Dj Buddha
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DJ Buddha is a DJ of Dominican descent who grew up in Lawrence, Massachusetts
Lawrence, Massachusetts
Lawrence is a city in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States on the Merrimack River. According to the 2010 U.S. Census, the city had a total population of 76,377. Surrounding communities include Methuen to the north, Andover to the southwest, and North Andover to the southeast. It and Salem are...

.

Early career

Buddha earned his radio license at the age of 9 and inherited his passion for music from his father who was a musician and a radio deejay as well. Since working at WNNW
WNNW
WNNW is a radio station licensed to serve Lawrence, Massachusetts, USA. The station is owned by Costa-Eagle Radio Ventures, LP, a partnership between Pat Costa and his chief investor, the Lawrence Eagle-Tribune. It airs a Spanish Tropical music format...

 1110am & Impacto 1490am, he then started deejaying at local clubs before he was even in high school. Then from 2001-2004 he served as a mixshow deejay on WJMN (FM)
WJMN (FM)
WJMN is a successful Rhythmic Top 40 radio station licensed to Boston, Massachusetts, USA, under the ownership of Clear Channel Communications. Its current slogan is "Hip Hop and Today's Hit Music!" and can be heard as far north as the White Mountains under good conditions, and in portions of...

 "Jamn 94.5", New England’s biggest radio station.

Bridging The Gap

Over the last few years, the urban music industry has seen an evolution bridging together forms of music from the streets from different cultures, including Hip Hop
Hip hop music
Hip hop music, also called hip-hop, rap music or hip-hop music, is a musical genre consisting of a stylized rhythmic music that commonly accompanies rapping, a rhythmic and rhyming speech that is chanted...

, R&B, Jamaican Reggae
Reggae
Reggae is a music genre first developed in Jamaica in the late 1960s. While sometimes used in a broader sense to refer to most types of Jamaican music, the term reggae more properly denotes a particular music style that originated following on the development of ska and rocksteady.Reggae is based...

 and Latin music. Within this movement, DJ Buddha has also developed and evolved into becoming an integral player in the future expansion of these genres.
Buddha was associated with team, La Favela, in the form of a mixtape and a movement called “Caribbean Connection,” which delivered a continuous mix of Dancehall
Dancehall
Dancehall is a genre of Jamaican popular music that originated in the late 1970s. Initially dancehall was a more sparse version of reggae than the roots style, which had dominated much of the 1970s. In the mid-1980s, digital instrumentation became more prevalent, changing the sound considerably,...

 reggae and Reggaetón
Reggaeton
Reggaeton is a form of Puerto Rican and Latin American urban and Caribbean music. After its mainstream exposure in 2004, it spread to North American, European and Asian audiences. Reggaeton originated in Puerto Rico but is also has roots from Reggae en Español from Panama and Puerto Rico and...

. Along with the “Caribbean Connection” and ‘Tropical Heat” series, he has created hundreds of mixtapes which were critically acclaimed in various articles from: Fader
The Fader
The FADER, or FADER, is an United States-based music/culture/fashion magazine that covers hip-hop, reggae, independent rock, pop and dance music from around the world.-Overview:...

, Rolling Stone
Rolling Stone
Rolling Stone is a US-based magazine devoted to music, liberal politics, and popular culture that is published every two weeks. Rolling Stone was founded in San Francisco in 1967 by Jann Wenner and music critic Ralph J...

, NY Times
The New York Times
The New York Times is an American daily newspaper founded and continuously published in New York City since 1851. The New York Times has won 106 Pulitzer Prizes, the most of any news organization...

, Boston Globe
The Boston Globe
The Boston Globe is an American daily newspaper based in Boston, Massachusetts. The Boston Globe has been owned by The New York Times Company since 1993...

, Boston Herald
Boston Herald
The Boston Herald is a daily newspaper that serves Boston, Massachusetts, United States, and its surrounding area. It was started in 1846 and is one of the oldest daily newspapers in the United States...

