People toss around the words legend, genius, boss and phenom – so I won’t do that. \u00a0But when it comes to DJ Tee, he would not say much to brag about himself in most settings (other than a battle), but he is all of the above. \u00a0As one of the Pacific Northwest’s most prolific DJs, the Oakland, CA native calls Lapwai, Idaho (The Rez) home. \u00a0And from this tiny dot on the map, DJ Tee has represented Hip-Hop culture in this central region of Idaho and the southeastern region of Washington state for more than two decades – bonafide.<\/p>\n

Personally, I met DJ Tee and his remarkable legend when he was slanging mixtapes in Pullman, Washington at the Stephenson Dormitory towers during my Freshman year at Washington State University. \u00a0This feature is not at all about this chance encounter with DJ Tee, but as a boy from The Bay, LA and Western Washington who grew up with Hip-Hop and found sticks and wheat fields during my first two weeks in college, DJ Tee’s hustle in the dorm hallways reaffirmed to me that Hip-Hop is truly everywhere.<\/p>\n

It is important to note that DJ Tee was part of a contingent of DJs in the inland empire northwest who kept DJing active in the ‘countrysides’ of Washington and Idaho – not only with WaxFX DJs and Groove Foundation, but as part of the only radio station to play 24-hours of Hip Hop on KZUU 90.7 in the late ’90s, with the legendary Hip-Hop Sunday programming schedule. \u00a0With his own clothing line (Native Hip-Hop), dozens (no exaggeration) of official (quality<\/em>) mixtapes under his belt, multiple radio mix show and hosting gigs and parties galore that have left party people clamoring in his wake – DJ Tee is an official DJ aficionado, who studies, practices, admires and advances the DJ, Hip-Hop and indigenous cultures – and he always, but always, “Keeps It REZ”… Let’s find out from his own mouth piece, Who’s The DJ?<\/p>\n