Birth name Jonathan Avila Name DJ Yonny | Also known as The Mixmaster | |
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Born May 17, 1983 (age 40) Queens, New York, United States ( 1983-05-17 ) Genres Club, Deep house, Electro, Electronic dance, Hip hop, House, Jersey club, Latin, Moombahton, Reggae, Trap, Turntablism Similar People DJ Mell Starr, Vikter Duplaix, Kid Capri, Nina Sky, Chris Karns Profiles | ||
Cuttin session feat dj jazzy jeff dj spinone dj yonny dj a vee 2012
DJ Yonny (born Jonathan Ávila; May 17, 1983) is an American DJ, producer and remixer on New York City's radio station WBMP and on Philadelphia's radio station WRDW-FM. He is also a member of The Heavy Hitters DJs.
Contents
- Cuttin session feat dj jazzy jeff dj spinone dj yonny dj a vee 2012
- Dj yonny winning the scratch challenge on master of the mix season 2
- Early life
- Radio
- Production
- Television
- Mixtapes
- Remixography
- 2010
- References
Dj yonny winning the scratch challenge on master of the mix season 2
Early life
Jonathan Ávila was born in Queens, New York but raised in Wilmington, Delaware to a Puerto Rican father and a Colombian mother. He later moved to New York City, New York and graduated from the Institute of Audio Research in March 2005.
Radio
Yonny's big break on the radio came when he became the associate producer for WWPR's morning show called "The Star & Buc Wild Show". He also spun on his own mixshow on WWPR called "The List" on Saturdays. Yonny later became a production engineer for Univision Radio. In February 2008, “The Star and Buc Wild Morning Show" moved to Pulse 87, where Yonny became the executive producer. After the show ended, Yonny moved on to his own mixshows on Pulse 87 called “Friday Night Fix" and on A-List Radio called "Mixmaster Hour +1".
He spun for a hip hop show on Eminem's radio station, Shade 45 on Sirius Satellite Radio. In 2009, DJ Yonny joined NYC's WNOW (92.3 AMP Radio) as a part of the "Weekend Roll Out", "Friday Night Mixtape" and "Saturday Night Dance Factory" mixers. Yonny moved on to his own mixshow as well called “Free Lunch Mix Fix".
In 2011, DJ Yonny joined Philadelphia's WRDW-FM and was given his own shows called "10 O'clock Party Rock Mix" and "The Friday Night Party Rock".
On April 13, 2012, Yonny guest deejayed DJ Felli Fel's "Jump Off Mix" for Los Angeles' radio station KPWR.
In 2013, he spun for radio stations, KFRH, KREV and KRCK.
In 2014, he spun for Utah based radio station, KUUU.
Production
He has produced "You Ain't Got It (Funk That)" along with two other songs from Nina Sky's EP, The Other Side.
Television
In November 2011, he was cast as one of the eleven contestants for the second season of BET's DJ reality show, Master of the Mix. Despite making it to the finals with DJ P and DJ M-Squared, he lost and became a runner-up with DJ M-Squared.
Mixtapes
Remixography
2010
Nina Sky - The Other Side