DJ Skillz

Not to be confused with the American rapper Skillz.

DJ Skillz is a French disc jockey and turntablist, winner of the DMC World DJ Championship in 2018, 2019, 2020.

Biography

He is from Biarritz.[1] His real name is Jimmy Da Costa Santos.[2] He becomes DJ at twenty.[3]

His DJ's name is inspired by the song "Skills" of the American hip hop duo Gang Starr with the rapper Guru and DJ Premier.[4]

He has received influence from DJ's such as Cut Killer, Netik, Troubl, Unkut, D-Styles, Ligone, LL Cool DJ, Rafik, Craze, I-emerge.[5]

Awards

French awards

He has been 9 times champion of France.[3]

World awards

International DJ Association Championship

  • 2011 : Second place, technical category[6]
  • 2013 : Third place, technical category[6]
  • 2015 : Winner, technical category[2][6]
  • 2016 : Second place, show category, with Mendosam et KTDR1[6]

DMC World DJ Championship

  • 2017 : Second place, in solo[7]
  • 2018 : Winner, in solo,[8] and online category[9]
  • 2019 : Winner, in solo[10]
  • 2020 : Winner, in solo[11]

References

  1. ^ "Biarritz : les DJs investissent la ville pour des soirées d'été anticipées". SudOuest.fr (in French). Retrieved 2021-01-16.
  2. ^ a b "Pays basque : le Biarrot DJ Skillz champion du monde de scratch". SudOuest.fr (in French). Retrieved 2021-01-16.
  3. ^ a b "Biarritz magazine". calameo.com. 2018. p. 25. Retrieved 2021-01-16.
  4. ^ Mark, Gwinnett (2020-12-07). "Skillz: "What an inspiration"". The Night Bazaar. Archived from the original on 2021-01-16. Retrieved 2021-01-18.
  5. ^ "freshly crowned DMC World Champ for the 2nd year in a row". www.ortofon.com. Retrieved 2021-01-16.
  6. ^ a b c d "IDA World | Official Site | History". www.idaworld.net. Retrieved 2021-01-17.
  7. ^ "12-year-old DJ Rena wins DMC World Championships 2017". DJMag.com. 2017-10-02. Retrieved 2021-01-16.
  8. ^ "Watch the winning performance at this year's DMC World Championship". DJMag.com. 2018-10-15. Retrieved 2021-01-16.
  9. ^ "Online DJ Championship". DMC Online DJ Championships. Retrieved 2021-01-17.
  10. ^ "Technics 2020 DMC World DJ Championships return". Voice Online. 2020-09-09. Retrieved 2021-01-16.
  11. ^ "2020 DMC World DJ Final Result". DMC World DJ Championships. December 2020. Archived from the original on 2008-05-13. Retrieved 2021-01-16.

See also