
of the many other States this artist and producer DJ Strizzo has turned up at and subsequently torn down.
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