ON MY OWN WAVE: DJ CAESAR
PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA | DJ CAESAR
INTERVIEW KB Tindal photo DSQ PHOTOGRAPHY
When we go down the list of top tier DJ’s, it never seems to get the notoriety of a top tier MC list, when without a doubt, it should be heralded in the same way. If we look at East Coast DJ’s that put Hip Hop on the map and took their skills worldwide during the mixtape era that list is full of heavyweights from DJ Clue, DJ Envy, DJ Doo Wop, Ron G, Funk Master Flex and more. If we have a conversation just about dope DJ’s in general, we have to mention the likes of DJ Premier, DJ Drama, DJ Jazzy Jeff, DJ Cosmic Kev, DJ Tony Touch, DJ Khaled, DJ Screw and a slew of others. But if we are talking about the next wave of DJ’s that are currently carving out their own piece of the Hip Hop legacy for spinning dope tunes and sticking to the pure Hip Hop code of the culture, no one is at the top of their game that deserves to be mentioned with the greats or is more prevalent, than DJ Caesar.
From obscure small radio and college radio stations in NJ, to the BET stage, to being named the East Coast tour DJ for Esports, this proud Panamanian, DJ Caesar, has climbed the ladder of success by tearing down the air waves of Sirius XM satellite radio on every show from “Rap Is Outta Control” to DJ Whoo Kid’s/G Unit Radio’s “Whoolywood Shuffle”, and he now brings his craft to the grand platform of Power 107.1 which covers the Delaware, Maryland and Virginia area. For the last 3 years prior to taking over at Power 101.7, his Rhyming With DJ Caesar segments on FM radio in Philly showcased some of the dopest lyricists the city had to offer including RJ Payne of Benny The Butcher’s Black Soprano Family, and K. Price. In the words of DJ Caesar himself “The Wave Is Different On This Side.” So much so, that he can play you the hits of today, and drop in an unknown artist and you’ll be thanking him for putting you up on some new music. Not too many DJ’s can make that claim. But Caesar’s love for pure Hip Hop of the 90’s and 2000’s and select artists of today, rings off consistently and proudly every time he’s behind the wheels in rare form.
Caesar’s style is about as strong as the DJ’s that he has looked up to before and throughout his career. His ear for new music is as keen as his sense for seeking out artists that crave and deliver bars, like their lives depend on it. But don’t get it mangled, Caes will demolish your party on every level and still create new music with lyricists that is FM and playlist worthy. If you want the best of the best when it comes to big tunes, DJ Caesar has got to be your go to guy and if he is not, we guarantee after one listen to a set by him, that he will become one of your favorite DJ’s.
Let’s walk with the fly kid on the block and one of the most talented DJ’s on the east coast, and soon to be worldwide, and delve into his life, his loves, and his plans to conquer everything from being a great artist to an actor. Welcome to the world of DJ Caesar.
“My thing is I like playing people that actually deserve to be heard because the music is dope.” - DJ CAESAR
VALIDATED: Where were you born and raised?
DJ CAESAR: I was born in Norfolk, Virginia, and then my mother went back to Panama. So I have Panamanian roots. My mother's Panamanian and my father's Panamanian and the rest of my family, we're all Panamanians. So we went back there and I came back over when I was 5 and we landed in Jersey. Then my mom and my step pop found jobs in Jersey and that's where I'm from.
VALIDATED: I remember finding out about you when you were still on college radio, what college and station was that?
DJ CAESAR: At the time it was called Burlington County College and the station was Z88.9 and I had a mix show over there every Wednesday from 3-6 playing Reggae, Hip Hop and R & B. It was called “Fuego Radio”. And then I used to do another college radio show on WPRB 103.3 in Princeton, New Jersey. That's where I got my first start in radio.
VALIDATED: When did you know that you wanted to be a DJ and how long ago did you start pursuing that dream?