, Miami Herald
The Miami Herald
The Miami Herald is a daily newspaper owned by The McClatchy Company headquartered on Biscayne Bay in the Omni district of Downtown Miami, Florida, United States...

, Ozone Magazine, MTV.com
MTV
MTV, formerly an initialism of Music Television, is an American network based in New York City that launched on August 1, 1981. The original purpose of the channel was to play music videos guided by on-air hosts known as VJs....

, Billboard.com
Billboard (magazine)
Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis...

, etc.

Collaborations

DJ Buddha soon began building relationships with the artists whose music he had been promoting. He worked alongside with reggae artist, Mighty Mystic in which he began creating records and collaborating with other reggae artists such as Mr. Easy, Tantro Metro & Devonte, Mr. Vegas
Mr. Vegas
Mr. Vegas is a Jamaican dancehall star.-Biography:Smith was born in Kingston in 1974. The moniker "Mr. Vegas" was given to Smith by his schoolyard football-mates, who thought that he kicked the ball like a Las Vegas dancer...

, Red Rat
Red Rat
Wallace Wilson , better known by the stage name Red Rat, is a Jamaican dancehall reggae recording and performing artist. He was born in Saint Ann's Bay, Saint Ann Parish, Jamaica...

, and T.O.K.
T.O.K.
T.O.K. is a dancehall group hailing from Kingston, Jamaica. The group consists of Alistaire "Alex" McCalla, Roshaun "Bay-C" Clarke, Craig "Craigy T" Thompson, and Xavier "Flexx" Davidson...

 It was when he met dancehall reggae group, T.O.K.
T.O.K.
T.O.K. is a dancehall group hailing from Kingston, Jamaica. The group consists of Alistaire "Alex" McCalla, Roshaun "Bay-C" Clarke, Craig "Craigy T" Thompson, and Xavier "Flexx" Davidson...

 that he became their official DJ for about 6 years. While on the road with T.O.K.
T.O.K.
T.O.K. is a dancehall group hailing from Kingston, Jamaica. The group consists of Alistaire "Alex" McCalla, Roshaun "Bay-C" Clarke, Craig "Craigy T" Thompson, and Xavier "Flexx" Davidson...

, Buddha created the remix for "Gal Yuh A Lead", featuring T.O.K.
T.O.K.
T.O.K. is a dancehall group hailing from Kingston, Jamaica. The group consists of Alistaire "Alex" McCalla, Roshaun "Bay-C" Clarke, Craig "Craigy T" Thompson, and Xavier "Flexx" Davidson...

, Beenie Man
Beenie Man
Anthony Moses Davis , better known by his stage name Beenie Man, is a Grammy award winning Jamaican reggae artist. He is the self-proclaimed "King of the Dancehall".-Biography:...

, & Nina Sky
Nina Sky
Nina Sky is an American musical duo composed of identical twins Nicole and Natalie Albino .-Early life and career:Albino's parents moved to New York from Puerto Rico and were divorced when the girls were younger...

, which was one of his first songs to gain major airplay. He also created two different promotional mixtape samplers of T.O.K and Lady Saw
Lady Saw
Lady Saw is a Jamaican reggae singer, known as the queen of dancehall.-Biography:...

 for reggae indie label VP Records
VP Records
VP Records is an independent reggae record label, located in Queens, New York. It is best known for producing Caribbean singers.-The foundation:...

.

He has worked on remixes with other artists like Pitbull
Pitbull (rapper)
Armando Christian Pérez , better known by his stage name Pitbull, is an American rapper, singer-songwriter and record producer. His first recorded performance was from the Lil Jon album Kings of Crunk in 2002, after which he released his debut album in 2004 titled M.I.A.M.I. under TVT Records...

, Daddy Yankee
Daddy Yankee
Ramón Luis Ayala Rodríguez , known artistically as Daddy Yankee, is a Latin Grammy Award winning Puerto Rican Reggaeton recording artist. Ayala was born in Río Piedras, the largest district of San Juan, where he became interested in music at a young age. In his youth he was interested in baseball,...

