How To Be a Superstar DJ - August 9th

What's going on everyone?

Thanks for checkin' in for another peek inside the crazy world of DJ Superstar Jay.

Well this week is a prime example of why they call me the DJ who never sleeps. And as a matter of fact, I am kind of tired...LOL.

This week I've basically been pushing the latest single from my artist Storm P "Pick the Money Up" featuring Remy Ma...this record is definitely a problem! I've been going out every night this week, stopping thru all the hottest clubs, showing my face and getting the record played by some of the most well known club deejays.

I want to share some advice with all of the mixtape deejays out there... get yourself an artist! I don't care what other artists have to say about deejays spinning there own artists, because at the end of the day I don't see those other dudes helping you out or coming back to get you when they blow up. I'll admit that T.I. is probably the exception, because of the love that he's shown DJ Drama.

But getting back to my crazy week... Every night this week we've been hitting like 3 clubs a night! Monday, I was on conference calls with about 40 international DJ's, pushing the single. "Pick the Money Up" is definitely a hot record, but no one will know it unless you make them hear it! That's where I come in...I'm here to make sure that they know about it. My publicist Brandi had me on the phone with these dudes from 3:00 in the afternoon all the way until 11:00 that night, basically saying the same thing over and over. LOL.

After that we went to Club Myst with my dudes DJ Self and DJ Will, they basically control the whole NYC party scene. It was crazy in there! Kinfolk Kia Shine performed. Later I kicked it with him and he told me that he loves my mixtapes and how I'm always talking shit on them! LMAO! Jae Mills and Mysonne both gave great performances. Then came time for Storm P to perform "Pick the Money Up"...I was just looking out into the crowd, watching people's reactions the whole time. People were definitely feeling it, then dudes started throwing money in the air and it turned bananas! Then Uncle Murda came through and ripped it down! I got in the booth and deejayed just for the love of it! Everyone really did their thing that night. The Kanye West "Can't Tell Me Nothing" is definitely a problem! It gets the crowd poppin' every time you play it. The 50 Cent "I Get Money" joint is also a banger! We left the club around 5:00 in the morning.

I got up at 8:00 am to put together a mixtape for this health food store. That's crazy...I never thought I'd be doing that. Time to hit the studio again. I had to listen to some tracks by my 15 year-old producer. He also produced 3 songs on my upcoming album. We finished at around 11:30.

Now, I have to head home and get dressed. I'm supposed to meet up with Swizz Beats and my man Snag at 12:30 at Funkmaster Flex's birthday party where Swizz is performing. Of course the traffic coming into the city was crazy, so I ended up getting there at 1:40. Damn! And they had already shut down the door. Damn! Swizz and Cassidy are in there already, so I try my luck and pulled the Superstar Jay card with the doorman and it worked!...well actually he let me in an hour later. LOL.

We got in just time to get on stage with Swizz. Then, security starting going real hard on letting people on the stage, so I fell back. Swizz performed and killed it! Then Cassidy came out and gave a hell of a performance. It was great to see him in good spirits, despite what he's been through. Then Swizz brought out Drag-On and he killed it too! While I was in the V.I.P. I saw my man DOE, who signed with Timbaland. You probably know him from the Timbaland joint "The Way I Are." I'm proud to see him in the loop again. I also ran into my man Royal Flush. He used to put in work in the rap game back in the day. He was poppin' mad bottles. I didn't want to get drunk, but I was feeling the energy in the air...so well you know...

We bounced with Swizz. He was talking about us doing a mixtape together. We're gonna do it before his album comes out... that's a great look right there! I got home at 6:00 in the morning. People, I've only had total of 3 hours sleep during this whole week! Friday-I was busy preparing my upcoming mixtape "Your Not on My Level." Then I was arguing on the phone with my publicist Brandi, until 2:00 in the morning about next week's issue of the Mixtapekings column. LOL. I've also got the whole world waiting on the "Shesus Khryst" DVD/ Mixtape starring Remy Ma. Be patient...it will be dropping on August 14th.

Saturday morning I did my thing distributing the new mixtape and got back to Queens in time to play in two community basketball games. The second game had 3,000 people in attendance. It was Sean Bell day in Queens, and everyone showed a lot of love. That night, I went out again to kick it with my man DJ Clue about possibly doing a CD. We'll see that works out.

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Ask Superstar Jay

Q: Jay, I see that you are on Myspace and Facebook, but a lot of artists and celebs are saying that those sites are really being set up by fans. Are yours legit or what?
-Kim, Las Vegas, NV

A: I feel you Kim. I can't speak for everyone, but my accounts are legit and I check them pretty often.
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