MPR News host Angela Davis talks with two women local professional DJs, Brittany Wright and YASMEENAH. Companies, sports teams, families, and non-profit leaders hire them to plan music for events and get the party going. The program goes behind the scenes of the DJ world, from the gear they use to the secrets of reading the crowd.

Wright (AKA DJ Miss Brit) is a DJ, poet and entrepreneur who advocates for artists in communities of color. She was named a “Rising Star” by WCCO’s Urban Perspectives and a winner of the Emerging Alumni Award by the University of Minnesota, where she graduated with a BA in the sociology of law, criminology and deviance with an emphasis on African and African American culture.  

YASMEENAH is a Twin Cities-based DJ whose passion for music spans across the genres of electronic, hip hop and house. Her event series, UNBOTHERED, features local and national DJs with the focus of paying homage to the Black roots of electronic music.

Program contains music clips.

Awarded:

2025 The Gracie Allen Award, winner in Feature/Special [Radio - Non-Commercial Local] category