, Machel Montano
Machel Montano
Machel Montano is a soca singer, record producer and songwriter based in the Trinidad and Tobago....

, Lil Jon
Lil Jon
Jonathan Mortimer Smith , better known by his stage name Lil Jon, is an American rapper, music producer, entrepreneur, and occasional disc jockey who was a member of the group Lil Jon & The East Side Boyz. Lil Jon formed the group in 1997, and the group released several albums between then and 2004...

, N.O.R.E.
N.O.R.E.
Victor Santiago, Jr., best known by his stage name N.O.R.E. or Noreaga , is an American rapper of Puerto Rican descent...

, etc. In 2004 Daddy Yankee’s “Gasolina
Gasolina
"Gasolina" , is a reggaetón song written by Daddy Yankee and Eddie Dee for Daddy Yankee's 2004 album Barrio Fino. It features Glory, who sings the line "dame más gasolina"...

" was remixed by DJ Buddha, featuring Cuban-American rapper, Pitbull
Pitbull (rapper)
Armando Christian Pérez , better known by his stage name Pitbull, is an American rapper, singer-songwriter and record producer. His first recorded performance was from the Lil Jon album Kings of Crunk in 2002, after which he released his debut album in 2004 titled M.I.A.M.I. under TVT Records...

 and N.O.R.E.
N.O.R.E.
Victor Santiago, Jr., best known by his stage name N.O.R.E. or Noreaga , is an American rapper of Puerto Rican descent...

, and first appeared on Caribbean Connection Volume 2. It was a smash hit. Later that summer, Lil Jon mixed his own vocals to the remix, which was featured on his Crunk Juice
Crunk Juice
Crunk Juice is the fifth studio album by American recording artists Lil Jon & the East Side Boyz, released in November 16, 2004, on TVT/BME...

 album. In 2005 he teamed up with Pitbull
Pitbull (rapper)
Armando Christian Pérez , better known by his stage name Pitbull, is an American rapper, singer-songwriter and record producer. His first recorded performance was from the Lil Jon album Kings of Crunk in 2002, after which he released his debut album in 2004 titled M.I.A.M.I. under TVT Records...

 again on "She's Hotter Remix" featuring T.O.K.
T.O.K.
T.O.K. is a dancehall group hailing from Kingston, Jamaica. The group consists of Alistaire "Alex" McCalla, Roshaun "Bay-C" Clarke, Craig "Craigy T" Thompson, and Xavier "Flexx" Davidson...

 He later became Pitbull's
Pitbull (rapper)
Armando Christian Pérez , better known by his stage name Pitbull, is an American rapper, singer-songwriter and record producer. His first recorded performance was from the Lil Jon album Kings of Crunk in 2002, after which he released his debut album in 2004 titled M.I.A.M.I. under TVT Records...

 official DJ and joined him on the road for the next 6 years.

Recent Projects

DJ Buddha has showcased his talent, performing in 6 out of 7 continents. As he still continues to DJ, he is now also serving as an A&R and record executive for Pitbull's record label, Mr. 305 Inc. Some of his recent work as A&R includes Pitbull's
Pitbull (rapper)
Armando Christian Pérez , better known by his stage name Pitbull, is an American rapper, singer-songwriter and record producer. His first recorded performance was from the Lil Jon album Kings of Crunk in 2002, after which he released his debut album in 2004 titled M.I.A.M.I. under TVT Records...

 "Rebelution
Rebelution (Pitbull album)
Rebelution is the fourth studio album by Miami rapper Pitbull, released on August 28, 2009. Featured artists include Akon, B.o.B, Ke$ha, Avery Storm, Nayer, Lil Jon, The New Royales, Bass III Euro & Slim of 112. It is also his first major-label release, his first album to be released on his own...

" album as well as "Armando
Armando (Pitbull album)
Armando is the first Spanish studio album by Miami rapper Pitbull. It was released on November 2, 2010.Three songs have been released as singles and receive airplay on Spanish radio and in Latin American countries....