DJ CAESAR: Before College I had, you know, of course hoop dreams and I used to play ball a lot. But I didn't get as tall as I wanted to be and my grades weren't the best. I was at the YMCA just trying to figure my life out as I was going to my college classes and there was another DJ by the name of a DJ Super. He introduced me to radio because I used to have all the latest music in my car and I used to give him rides to work and you know what I mean, we used to just carpool. He introduced me to WPRB 103.3 in Jersey. Once I stepped in that radio station I was like alright, well this is what I'm going to pursue next because I knew the NBA wasn't realistic. So once I did that, I started taking college courses at Burlington County College and found out about their radio program. So what they did to weave off the people that weren't as serious is they would make you do... they knew I wanted to do Hip Hop but they will make you do other genres of music when you're taking their programs to see if you're going to last, cause you know, sometimes in this radio game you're not going to be working in the field that you want, basically like, you could be a Hip Hop DJ working on a rock station just to get your experience up, you know what I mean? So they made me do that for a year. So after my year they gave me my own show and I was allowed to play what I wanted to. I started doing internships in Philadelphia and then internships in New York that eventually led to jobs, positions.
VALIDATED: When you first started at Sirius XM on Shade 45 you were doing the boards on the “Rap is Outta Control” show correct?
DJ CAESAR: Yeah, I was doing the board for “Rap Is Outta Control”, and that's when I got hired. Before that as an intern, I was interning for Lord Sear and Rude Jude before they got split up into their own shows, they had a show called “The All Out Show”. I was their intern and then I ended up working with Lord Sear a lot and that's how I got the position as a Board Op and then for one of my shifts I was working with DJ Eclipse for the “Rap Is Outta Control” show. So at the time that I was working with Lord Sear and all of them I was blessed because the internship program was so intense that you had to basically audition yourself for the channel (Shade 45) so when I got in the door for my internship they asked me what channels do you want to work for? I said, I want to work for Shade 45 because that's the channel I listened to the most and have the most knowledge on. So they put me and three other brothers in front of OQ, who was the producer at the time for the “All Out Show” and he said basically, the person that knows the most about the show is going to get the internship, and the other two gentlemen couldn't touch me because they didn't know nothing about the show. They just wanted to work for the channel, but they didn't know what they were signing up for. But I knew the Drunk Mix, I knew the Pill Mix... the special segments, I'm like I know everything about the show, so I ended up getting the internship. Then after that, my relationship with OQ and Rude Jude started to blossom because they knew I was serious about it and they gave me a shot.
VALIDATED: Yeah, I miss Rude and Sear being on the “All Out Show” together.
DJ CAESAR: Yeah me too but everybody, I guess you know, wants their own growth, which I completely understand that myself. Cause when you and me were first introduced to each other KB I was also working with G-Unit Radio with DJ Whoo Kid and then I used to work with The Money Team with Nelson and all of them. But as I'm continuing to move up, you know, my brand, I also wanted to stick out on my own. I don't want to be like, under anybody. I want my own brand to shine on its own. And that's what I'm currently building now.
VALIDATED: How did the “Weekend Work” show with you and Coach PR on Shade 45 come about for you? And why did you end up leaving the show?
DJ CAESAR: Well “Weekend Work” ended up coming about because Whoo Kid at the time was getting a lot of overseas gigs and a lot of work, so he couldn't wake up at 9 or 8 when he was just getting in the house at 6 o'clock in the morning. He wanted to take a nap. So, I remember it like yesterday KB. I was on the train over there by the 34th street Macy's right, and Whoo Kid was like, yo, I'm tired, I just got in the house, I gotta take a nap, till at least 12. I'm gonna need you to hold it down. So I always came prepared cause I had a feeling this day would come. So I already had my laptop, I had my hard drive, I was ready. So even though I was a board op, I'm still going to play my position, but I'll do as you say, because this is still your hour, this is still your show. You get what I'm saying? So I gave him options. I could play the music through the system, which means I'm not controlling the music. I'm just hitting play and making sure that there's music that the people are listening to, or I can mix. I said the choice is up to you. I got joints lined up. I can mix the music or I could play through the computer. What would you like me to do? He was like, “well, mix but don't, you know, don't be wack because people will let me know. So make sure it's a good mix.” And that one opportunity turned into, “well you hold it down. I'll come later bro, just hold me down.” And that went on for at least five years. Me, Coach PR and DJ Mandog, Whoo Kid's brother. He ended up moving upstate so he couldn't make it as much and then me and Coach held it down then. Then Producer Ri came in and everything was good. Long story short, about why I left is just like, you know, they wanted to go in another direction as far as music wise. And I wanted to go in the direction I was going in with the kind of music I play and we just smoothly went our own ways. There's no love loss. I wish all of them the best. There's no beef, no talking trash. Like none of that man. Like, you know what I'm saying? That's not even me. I hope those brothers do well because I'm working for mine as well. No bad malicious intent or anything. Everything's love bro.
