Where is the art of deejayin today. There’s turntablists who have deejay skills and can perform tricks and professional transitions. Then you have mixtape deejays who promote unsigned rappers. Next you have radio deejays who play popular music. But most importantly you have club deejays who make all the money. And just in case you didn’t know, the money is not in Hip Hop deejayin, but Electronic Dance Music or EDM. Below is Forbes list of top Deejays.
Steve Aoki $14m
Kaskade $16m
Skrillex – $16m
Armin van Buuren – $17m
Afrojack – $18m
Avicii – $20m
Deadmaus – $21
Swedish Mafia House – $25m
Dave Guetta – $30m
Tiesto – $32m
Calvin Harris – $46m
Kurt Nice
Kurt Nice aka Kurtiss Jackson is a behind the scenes pioneer in the Hip Hop Kulture, creating the first nationally distributed video mix tape series, Shades of Hip Hop, in the late 1990s. Since touring the country with the Stop the Violence Movement and the Temple of Hip Hop as KRS-ONE’s National Marketing Director, Kurt Nice has been a constant commentator on conscious Hip Hop and its relevance to the new rap music of today, through radio and cable appearances. contact Kurt at info@hiphoplives.net
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Kurt Nice aka Kurtiss Jackson is a behind the scenes pioneer in the Hip Hop Kulture, creating the first nationally distributed video mix tape series, Shades of Hip Hop, in the late 1990s. Since touring the country with the Stop the Violence Movement and the Temple of Hip Hop as KRS-ONE's National Marketing Director, Kurt Nice has been a constant commentator on conscious Hip Hop and its relevance to the new rap music of today, through radio and cable appearances. contact Kurt at info@hiphoplives.net
At least i made more than deadmaus
good for you. congratulations.