A 10-year veteran of countless parties and local clubs, DJ JEDI quietly gained notoriety in the Los Angeles hip-hop and spoken word community by being the resident deejay at the weekly open mic Green (home of the 2003 National Champion L.A. Slam Team), and by holding it down at Da Poetry Lounge, where he would keep the capacity crowds nodding their heads and shakin' their asses on the regular. He's also the resident selector for the teen-only high-school open mic Downbeat 720 in Santa Monica, California, and he's rocked shows at some of the most prominent hotspots in Los Angeles, including the House of Blues, the Knitting Factory, Project Blowed, The El Rey and the Temple Bar, among numerous others.  
  Jedi is the backbone of the hip-hop/spoken word group Nondescript, and has toured the country as the resident turntablist for concious minded emcee Bambu along with hip hop collective Poorhouse Projekts. In 2004, he traveled as the in-house dj for the Tony Award-winning Russell Simmons' Def Poetry Jam on Tour, which allowed him to perform in noteworthy venues spanning from the World Famous Apollo Theatre in New York to the Sydney Festival in Australia.
  His 70 minute, genre-busting musical opus, "Eclectic Sessions", is currently available at Tower Records, Fat Beats, and anywhere quality cd's and mixtapes are sold.

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  While Jedi's influences may stem primarily from hip hop culture, he also carries a deeply rooted appreciation for the classic soul, funk, jazz, rock, and pop music that hip hop so heavily draws from. He believes strongly in the power of music to bring people of different cultures and backgrounds together in ways that they otherwise wouldn't, and is never too proud to whore out his services for weddings, bar mitzvahs, industry showcases, and birthday parties.