VALIDATED: So while you were doing “Weekend Work” on Shade 45, before you left that show, you were also doing guest spots with Lord Sear on his show and you were doing some Reggae spots on “The Joint 42” which is also on Sirius XM. So how does the legend Heather B approach you to DJ on her show, The “Happy Hour with Heather B”, on Sirius XM Fly, channel 47?
DJ CAESAR: What drew her to me was her husband, Horse. Horse was a fan of “Weekend Work” and he knew I kept my music authentic to the culture. It's not about the most popular songs. It's about dope beats, and the dope lyrics. And he was a fan of that, and I'm a fan of that today. That's why I keep growing. It's not about popularity, it's about, is the song dope, is it Hip Hop. So he liked that. So when her show was about to take off or premiere, I should say, she told me hey, Horse is a big fan of yours, we check you out on “Weekend Work”, we want you to do like an all Biggie set for my show. So I said, oh man, you called the right guy for that. [Laughter] I'm about to kill this show. It was like a two hour all Biggie set. We went in there and knocked it out and I was the very first DJ on her “Happy Hour” show and she recently had an anniversary and she called me back. The producer of her show asked her, who you want to DJ for your anniversary show? She said you gotta go back and get the guy who started me off. And she called me back and that's what happened. Another reason why “Weekend Work” didn't work out as long as it should have is because that's when I got an opportunity to have my own platform in Philadelphia so you know, my focus was, I'm gonna build this brand just like I built “Weekend Work”, and let people know I could do this on the FM side too and play those other artists that don't really get played on FM. I'm going to play them because they need to be heard as well. My thing is I like playing people that actually deserve to be heard because the music is dope. So I started focusing more on Philly. I couldn't do the live interviews for “Weekend Work” like I used to because I was doing my own interviews in Philly at the time. I couldn't be at both spots at the same time. But “Weekend Work” was the introduction.
VALIDATED: Being that you’re plugged in with Heather B. has that allowed you to do “Sway In The Morning” yet?
DJ CAESAR: Yes, I did that a couple times but I don't really hit him up cause I know there's other DJ's that aren't on the radio as much as I am. You get what I'm saying? So I don't really play my Sway card as often as I guess I should, just because I know I got my own thing going on. But yeah, I think once or twice, but not more than that. I only like going on Sway if I got something to say, like I'm gonna do a dope mix but also tell you, hey, I'm in a movie or something. Something crazy cause I know his platform is huge, so I just want to make a monumental statement when I'm on there besides just a dope mix.
VALIDATED: How did your slot on Power 101.7 come about?
DJ CAESAR: So the program director of Power 101.7 Is a fan of my work. So basically he was tuned into “Shade 45”. He knew I was on the air in Philly at the same time and he just reached out to me like, Hey, I've got an open slot and I would like to see if you wanted to get down and I'm going to give you the freewill to play whatever you want and just give me the flavor. I said, say no more. I'm there.
VALIDATED: I know you're a big movie fan and you've interviewed various actors. Are you trying to branch off into something like that?
DJ CAESAR: My next level is me trying to be on your TV screen. That's my next hustle. So if I have to interview these directors and actors until I get there, then so be it. But I feel like I can hold down a little role right now because it's not like I'm the illest actor or anything but that is my lane now. So the method to my madness is, I'm gonna use the radio platform to get myself on TV. That's where I'm going next.
