Emery is a battle tested DJ, turntablist, and crate digger. He gained his foundation between 1999 and 2001 under DJ Groove (of Chicago by way of Montego Bay, JA), and spun over 100 battles between 2002 and 2020 in U.S. and international breaking (i.e., breakdancing) scenes. He cofounded Lovers’ Rock, “The Flyest Jam on the Planet,” which took place annually between 2002 and 2013 in locations including San Diego, Philadelphia, New York City, and Helsinki. Between 2007 and 2011, he was a resident DJ for the Philly Gathering, one of the longest running community hip-hop events in the United States. He studied sound design and electronic music production as a professional student at Berklee College of Music between 2022 and 2024.
Emery has given DJing and music production workshops at the Detroit Institute of Music Education, Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History, Motor City Street Dance Academy, Dilla Youth Day, Detroit Electronic Music Conference, Teachers College-Columbia University, City College of New York, and many public schools. With partnerships by Ableton and Koala Sampler, he regularly organizes hip-hop and electronic music producers, sound designers, and DJs for intergenerational collaboration in public settings.
Emery uses these aural sensibilities and skills for scholarly communication and experimentation:
He is credited for turntablist cuts/scratches on hip-hop albums:
He experiments and improvises with mobile beatmaking instruments:
And makes long form mixes from records in his collection:
Especially 45s:
And archival recordings of live events he has DJed:
