DJ SHU, musician, producer and engineer is one of the realest people I’ve had the pleasure of meeting in Orlando. Originally from Michigan City, Indiana, DJ SHU has made Orlando his home for the past 8 years.

How did you get the name? When I first started DJing I really couldn’t play that well so I would really get fly new everything- shoes included. Everybody would notice that I always had fresh kicks on so they started calling me Shu. After 17 years playing I’ve never spun wearing the same pair twice.

What do you see wrong with our hip hop community? EGOS everyone’s too good to work together!

What do you think our hip hop community can do to unite itself? Judge people on the content of their music. There’s a few people down here that I don’t personally like but they make good music so I would work with them in a heartbeat. We can argue and fight after we make some heat.

What projects are you currently working on? I’m really busy right now- I have an artist name Ryan Good. I should be done with the album soon and It’s probably some of my best work. Carmen’s EP will be done soon, the whole COG lable (TY, Cognac Brown,) BLISS from HIM RECORDS and my acid Jazz album THE COFFEE SHOP and INSHUMENTALS all on deck

What can we expect from dj shu in the years to come? Slowly but surely moving away from doing rap- it doesn’t mean to me what it once did.

What advice would you give up and coming producers? Keep an open mind and study your craft. If you sample know where the samples come from.

Who are some of your favorite artists to work with and why? I enjoy working with everyone I work with or I wouldn’t work with them…..I never did it for the money.

Any last words for us? Thanks to everyone who supported Blu Note Studios. RIP BREEZIO and LORD RAIDON. BIG thanks to LSI Management, ALL PRO RECORDS/ LA MESSA, COLLAB ENT. and MY little sister SHA. For more info visit www.myspace.com/djshu