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DJ Mike Smoove (born Michael Riggins in August 26, 1977) is one of the hottest hip hop DJ's from the West Coast to step onto the Hollywood scene. He was born and raised in Inglewood, California. He later relocated to Compton then to Santa Ana, California. Music has always been a major part of Smoove's life; raised by his Mom the majority of his adolescence he grew up listening to Old School Classics. At an early age he was exposed to gangs and drugs. But to keep him focused his parents started putting him in dance contests and sports. Mike loved music whether it was listening, singing, or dancing to it. In 1989, Mike went to live with his Father in Santa Ana, CA to attend school. Although his roots will always remain in Inglewood, CA, Santa Ana would later prove to play in an instrumental role in his road to success. During high school, he turned his focus to basketball and was immediately placed on the Varsity team as a freshman and would end his senior year as the Co-Captain of one of the State's top high school basketball teams at that time. After high school he attended a couple years of college, starring in basketball at saddleback college with current Denver nugget Anthony Carter. But he would decide that college was not the route for him and decided to pursue a career in music. He started spending hours in the studio making beats at a home studio his dad bought for him. And soon after that started making hip-hop and r&b songs wit local artists. In 1999 Mike Smoove would connect with B.H. Tha Great & Tyrant from Santa Ana. He started doing music with them and joined the group, I.K. With I.K., Smoove performed all over from night clubs, the House of Blues Anaheim and Vegas, community events, all the way to opening for Rick Ross in Miami. Even putting out several mixtapes. In September 2006 Smoove decided to shift his focus, he took the last of his savings and purchased DJ equipment. He had never deejayed before, but knew more about music and how to make people party than most DJ's he had seen and heard. He practiced during every free moment he had. Plus studied under Deejay's Rampage, N.I.C, Mark Da Spot, and Tendaji Lathan. Then on October 28, 2006 only one month after buying his dj equipment, He deejayed his first gig at night club the rocking taco in Fullerton. Since then he has gone on to dj at almost every major night club in Hollywood. Including My House, Apple, Mood, Element, The Highlands, The Garden Of Eden, Basque, Cabana, Cinespace, Ivar, Forbiddin City, Sugar, Ritual, Avalon, Lax, and the list goes on. Even being called to host or deejay major events for stars such as Danity Kane, Swizz Beatz, Tyrese, Tank, David Banner, Kwame Brown, Snoop Dogg, Dj Quik, Al B Sure, Biz Markie, Allen Iverson, Dwayne Wade, Kenyon Martin, Lebron James, Lamar Odom, Jordan Farmar, Josh Powell, Trey Songz, Jackie Long, Young Jeezy, Shaq, Ne-yo, T-Pain, Hurricane Chris, R Kelly, Gorilla Zoe, Yung Joc, Penthouse Magazine and so on. Also Mike Smoove has been traveling to do gigs in Atlanta, Las Vegas for all star weekend, Arizona, Utah, Florida, and over seas.. Dj Mike Smoove has now joined forces with one of biggest and hottest dj crews in the land The Core Deejays. Known for being able to mix all genres from Britney Spears to Jay Z. Be on the lookout for this young rising star in a city near you.. To book DJ Mike Smoove, visit the following website: WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/DJMIKESMOOVE and/or you may contact him at: 714.686.5759 Email DJMIKESMOOVE@GMAIL.COM OR WWW.TWITTER/DJMIKESMOOVE.. AIM DJMIKESMOOVE

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