VALIDATED: Are you doing acting courses to help you with that?
DJ CAESAR: I've done acting classes for a beginner and I've done acting classes for an Intermediate. My next one is a more advanced class, but I haven't done that yet. I'm just waiting for a good time in my work schedule to do it. Yeah, I'm definitely not going to go into the field, and not take courses though. I'm taking courses. I ain't going in there trying to play myself because like, my lady's a big critic and I told her I will never act in front of her because she always got something to say about other actors. So I'm like, I'm not going in there without no practice bro.
VALIDATED: I know you've got “Rhyming with DJ Caesar” and you've had artists like RJ Payne and K. Price on there, so who else are you rockin' with right now that people might not know about that's bar heavy?
DJ CAESAR: Shawn Smith, He's from Philadelphia. He's got his own situation called “Sink or Swim”, as an independent. I like this other guy from Camden, his name is Porter Rich. We've done some singles, and mixtapes. Then we got some other stuff coming up on the way. I'm really supporting him. I like what he does, he's just a good guy. You know what I'm saying? So, yeah, I'm pushing him heavily. But as far as the people that are already known that haven't come to see me yet. I need Conway on there. Conway you got to come see me B. I'm a heavy Griselda head and he knows that.
VALIDATED: Have you had Benny or Westside Gunn on your show?
DJ CAESAR: Nah, that's what I'm saying bro. And that's RJ man. So I know they know about the kid so I'm just waiting, you know what I mean? I'm trying to change the dynamics, like if y'all come to Philly y'all gotta come see the Hip Hop guy, which is me now, you know what I mean? So I'm patiently building, but while I'm building, I'm just doing other avenues as well. I want to share this with you KB because this is one of the biggest things that just happened to me. There's this gaming network called the Esports and they just made me their official East Coast DJ. So we're going on a college tour. We're starting in Philadelphia on September 29th. So basically what this is going to do is we're going to go to the college campuses and what's going to happen is that the students will play Fortnite and other games and battle it out for a scholarship. So basically, you're going to play for the scholarship. I'm gonna have the music playing and I'll be DJing in the background as you're playing games and all that, and we're gonna have artists come to perform. It's going to be dope. So that kicks off September 29 in the city of Philadelphia at the Temple University campus. Then I'm going to Atlanta, Florida in Miami to FU (Florida University) so, yeah. man that's a big step for me. So yeah Big up to Esports for, you know, making me their East Coast DJ. You know, Hip Hop and sports go hand in hand with the gamers. A lot of the Hip Hop artists, you know when they leave the studio they go light one up and play video games. But I wanted to be more mobile. You get what I'm saying? So this is the opportunity God sent my way. I can be more mobile and I'm still doing my real Hip Hop and I'm out here man.
VALIDATED: So for you growing up, what was your earliest memory of Hip Hop as far as the culture on a whole scale?
DJ CAESAR: It was the actual music because when I first came back from Panama, it's not like I knew how to speak English. I was just a full time Spanish speaker. So to learn the language. I used to listen to a lot of music and watch a lot of TV to try to grasp the English language. So my mom was in the house playing Salsa and Merengue and the Spanish stuff. But then I would turn on the radio and gravitate to Hip Hop music. So I was an eighties baby and I grew up in the 90s, so this is when, you know, Biggie was winning and Bad Boy and you know, the 2 Pacs, and all that, so that's my wave of how I got introduced to Hip Hop is through the radio, but when, Helter Skelter was still being played on FM, like it was, you know, regular. It wasn't no underground and mainstream like, Helter Skelter was on the radio, OGC was on the radio, you had Biggie on the radio, you know, guys like that, that were rhyming. It wasn't separated. It was all being spun on the air. So that's how I fell in love with the culture. It was when the 90’s were winning. You know, Nas was on the radio, Jay had it, you know what I mean? So yeah, that was my weed. You know what I mean?
