Spring Bling SPecial edition REDD EYEZZ // MIMS // MAGIC MIKE +USDA // SMITTY // UNK // WES FIF SUAVE SMOOTH // LLOYD // C-RIDE CAROL CITY CARTEL // & MORE BCR 2007 **SPECIAL EDITION** Spring Bling PRESENTS lil haiti’s own STRICTLY BUSINESS RECORDS REDD EYEZZ HURRICANE // MIMS // USDA // SMITTY +UNK // WES FIF // SUAVE SMOOTH LLOYD // C-RIDE // CAROL CITY CARTEL | OZONE MIAMI PHOTO GALLERY 01 // Jim Jonsin, DJ Khaled, Pitbull, Stay Fresh, Lil Jon, & ladies @ Bongo’s for Rick Ross’ birthday party 02 // Stack$ & his father Cecile Barker @ The Forge 03 // Bu, Dirtered, & BANG @ Bongo’s for Rick Ross’ birthday party 04 // Fat Joe & his wife Lorena 05 // Benji Brown @ the Improv 06 // Guest & K Foxx @ Jimmy Henchman’s party 07 // Trina & Too $hort @ Bongo’s for Rick Ross’ birthday party 08 // Flo-Rida, Krunch One, & Scotti Boi @ Rollexx 09 // Kelis @ The Forge for Soul Kitchen Sundays 10 // Ladies @ the Improv 11 // Tigger looking for some new Kittens calendar models @ the 400 Club 12 // C.O. & Trick Daddy @ Santo’s for Miami Live 13 // The Runners & Fat Joe 14 // D-Boy & In- dianapolis Colts star @ Rollexx 15 // Brock, Cool, & Fentz @ Take One 16 // Redd Eyezz ignores the Cristal boycott 17 // Hulk Hogan & Anna Nicole Smith (R.I.P.) 18 // Tigger & Lorenzo “Ice Tea” Thomas @ the 400 Club 19 // DMX @ the Rollexx Photos by J Lash 954-854-4008 OZONE | KAYE DUNAWAY www.myspace.com/djkayedunaway aye Dunaway DJs for 102 Jamz in Or- Definitely. I like Wes Fif and Haitian Fresh. lando. She is also a member of the CORE Preacher is another one that’s coming up. Stick DJs, Murda Mamis and Pure Pain Records. 3000 seems to be doing his thing, too. KWith a love for breaking new records, KD fully supports the independent artist movement in You’ve lived in a lot of cities. When and why did Central Florida and hopes to bring new talent to you move to Orlando? the forefront of Hip Hop. The situation I was in prior to that didn’t work out so I moved to Atlanta and intended to get How long have you been mixing? my grind on and do the mixtape thing. I wasn’t All my life. My dad was a DJ and I used to watch even thinking about radio at that point. I had him do his thing. I really started getting into it sent a couple of resumes out before I moved around 9 years old. to Atlanta so they called me up about a month later out of the blue. They said they liked what When did you get your big break in radio? they heard. I didn’t even know anyone out here. I did an internship at V103 [in Atlanta]. A It was really luck. friend of mine that was already interning there brought me in. I was in college at the time at You seem to have a very strong opinion about Morris Brown College in Atlanta. I majored in the “Hip Hop is dead” movement. Care to graphic design. I got the internship and it was elaborate? my chance to learn everything. I learned pro- I don’t think Hip Hop is dead. Just ‘cause it’s not duction, promotions and programming. I got to popular in one part of the country anymore, that meet a lot of big names that are in radio today. doesn’t mean it’s dead. It’s just transforming right now. That’s what Hip Hop has always been Do you think it’s harder for a woman to make it able to do since its inception. It’s changing and in the DJ game? people gotta learn to change with it. A lot of No, not if you’re persistent and show that you’re people are getting older and aren’t learning to serious about it. At first it seemed kind of intim- adapt. They’re holding on to what they thought idating because everyone looks at it as a male Hip Hop was. Hip Hop is still doing the same thing. It does take some time to prove yourself thing it was doing back then. It’s freeing minds but once you get established and people know and giving people an opportunity to do some- you’re not faking it, it’s not hard at all. thing bigger than what they ever could have imagined doing with their lives. It educates You have several DJ affiliations. How do they people. It might sound a little different, but it’s help your career? doing the same thing. The first affiliation that I ever got down with was the Tech.Nitions. From there I