LOS ANGELES – ALBUQUERQUE – HOUSTON

Since his beginnings deejaying at house parties, birthdays, weddings, and night clubs from the age of 15, Crisco Kidd has become one of the most recognized deejay’s and on-air personalities in both the radio and music industries. As a result of all the love his radio show has shown so many artists, his countless live broadcasts, club nights and the Block Party mixtape series that have Southern artists banging down his door, Crisco Kidd’s notoriety has spread throughout not only in Houston and the U.S., but more recently, internationally.

Crisco Kidd started his radio career at the age of 20 in April of ‘99 at Houston’s KRTX 100.7 House Party where he worked part-time. During his stint there, Crisco hosted events at many of the clubs in the city and deejayed parties in Cancun during the Texas Summer Breaks. In 2001, he was offered another position at KTHT Hot 97.1 doing weekends, night show stunts and mixing, a position he accepted. Whilst at the station, Crisco began hosting 2 nights a week at T-Town 2000, what was then Houston’s hottest spot for evening entertainment. He became renowned for the way he put his personal stamp on those nights and audiences relished the way he fun doing it.

January of 2003 saw Hot 97.1 flipping formats and only one month later, Crisco Kidd was offered the nights/mixshow coordinator position in Albuquerque, NM at KKSS Kiss 97.3. His show was an immediate success, finally giving the city and state a voice and a radio personality they could identify with, and felt they knew. He also hosted the city’s number one nightclub and anything his name was attached to was a success. This included fundraisers, mix-tapes and too many parties to name!

The diagnosis of Testicular Cancer in September of 2003 brought Crisco’s radio reign and party life to a crashing halt and instead threw him into a world of surgery and Chemo Therapy. With the incredible support of his family and friends and the unforgettable love of his listeners, Crisco Kidd was able to recover and bounce back with a renewed vigor and purpose. He was back on the air in the 5-0-5 and was given the title “People’s Champ!” Continuing right where he left off, on top, Crisco Kidd took the radio/music game to a whole new level in New Mexico, including winning Bumsquad DJ’s – Southwest DJ of the year title. People in New Mexico, ‘til this day, say Crisco changed radio and the music industry with the things he’s accomplished and overcome and inspires people to want to do more!

Back in Houston where it all began, Crisco Kidd accepted the offer to return to the station where it all started… KPTY Party 104.9 and later, Party 93.3. 2005 through 2009 has been very successful for both the Crisco Kidd and Tha Block Party. His bout with illness and his charitable heart has made him want to get involved with and give back to the community in a meaningful way and as much as he can…In Dec of ’06, ’07 and ‘08 he ran Crisco Kidd’s Ton of Toys Drive – Where he camped out in front of Wal-Mart for 104.9/93.3 hours or until he collected a ton of toys. Thanks to the help of local artists and celebrities, station listeners and people in the city, He collected over 2,000 pounds of toys for the Boys & Girls Club of the Greater Houston Area, La Rosa Family services and The Texas Children’s Assessment Center! In addition to the Locs of Love Hair Drive he hosted and in which he donated 19” of his own hair, he held another hair drive in Nov. 2008 to benefit the Pantene Pro-V Beautiful Lengths Foundation and once again, donated another 11” of his own hair.

His outstanding radio performance, leadership within the dj/music industry and commitment to helping the community involvement has opened all kinds of new doors and given him so many opportunities to not only himself but for countless artists to date. He was nominated for 2006 Southwest Dj of the Year at Mixshow Power Summit and also Nominated for Rookie of the Year for 2006 Justo Mixtape Awards. He’s been featured on BET’s Beef series, in numerous music videos and featured in many print and online magazines and this is to just name a few. And it doesn’t stop there; in 2009, Crisco took his show and what he does in a club International, djaying clubs Amsterdam/Rotterdam, Malaysia and Thailand.  But the greatest achievement Crisco is proud of is being recognized by the city he loves so much and given his own day. April 26, in Houston, TX, is now known as “Crisco Kidd’s Community Care Day”, a day based around the principle of Houstonians helping out others no matter how great or small the help may be.

Moving back to Albuquerque in July of 2009 and launching KAGM Power 106, the Crisco Kidd Block Party dominated the airwaves again and went number one in it’s first Arbitron rated book in just three months! After a successful run in both Night and Afternoon time slots, he decided it was time for more.

In May of 2011, Crisco Kidd made the move to Los Angeles, CA to further his dj career and to pursue other opportunities. Since his arrival, he has partnered up with DJcity.com to create DJcity TV, holds monthly residences in DTLA, Hollywood and out of state in Texas and New Mexico and has linked up to produced edits/remixes and original music with DJ Warrior and Cali Untouchables. As of February 2012, he found his way back to number one in radio on SoCal’s Q104.7 and you can still hear him saturdays on Albuquerque’s Power106! 2012 in to the future, promises to be an exciting adventure for Crisco Kidd and those who follow him.