VALIDATED: I know Sean P is one of your favorite MC’s. When he passed away I listened to your show that Saturday and I knew you were affected by that heavily. Can you tell us about that?
DJ CAESAR: I remember Torch my producer at the time, told me the news, I'm like, I'm not saying that until you confirm it. I hate fake news and especially about death. He did a thorough investigation and then I said it on air like, yo Sean Price just passed and then the Saturday after, nobody else got played. It was two hours of all Sean Price and nobody cared because he had so much good music. You know, some people when you're on XM, they'll call up the radio station and let you know how they feel about what's going on. Well, not one soul complained on Instagram, Twitter or on the phone line. They actually loved my Sean Price tribute with two straight hours of hip hop. It was great.
VALIDATED: If you were stranded on an island and you could only take two artists' music with you, what two artists would that be?
DJ CAESAR: Sade is coming. That's one for sure. Sade covers my chill time. I'll probably do Biggie man. Sade then Biggie. I love Sade, Bro. That's one artist that I need to take a picture with and hang it up on the wall. She's timeless. I need to see her before, you know, anything bad happens to her. I feel like, when I interview people KB I'm one of those DJ's, that'll let you know, like, yo, I'm a super fan. I'm talking to you because of my job and I'm letting you know, like, yo, I am a super fan of what you do. I just want you to know that you're being interviewed by somebody that's really into what you do for a living. The very first time I interviewed Styles P, I told them like, dog, like I am a heavy LOX fan and this is big for me to talk to you, and talk about hip hop with you, like this means something to me right now.
VALIDATED: You’re like me and we search for bars, so do you rock with the young boy ANoyd from Connecticut?
DJ CAESAR: Yeah. I think he has bars. I got to talk to Statik and tell him to bring him to Philly. Me and Statik have a good rapport. I'll just tell Statik to bring him to Philly so he can be on “Rhyming with DJ Caesar”, so he can be introduced to the whole Philly.
VALIDATED: What sacrifices would you say you've made or things that you had to go without so that you could invest more time in your artistry and in your craft?
DJ CAESAR: I had to go without money a lot man. To be completely honest. Before I started to get the blessings that I'm getting now my pockets were not always right. You know what I mean? Thank God I had a supportive mother, and my little jobs that kept me afloat, but you know, I couldn't really be as fly as I wanted to dress or uh, go to the bar and get as many drinks as I would like to, because I didn't have the bread. So you've got to go without bread to chase the dream a lot because in the beginning stages of your career you're not going to have the money to do everything that, you know, you see the artist that you're at the bar with do, I mean, you can't buy out the bar. Maybe you can't even get a drink, but you just gotta be there to mix and mingle. So you gotta put your pride aside, and know that your pockets at the beginning and are not going to be where you want them at but if you quit, you ain't gonna never see the money that you could potentially have. I’ve been broke a lot and it was rough bro. Yeah, I know.
VALIDATED: Hip hop has grown in popularity over the years. As a super fan of the music, what are your thoughts about hip hop finally becoming the most popular music genre in the world?
DJ CAESAR: I think it's about time because when you see a McDonald's commercial nowadays it's got usually some hip hop in the background. You know what I'm saying? Now when you’re watching the NFL or NBA, especially the NBA, when Charles Barkley and Shaq and all of them are talking, there's usually a hip hop instrumental being played in the background over them and then they'll slide in the words and lyrics a little bit going into commercial break. I think it's just about time that hip hop is getting its just do. I think it was just a matter of time. So I think it's in a great space and I appreciate the artists like, Conway and Westside Gun and you know, Benny and RJ and all those fellas that keep the culture what it is because they might not be on the radio every day, but people like me and you still want that and that's what the culture is about. So I think it's about time.
VALIDATED: Do you feel that mainstream hip hop artists are doing justice to the culture?