met up with What projects are you working on? the Murda Mamis and the CORE DJs. Pure Pain I’m doing some R&B mixtapes down here. I’m Records in Georgia have really helped me a lot. doing a mixtape that’s going to feature a lot They have a lot of DJ affiliations. of Orlando artists. I’m going to put them on front ‘cause Orlando has a lot of talent and What are some of your favorite records to spin? they haven’t had the chance to showcase it yet. Right now, it’s the T-Pain record. I love anything I want to put them on blast so people can see by Rich Boy and the Swizz Beatz Record – I like what’s going on down here. spinning that record. Words by Ms. Rivercity Are there any local artists you are feeling? Photo by Terrence Tyson 10 | OZONE KAYE DUNAWAY www.myspace.com/djkayedunaway aye Dunaway DJs for 102 Jamz in Or- Definitely. I like Wes Fif and Haitian Fresh. lando. She is also a member of the CORE Preacher is another one that’s coming up. Stick DJs, Murda Mamis and Pure Pain Records. 3000 seems to be doing his thing, too. KWith a love for breaking new records, KD fully supports the independent artist movement in You’ve lived in a lot of cities. When and why did Central Florida and hopes to bring new talent to you move to Orlando? the forefront of Hip Hop. The situation I was in prior to that didn’t work out so I moved to Atlanta and intended to get How long have you been mixing? my grind on and do the mixtape thing. I wasn’t All my life. My dad was a DJ and I used to watch even thinking about radio at that point. I had him do his thing. I really started getting into it sent a couple of resumes out before I moved around 9 years old. to Atlanta so they called me up about a month later out of the blue. They said they liked what When did you get your big break in radio? they heard. I didn’t even know anyone out here. I did an internship at V103 [in Atlanta]. A It was really luck. friend of mine that was already interning there brought me in. I was in college at the time at You seem to have a very strong opinion about Morris Brown College in Atlanta. I majored in the “Hip Hop is dead” movement. Care to graphic design. I got the internship and it was elaborate? my chance to learn everything. I learned pro- I don’t think Hip Hop is dead. Just ‘cause it’s not duction, promotions and programming. I got to popular in one part of the country anymore, that meet a lot of big names that are in radio today. doesn’t mean it’s dead. It’s just transforming right now. That’s what Hip Hop has always been Do you think it’s harder for a woman to make it able to do since its inception. It’s changing and in the DJ game? people gotta learn to change with it. A lot of No, not if you’re persistent and show that you’re people are getting older and aren’t learning to serious about it. At first it seemed kind of intim- adapt. They’re holding on to what they thought idating because everyone looks at it as a male Hip Hop was. Hip Hop is still doing the same thing. It does take some time to prove yourself thing it was doing back then. It’s freeing minds but once you get established and people know and giving people an opportunity to do some- you’re not faking it, it’s not hard at all. thing bigger than what they ever could have imagined doing with their lives. It educates You have several DJ affiliations. How do they people. It might sound a little different, but it’s help your career? doing the same thing. The first affiliation that I ever got down with was the Tech.Nitions. From there I met up with What projects are you working on? the Murda Mamis and the CORE DJs. Pure Pain I’m doing some R&B mixtapes down here. I’m Records in Georgia have really helped me a lot. doing a mixtape that’s going to feature a lot They have a lot of DJ affiliations. of Orlando artists. I’m going to put them on front ‘cause Orlando has a lot of talent and What are some of your favorite records to spin? they haven’t had the chance to showcase it yet. Right now, it’s the T-Pain record. I love anything I want to put them on blast so people can see by Rich Boy and the Swizz Beatz Record – I like what’s going on down here.