JUDY

🔊🔊JUDYS LAST SUMMER PARTY 🔊🔊

WELCOMING SELECTOR - 

BLACK @blackismusic 

Black has always loved music and while growing up in Houston, she started collecting records. When she moved to the Bay Area in 1991, Black brought her records and a dream of doing music. She recalls seeing Chris C. and Pam the Funkstress perform and knew then that she wanted to be a female DJ. Black learned her craft 30 years ago from Sexy DJ at The Catch One in Los Angeles. Nadeeah helped her hone her skills and taught her how to get gigs. She has played alongside DJs including MAW, Fuse, Digit, J Boogie, Rusty Lazer, and Trackademicks. She has opened for many artists including Medusa, Erykah Badu, The Roots, Patty Duke, Tony Toni Tone, Yo Yo, Bahamadia, Meshell Ndegeocello, Ledisi, Alanis Morissette, Big Freedia, Hot Tub, The Lovemakers, Brandy, Goapele, Santigold and Nneka.

Black has been a member of several artist collaborations including Asians, Blacks, and Latinas Uniting New Tribes (A.B.L.U.N.T.) and Herstory. A.B.L.U.N.T. was one of the first hip-hop queer women of color clubs in San Francisco. In the 90s it was difficult for a Black woman to get gigs playing hip-hop in the queer community because of racism. So, she started her clubs. She produced great Bay Area"s parties like Tight, Rise, Dream EZ, Hella Gay, and Ships in the Night. She named herself Black because she saw how uncomfortable many non-Black people were with saying the word. She wanted people to say “Black” as often as possible.

This is her 30th year and she's not done. She's taught fifteen DJs how to spin and mentored countless others. Black has DJed at hundreds of benefits and continues to spin with the same joy she did when she first began.

PLUS ~~

EMOJI HEAP 

MEAN MUG

AND AS ALWAYS ~ JUDY DJS 

TROUBLED YOUTH 

CASUAL AZTEC 

 

4PM-12AM

SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 1 2024 

 

WHITE OWL SOCIAL CLUB 

1305 SE 8TH AVE 

PORTLAND OREGON 

ADA ACCESSIBLE