DJ CAESAR: No, not the way they could be. You get what I'm saying? Like I would consider Lil Baby a mainstream artist. But I would like to see him collaborate with more guys that really rap rap, to bring them to the forefront of the culture too. I feel like they can help more since they've got the FM look more than the other underground, “rapper” does. You should help him come up more. You know what I'm saying? Like you know J Cole, and Kendrick can only do so much. J Cole put out the Dreamville collabo so he's putting on other artists and letting you know, there's more people besides me out here and you know, the whole TDE movement is what it is. They got their own machine but they can only do so much. But there's other people that are getting a lot of FM play. I like Da Baby. Da Baby actually raps. He's rapping. He can do both. So I'm like, I like this kid. You know what I'm saying? He can actually put out bars and still can do the crossover records. So I like him. So he's like putting on for the culture and all that. Keeping it going. You gotta be versatile. It's like, bring the next person up though. You get what I'm saying? I liked those clicks that when you hear of a certain click, like a Dreamville, in order to even get signed to that spot, you gotta actually come with your lyrics. If i'm thinking about, you know, Shady Records, Aftermath or, you know, whatever, If I'm looking for a Shady artist I know anybody on that roster is going to be able to rhyme. That's what I like about the culture. I want the rhymers like, can you put words together and make me be like, well, how did he think of that? You know what I'm saying? Like that's crazy to me. I'm a big fan of that. It's more than just cat in the hat.
VALIDATED: How do you feel you've grown as an artist in the past 10 years?
DJ CAESAR: I feel like I've grown now because I know a little bit more about the business side of things. Like if I put out a record to the streaming services, I want to put it out without no samples because I don't want the sample thing to come back and bite me in the a** if I didn't get the sample cleared. If I'm putting it on a streaming service, I also know about the splits. Let me split my cut. Let me split the artists cut. Let me split the producer cut. I didn't know anything about that before. That's how I've grown in the last 10 years. I know more about the back end than just making a song and then putting it out. Now it's how can we make this one song lucrative for all parties involved. That's how I've grown now. It's the business aspect instead of just the love of the song, let's capitalize on the song just in case it does pop, you know what I mean?
VALIDATED: What does Hip Hop mean to you personally?
DJ CAESAR: I think Hip Hop for me means a way to a better life, but I mean that in the sense of you've got to love the music first though, cause like I said, I've been broke, but it doesn't mean I didn't love Hip Hop, it's just that my time didn't come yet to see the money I should be seeing. But if I stick with my love of the music it's going to change my life, which it's currently doing now. I love the music. The music has always been the star. I never thought I was better than anybody, or any person, or any DJ, or any personality. I'm not about that. I'm about the song and the music. My love for the music is Hip Hop. You get what I'm saying? So that's what Hip Hop means to me. It's a way for a better life, but the music is always the star,
VALIDATED: As a DJ, who did you listen to as far as DJ's are concerned, on mix tapes when they were poppin’. Who did you study?
DJ CAESAR: I gotta say Clue. I found out Clue was Panamanian. I'm Panamanian. A couple of years ago I found out that he was Panamanian, which made my love for that brother go up even more because you're one of mine, you know, one of us and I never knew that, but I'm a super Clue fan. Flex, super Flex fan. DJ Whoo Kid. Super Whoo Kid fan. There's also legendary DJ's in my market, in the Philadelphia market that if I didn't name them, I wouldn't be real. You get what I'm saying? Like, DJ Cosmic Kev, he's one of the big DJ's, that if you live in South Jersey and Philadelphia, you gotta know Cosmic Kev. DJ J Ski. And DJ Touchtone, those are all my guys. I don't know Kev like that, but I listen to Kev, you know what I'm saying?
VALIDATED: As a DJ, how did you feel when Prodigy and Nipsey Hussle got killed?
