BORN AND RAISED IN BERGEN COUNTY NEW JERSEY, DJ AMMO BEGAN HIS CAREER BY PRACTICING ON VINYL IN 2003. THERE IS WHEN HE BEGAN LEARNING THE CRAFT OF “TURNTABLISM” AND STUDYING ALL GENRES OF MUSIC. STARTING OUT AT LOCAL BARS AND LOUNGES, DJ AMMO QUICKLY BEGAN BUILDING HIS NAME AND BY 2006 HE HELD THE OPENING SET DURING THE MOST PROMINENT CLUB ERA IN NY THE “CHELSEA AREA”. THIS 3 BLOCK RADIUS WAS HOME TO SOME OF THE BIGGEST CLUBS IN NEW YORK CITY WHICH INCLUDED HOME, GUEST HOUSE, PINK ELEPHANT, AND SUZIE WONG’S.
IN 2007 HE BECAME THE OFFICIAL DJ FOR CONQUER ENT., A MUSIC BRANCH OF PRODUCT BROKERAGE GIANT, MARKET AMERICA. AMMO HAS SINCE SPUN NUMEROUS EVENTS FOR THEM, INCLUDING TWICE A YEAR AT CONVENTIONS IN MIAMI AND NORTH CAROLINA.
DJ AMMO IS WELL VERSED IN ALL GENRES OF MUSIC THAT INCLUDE, HIP HOP, HOUSE, R& B, ROCK, TOP 40, MASHUPS, REGGAE, REGGAETON, AND CLASSICS. IN TODAY’S DAY THE MUSIC INDUSTRY HAS BECOME EVEN MORE COMPETITIVE AND CHALLENGING BUT AMMO HAS WORKED HARD TO REMAIN RELEVANT AND AHEAD OF THE GAME. HE CAN BE SEEN PLAYING AT MAJOR NEW YORK CITY & NEW JERSEY VENUES SUCH AS TENJUNE, GREENHOUSE, 10AK, RDV, KISS & FLY, W.I.P, 4SIXTY6, BLISS, JENKINSONS, TEAK, AND HEADLINERS. HE HAS ALSO PLAYED AT CELEBRITIES EVENTS THAT HAVE INCLUDE A-LIST CELEBRITIES T.I, BRADLEY COOPER, KIM KARDASHIAN CARMELO ANTHONY, BENNY MEDINA, JR & LOREN RIDINGER, AND MARC ANTHONY JUST TO NAME A FEW.
DJ AMMO CURRENTLY HOLDS A RESIDENCY AT 46 LOUNGE IN TOTOWA, NEW JERSEY FOR “HIP HOUSE THURSDAYS” PLAYING ALONGSIDE GUEST DJS SUCH AS, RIZ, SKRIBBLE, AND PS-1. HE ALSO HAS THREE BOOTLEGS THAT HAVE BEEN PLAYED ON NEW YORK CITY’S 92.3NOWFM RADIO NUMEROUS TIMES AND ALSO SUPPORTED BY INTERNATIONAL DJ’S THROUGHOUT THE WORLD AND CAN BE FOUND ON DJ-AMMO.COM