". He has also recently released a mix album titled "Ultra.Latino
Ultra Records
Ultra Records is an American independent electronic dance music record label. Ultra was formed in New York City in 1995 by former Polygram and Virgin Records executive Patrick Moxey, who is still currently the owner...

" which hit #2 on iTunes
ITunes
iTunes is a media player computer program, used for playing, downloading, and organizing digital music and video files on desktop computers. It can also manage contents on iPod, iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad....

 Latin within the 1st week of its release date. His creativity and gift of music, is what helps him continue to bring forth new, improved and different sounds.

Discography

MIXTAPES
  • Tropical Heat Vol. 1 – Vol. 25 (Dancehall, Reggae & Soca)
  • Caribbean Connection Vol. 1 – Vol. 7 (Dancehall Meets Reggaeton)


TRACKS (produced, written or remixed)
  • Daddy Yankee
    Daddy Yankee
    Ramón Luis Ayala Rodríguez , known artistically as Daddy Yankee, is a Latin Grammy Award winning Puerto Rican Reggaeton recording artist. Ayala was born in Río Piedras, the largest district of San Juan, where he became interested in music at a young age. In his youth he was interested in baseball,...

     Ft. Pitbull
    Pitbull (rapper)
    Armando Christian Pérez , better known by his stage name Pitbull, is an American rapper, singer-songwriter and record producer. His first recorded performance was from the Lil Jon album Kings of Crunk in 2002, after which he released his debut album in 2004 titled M.I.A.M.I. under TVT Records...

    , N.O.R.E.
    N.O.R.E.
    Victor Santiago, Jr., best known by his stage name N.O.R.E. or Noreaga , is an American rapper of Puerto Rican descent...

     & Lil Jon
    Lil Jon
    Jonathan Mortimer Smith , better known by his stage name Lil Jon, is an American rapper, music producer, entrepreneur, and occasional disc jockey who was a member of the group Lil Jon & The East Side Boyz. Lil Jon formed the group in 1997, and the group released several albums between then and 2004...

     – Gasolina
    Gasolina
    "Gasolina" , is a reggaetón song written by Daddy Yankee and Eddie Dee for Daddy Yankee's 2004 album Barrio Fino. It features Glory, who sings the line "dame más gasolina"...

     (Dj Buddha RMX)
  • Lil Jon Ft. Daddy Yankee & Pitbull – What U Gon' Do (Latino RMX)
    Crunk Juice
    Crunk Juice is the fifth studio album by American recording artists Lil Jon & the East Side Boyz, released in November 16, 2004, on TVT/BME...

  • Rupee
    Rupee
    The rupee is the common name for the monetary unit of account in India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Pakistan, Mauritius, Seychelles, Maldives, and formerly in Burma, and Afghanistan. Historically, the first currency called "rupee" was introduced in the 16th century...

     Ft. Daddy Yankee – Tempted To Touch (RMX)
  • Pitbull Ft. Lil Jon, Mr. Vegas
    Mr. Vegas
    Mr. Vegas is a Jamaican dancehall star.-Biography:Smith was born in Kingston in 1974. The moniker "Mr. Vegas" was given to Smith by his schoolyard football-mates, who thought that he kicked the ball like a Las Vegas dancer...

    , Wayne Marshall
    Wayne Marshall (deejay)
    Wayne Mitchell, better knows by his stage name Wayne Marshall is a reggae and dancehall artist from Jamaica. He is most notable for his collaborations with Sean Paul, Elephant Man and Beenie Man...

    , Red Rat
    Red Rat
    Wallace Wilson , better known by the stage name Red Rat, is a Jamaican dancehall reggae recording and performing artist. He was born in Saint Ann's Bay, Saint Ann Parish, Jamaica...

    , T.O.K & Kardinal Offishall
    Kardinal Offishall
    Jason D. Harrow , better known by his stage name Kardinal Offishall , is a Canadian rapper and record producer. He is often credited as Canada's "hip-hop ambassador", and is best known for his distinctive reggae and dancehall-influenced style of hip-hop.-Life and career:Harrow was born in...

