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Chapters
00:00 Introduction to Banjee Boombox Festival
00:40 Meet DJ LiKWUiD: Co-Founder of Banjee Boombox
01:34 DJ LiKWUiD's Musical Journey Begins
04:09 First DJ Gig and Early Career Challenges
06:02 Finding Her Groove in Harlem
08:22 Blending the Diaspora in Music
09:20 Ella Mae Flossie: A Tribute to Heritage
13:16 The Role of Drums and Spirituals in Music
17:44 Partnership with DJ Mary Mac
20:23 The Birth of Banjee Boombox
21:44 Get Tickets for Banjee Boombox 2024: https://qpnt.net/banjee24 (Save $10 with the code QUEUE)
23:07 First Year Success and Future Plans
23:35 Support and Collaboration
24:48 Challenges of Event Planning
25:32 Excitement for This Year's Festival
30:03 Advice for Aspiring Event Planners
38:18 Final Thoughts and Contact Information
41:24 Closing Theme
DJ LiKWUiD Bio
DJ LiKWUiD, born Faybeo'n LaShanna A Mickens, is a hip hop fusion artivist, DJ, emcee, teaching artist, writer and music curator. Mickens is an award-winning graduate of the College of Charleston, and earned her MBA from St. John’s University. She is a Hip Hop Cultural Ambassador to the United States, Voting Member of the Recording Academy and a part of GLAAD’s Black Queer Creative Summit inuagural class.
As an avid lover of the African American diaspora of music, LiKWUiD's style of djing is based around blending beats together as one tapestry of sound. Her signature "traphrobeats” genre bending style combines house music, hip hop and afrobeats- three of her loves representing her Sea Island Gullah ancestry, Harlem influence and southern upbringing. She was a resident DJ at Harlem’s Fela Kuti inspired and African owned Shrine World Music venue and it’s sister speakeasy venue, Silvana for over six years.
LiKWUiD has performed nationally and internationally for organizations such as Google, Sony Music, Photoville, Summer Stage, Brooklyn Hip Hop Festival, Doku.Tech, The Apollo Theater, Meta, Super Fine Art Fest, Time Out Market, Brooklyn Conservancy and more. She has shared the stage with artists such as Talib Kweli, The Last Poets, Rah Digga, 9th Wonder and the legendary Slick Rick.
Mickens is the co-founder of Banjee Boombox, a QTBIPOC festival collective that centers the voices of women, non-binary and queer musicians. She is committed to using her creativity to empower the voice of marginalized groups (especially women and lgbtqai+ communities); while utilizing music, art and social justice based artivism to reflect the times.
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