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Lil Jon

Profession : Musician

Birth : January 17, 1971

I've been an Internet person since early on, been a social media person since early on.

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Yeah, I actually still have my crates that I used to DJ out of when I was first DJing - my crates that I would travel with and take to the club.

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I'm the type, when I used to go to the record store I used to buy two or three copies of certain records so I've got a pretty large selection of a lot of 12 inches.

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You know, my era of DJing was the 90s. I think that was one of the best eras of music, period. From dancehall to hip hop to rock to pop to R&B to everything. I just like that era of music, so I just listen to a lot of 90s overall but definitely 90s hip hop.

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My music is designed to make a club go insane when it goes on.

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Even though 'Turn Down For What' is considered an EDM song, it's really a rap song.

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My music is party music. If you can make people party, you can always have an audience for that.

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When I'm doing a set as an artist I'm right in front of the stage the entire time, interacting with the crowd. The DJ set's a little different but they both are great and high energy for the crowd.

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Sometimes I just got off of an international flight and people are like running up, screaming and hollering, and want to take pictures. They don't really understand like, 'Dude, I'm tired. Just say hello. Keep it moving.'

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Sometimes I don't want to have to be the guy that gets the party going.

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When I worked with Jermaine Dupri for his label, he would have So So Def parties and he'd tell me, 'Yo, go on get this thing started.' I had to go get on the mic and get people turnt up. I mean, I don't want to be that turnt up guy all the time. It's part of my job so I do what I gotta do.

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As a producer and DJ, I just like makin' great music and hot records for the club.

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I'm not no 'drink wine every day' kind of dude.

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My full name is Jonathan.

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I think people underestimate because I'm the rap guy, I'm a crazy guy, screaming all the time. But that doesn't mean that I'm not intelligent.

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A lot of stuff that I'm involved in is about branding.

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I have a couple different businesses.

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If the beat feels like it don't make you move right, I scrap that and go to another track. Sometimes it takes 10 minutes, sometimes it takes an hour to get one done.

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Every city I record in gives me certain energy.

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