Lord Aswod (born March 11, 1975), known professionally as DJ Lord, is an American DJ and turntablist.Will I Am (June 6, 2002). “DJ Lord of the battle”. inthemix. In 1999, DJ Lord joined the hip hop group Public Enemy on its 40th World Tour “Mr.Lord - Public Enemy Spinner & Hip Hop King...”. DM Kicks Back. December 12, 2008. replacing Terminator X.Mark Kemp (September 13, 2010). “Public Enemy, Broken Social Scene Lead Hopscotch Fest”. Rolling Stone. Soon after, DJ Lord had his own performance segment within the Public Enemy show. While hip hop has been at the foundation of his career, he also works in the drum and bass arena. His career and the art of turntablism is documented in the DVD, DJ Lord - The Turntablist Chronicles, released in 2004.
In addition to working with Public Enemy, DJ Lord tours solo as well as with Flavor Flav in his solo effort as well as with art exhibition Arts, Beats + Lyrics. He has also performed with rock band Confrontation Camp and TrillBass. In December 2014 he released his first solo album with 2MP (2 Much Posse) entitled “Eat The Rat” on Spit Digital.
DJ Lord was also a member of Prophets of Rage. He continues to tour and perform with Cypress Hill, a role he has held since at least 2019.
Battle career highlights 2004 – DMC U.S. Finalist 2004 – DMC Cincinnati Regional Heat Champion 2004 – Numark/Guitar Center Southeast Champion 2004 – KoolMixx Atlanta Battle Champion 2003 – KoolMixx Atlanta Battle Champion 2003 – Breaklanta 3 Battle Champion 2002 – Breaklanta 1 Battle Champion 2002 – Pioneer/Promo Only CDJ1000 CD Turntable Champion 2001 – DMC U.S. Finalist 2001 – DMC Phoenix Arizona Regional Champion 2001 – Guitar Center/Stanton Southeast Battle Champion 2000 – Guitar Center/Vestax Southeast Battle Champion 2000 – KoolMixx Atlanta Battle Champion
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External links DJ Lord Public Enemy