     – Toma
    Toma (song)
    "Toma" is the fourth single from rapper Pitbull's debut album M.I.A.M.I.. It features Lil Jon. It reached as far as #21 in Hot Rap Tracks and #73 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks....

     (Dj Buddha RMX)
  • T.O.K Ft. Pitbull – She’s Hotter
  • Pitbull Ft. Don Omar
    Don Omar
    Don Omar, also known as El Rey Don Omar, also known as El Rey Don Omar, also known as El Rey (born William Omar Landrón Rivera; February 10, 1978, is a Puerto Rican Reggaetón singer and actor.-Early life:...

     - Fuego (Dj Buddha RMX) (as appeared on Madden NFL 08
    Madden NFL 08
    Madden NFL 08 is the 2008 edition of the American football video game series published by EA Sports and developed by EA Tiburon. It is the 19th installment in the Madden NFL video game franchise. It features Titans star quarterback Vince Young on the cover. San Diego Chargers defensive end Luis...

    )
  • Machel Montano
    Machel Montano
    Machel Montano is a soca singer, record producer and songwriter based in the Trinidad and Tobago....

     & Pitbull - Defense
    The Anthem (Pitbull song)
    "The Anthem" is the second single released by Pitbull off his 2007 album The Boatlift. It features crunk rapper Lil Jon. The intro line, as well as the song's main hook, is taken from a 80s old Latin hit "El Africano" by Wilfrido Vargas...

  • Paulina Rubio
    Paulina Rubio
    Paulina Susana Rubio Rue is a Mexican singer and actress. Rubio achieved international stardom with her fifth studio album, Paulina...

     Ft. Pitbull - Ni Rosas Ni Juguetes
    Ni Rosas Ni Juguetes
    "" is a song performed by Latin pop singer Paulina Rubio. The song was recorded for her ninth studio album Gran City Pop, and was released as the second single. Ni Rosas Ni Juguetes was produced by Cachorro López and written by Claudia Brant, Noel Schajris and Gianmarco Zignago. It was announced...

     (RMX)
  • Pitbull Ft. Machel Montano - Alright
  • Pitbull Ft. Machel Montano - Bon Bon (Dj Buddha Soca RMX)
  • Pitbull - Pause
  • Pitbull Ft. Vein
    Vein
    In the circulatory system, veins are blood vessels that carry blood towards the heart. Most veins carry deoxygenated blood from the tissues back to the heart; exceptions are the pulmonary and umbilical veins, both of which carry oxygenated blood to the heart...

    , David Rush
    David Rush
    David Rush is an English former footballer.He played in the 1992 FA Cup Final with Sunderland, which they lost 2–0 against Liverpool....

     & Red Foo of LMFAO - Took My Love


ALBUMS (appeared on or produced)
  • Crunk Juice
    Crunk Juice
    Crunk Juice is the fifth studio album by American recording artists Lil Jon & the East Side Boyz, released in November 16, 2004, on TVT/BME...

     - Lil Jon & the East Side Boyz
  • Money Is Still A Major Issue
    Money Is Still A Major Issue
    Money Is Still a Major Issue is a remix album by rapper Pitbull. It was released on November 15, 2005, and features several of his guest appearances, remixes and some unreleased tracks.-Track listing:Disc 1...

     - Pitbull
  • Crunk Hits Vol. 2 - Various Artists
  • Unknown Language
    Unknown Language
    Unknown Language is the second studio album from the Dancehall/Reggae fusion group T.O.K., released in 2005.- Track listing :# Hey Ladies# Solid As A Rock# Fire Fire# She's Hotter # Tell Me If You Still Care# Footprints...

     - T.O.K.
  • N.O.R.E. y la Familia...Ya Tú Sabe
    N.O.R.E. y la Familia...Ya Tú Sabe
    N.O.R.E. y la Familia...Ya Tú Sabe is the fourth solo studio album by rapper N.O.R.E., released on July 18, 2006...

