DJ PROSTYLE: MEDIA CERTIFIED

DJ Prostyle is adding some sazón to Black Entertainment Television by illustrating how integral Latinos are and have been in hip-hop culture.You’ve seen his face all over BET’s Freestyle Fridays, a position that he was offered due to the great response he received on the network’s Spring Bling and Rap City: The Basement shows.

“At the end of the day BET is Black Entertainment Television, but it’s bigger than that because you do have Latinos watching,” he says. “You have every other race watching. Hip-hop is a worldwide thing, so it has different faces now, and me being part of that new look is a beautiful thing. I get to represent my people and let them know that we are all here.”

The 26-year-old New York City native moved with his family to Orlando as a teen. It was there that he got the DJ’ing itch. One night, while at his sister’s house party, a seasoned DJ encouraged him to try his hand at the turntables. From that moment on, he was hooked.

His strong work ethic gained him recognition in Orlando’s club and radio scenes. The grind master eventually became a fixture on the country’s biggest reggaetón station, New York City’s La Kalle 105.9 FM. And once DJ Enuff anointed him part of the renowned Heavy Hitters crew of DJs, Prostyle was officially on the collar-poppin’, shotcaller level.

Most recently, Prostyle has broadened his enterprise with All Pro, a record label with a stable of artists ready to be unleashed. Not bad for a Dominican kid from Queens. “The Dominicans are definitely in the building!”

- David Lopez