DJ CAESAR: I hate going on the air the next day because it's like, I don't want to do a set like this. So I didn't like it. I don't like the aspect of doing RIP sets because when Prodigy passed, he passed on the day of the week when I could still mix. At the time I was in Philly and I was on the air and my 5 o'clock mix was a whole 50 minute set for him and then at 9 o'clock the 9 o'clock DJ was myself as well. So I did two sets in one day for Prodigy and the songs I didn't hit at 5, I hit at 9. I didn't care. And my program directors and my operations manager knew, like, don't ask me to play anything else because it's not happening today. I'll go back to that tomorrow, but today is not about anybody else. This is Prodigy from Mobb Deep we're talking about, so it was big. So the next day on that Monday after Nipsey passed, it was the same thing. Don't ask me to play anything else, it's Nipsey driven songs, you know what I mean? It hurt bro. You know, especially when it’s somebody that's trying to uplift the culture.
VALIDATED: Tell us about some of the stuff you do to give back to the community.
DJ CAESAR: I got this event, I call it bowling with DJ Caesar. It's a free event over there in Philly. It's a monthly event. And basically all you gotta do is listen to my show. I'll give you free tickets and you come out and bowl with me. It's free for the community. You ain't gotta pay a dime. You gotta pay for your drinks. But you ain't gotta pay for your bowling shoes or your lane or none of that. That's taken care of. I want to thank Lucky Strike for having a partnership with me for that and giving me the opportunity. They provide like, you know, pizza for my guests. You know, a drink is on me as well. I also do, “At The Movies with DJ Caesar”. Again, all you gotta do is listen to my shows. I give you free movie tickets and we watch a movie together. So if you listen to me, I like to give you stuff back. Stuff that I'm into. Like, let's go bowling, let's go to the movies. Stuff like that.
VALIDATED: How do you want to give back in the future when you have the opportunity to give back on a bigger scale because you're a successful DJ?
DJ CAESAR: The very first thing I'm going to do, when I touch like a Milli with this DJing career, I'm going to go back to Burlington County College and I'm gonna dump money into their radio program. Because right now their FM frequency got taken off the air. I think it was a money situation. You know, they couldn't afford to keep the FM dials up. So what I'm gonna do is, I'm gonna make those FM dials come back. When my paper is right, I'm going to get those FM dials right back. I'm dumping money into their radio program and I'm gonna do like a panel and bring the whole college out, and tell them my story so they can take their radio courses seriously. I want to be the example, like hey, I was doing it for free but look at where I'm at now, like one of the top DJ's in the world and I'm dumping all this money back into this radio program because they got me to where I'm at today.
VALIDATED: How do you feel about what's going on with Jay Z and the NFL right now?
DJ CAESAR: Ah Bro, that's one topic where I have no idea. You know what I mean? I don't know Jay Z’s method of madness. I feel like he's never, you know, done anything crazy before. So why would he start now? Only time will tell. So I have no idea what he's doing and I'm just watching and observing like the rest of the world. I don't know. But Jay's always been good. So it's like, I don't want to look at him as the bad guy. But he's earned that. So that's my take on that. I don't know what to even think. I don't know what's going on over there. I'm just watching.
VALIDATED: So what's coming up in the future for DJ Caesar?
DJ CAESAR: What I'm working on, in a couple of months, like I said, catch me with Esports at the Metro Fest. I'll be at a college near you, so you can play video games and battle for scholarships. I'll be on the set so look forward to me being at the different colleges. Big up to Atlanta. I'll be in Atlanta soon, Miami And more dates in 2020. So that's coming up. Big up Esports for having me as their East Coast tour DJ. As far as the music, I've been speaking to RJ Payne, so hopefully I'll link with him so we could do like a tape. More stuff with Porter Rich. I actually just got off the phone with KP last night, so I might have some singles dropping with KP soon. just keeping the culture going, bro. But my biggest thing is the tour, I can't wait to be on the little mini tours, and seeing things I haven't seen before.
VALIDATED: Do you have any plans to ever be a tour DJ for an artist?
DJ CAESAR: No, I don't want to be a DJ for anybody. I like being in the forefront of my own stuff. I don't want to be behind anybody. If we're going to partner up, that's different. That's the type of time I'm on. I'll collaborate with everybody, but I just want to hold my own name.
VALIDATED: How can everybody keep up with you on social media?
DJ CAESAR: I’m @DJ_Caesar on Instagram and Twitter.