     - N.O.R.E.
  • The Boatlift
    The Boatlift
    -References:.......

     - Pitbull
  • Flame On
    Flame on
    Flame On is an album released by popular Soca artist Machel Montano from Trinidad and Tobago in 2008 . It was first launched at Trinidad's Club Zen on January 16, 2008 . The album marks Machel Montano's second release after rebranding to Machel Montano HD in 2007...

     - Machel Montano
  • Rebelution
    Rebelution (Pitbull album)
    Rebelution is the fourth studio album by Miami rapper Pitbull, released on August 28, 2009. Featured artists include Akon, B.o.B, Ke$ha, Avery Storm, Nayer, Lil Jon, The New Royales, Bass III Euro & Slim of 112. It is also his first major-label release, his first album to be released on his own...

     - Pitbull
  • 34 - Machel Montano
  • Armando
    Armando (Pitbull album)
    Armando is the first Spanish studio album by Miami rapper Pitbull. It was released on November 2, 2010.Three songs have been released as singles and receive airplay on Spanish radio and in Latin American countries....

    - Pitbull
  • Ultra.Latino
    Ultra Records
    Ultra Records is an American independent electronic dance music record label. Ultra was formed in New York City in 1995 by former Polygram and Virgin Records executive Patrick Moxey, who is still currently the owner...

     - DJ Buddha
  • Planet Pit
    Planet Pit
    Planet Pit is the sixth studio album by American rapper Pitbull, released on June 17, 2011, on J Records, and RCA Records. Production was handled by a variety of pop, and hip hop producers including David Guetta, RedOne, Dr. Luke, Jim Jonsin, and Soulshock. Musically, the album was created with the...

     - Pitbull

Publications

  • The New York Times
    The New York Times
    The New York Times is an American daily newspaper founded and continuously published in New York City since 1851. The New York Times has won 106 Pulitzer Prizes, the most of any news organization...

     (2004)
  • The Boston Globe
    The Boston Globe
    The Boston Globe is an American daily newspaper based in Boston, Massachusetts. The Boston Globe has been owned by The New York Times Company since 1993...

     (2004)
  • Boston Herald
    Boston Herald
    The Boston Herald is a daily newspaper that serves Boston, Massachusetts, United States, and its surrounding area. It was started in 1846 and is one of the oldest daily newspapers in the United States...

     (2005)
  • Philadelphia Daily News
    Philadelphia Daily News
    The Philadelphia Daily News is a tabloid newspaper that serves Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. The newspaper is owned by Philadelphia Media Holdings which also owns Philadelphia's other major newspaper The Philadelphia Inquirer. The Daily News began publishing on March 31, 1925, under...

     (2004)
  • Miami Herald (2005)
  • The Village Voice
    The Village Voice
    The Village Voice is a free weekly newspaper and news and features website in New York City that features investigative articles, analysis of current affairs and culture, arts and music coverage, and events listings for New York City...

     (2004)
  • The Source Magazine
    The Source (magazine)
    The Source is a United States-based, monthly full-color magazine covering hip-hop music, politics, and culture, founded in 1988. It is the world's second longest running rap periodical, behind United Kingdom-based publication Hip Hop Connection. The Source was founded as a newsletter in 1988...

     (2004)
  • Fader Magazine
    The Fader
    The FADER, or FADER, is an United States-based music/culture/fashion magazine that covers hip-hop, reggae, independent rock, pop and dance music from around the world.-Overview:...

     (2004) & (2005)
  • Ozone Magazine (2004) & (2005)
  • Riddims Magazine (’04)
  • MTV.com
    MTV
    MTV, formerly an initialism of Music Television, is an American network based in New York City that launched on August 1, 1981. The original purpose of the channel was to play music videos guided by on-air hosts known as VJs....

    /Mixtape Mondays (3 times)
  • LatinRapper.com (2004)
  • Billboard.com
    Billboard (magazine)
    Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis...

    (2010)

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