During this episode we get to know DJ Jaylo who is one of the hottest club DJs out here in Charlotte, NC. He starts off by telling us how he got started DJing by practicing underneath his uncle and cousins on vinyl records and turntables in 2019 after getting laid off as a mechanic. He is from Greensboro and lived in Fayetteville before moving to Charlotte where he was inspired to DJ after seeing a celebrity DJ perform live for DaBaby.

Jaylo also has built his foundation in music and rhythm through his time on the drumlin in the marching band during his high school years. We talk briefly about his starting set-up, using a Hercules controller with Virtual DJ and eventually switching to Serato after getting some feedback from other DJs in the community.

One of the first things Jaylo focused on improving when starting his DJ career was making sure he gets booked in the club frequently every week and he emphasizes the importance of relationship. He goes even deeper on this topic and talks about how he has been "back doored" and betrayed by other DJs, promoters and venue owners in the city. His lesson for the podcast from this situation is for DJs to establish solid relationships with their promoters and for the promoters to trust their DJs.

We shout out some of the promoters and DJs that he works along with in the New Carolina DJ group based here in Charlotte, NC and some of the specific ones who have mentored him over the years.

We talked about the evolution of his identity as a DJ through name changes over the year, eventually landing on Jaylo, with the popular tagline being "We Love You Jaylo" and the meaning behind each of our DJ names.

We also talk about DJ rates here in the city and how it all depends on the venue. We also talked about his journey to better hosting as a natural introvert as a result of DJing for celebrities at concerts, including artists like Key Glock, BigXthePlug and Bossman DLow.