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DJ Jelly
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DJ Jelly (ATLANTA, GA) is an award winning, international DJ and co-founder of Big Oomp Records. Known as the “Stamp of Approval”, this Atlanta legend was instrumental in the breaking of many of the South’s most successful artists including; T.I, Outkast, DJ Unk and Young Jeezy. In 2023, Jelly was recognized as one of Hip-Hop’s most iconic mixtape DJ’s and mural-ized in Atlanta’s “Little 5 Points” neighborhood as part of Remy Martin’s “50th Anniversary of Hip-Hop” VSOP trilogy campaign. With millions of mixtapes sold, Jelly continues to serve as a mixshow DJ on one of the nation’s leading urban stations, Audacy’s, “v103”. He is passionately dedicated to artist development and label consulting, having served as an instructor for Jam Master Jay’s, Scratch DJ Academy and curator for Red Bull’s Sound Select program. DJ Jelly has been recognized and featured in numerous publications from “The Source” to “XXL” and appeared on the genre’s most iconic television shows including BET’s, “The Basement”, “Rap City” to MTV’s, “Direct Effect”, “My Super Sweet 16”, VH1’s “Dirty South Hip-Hop Awards” and documentary “ATL: The Untold Story of Atlanta’s Rise in the Rap Game”.
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