DJ Jazzy Joyce is an American

United States

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 hip hop

Hip hop music

Hip hop music, also called hip-hop, rap music or hip-hop music, is a musical genre consisting of a stylized rhythmic music that commonly accompanies rapping, a rhythmic and rhyming speech that is chanted...

 DJ and producer

Record producer

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 on New York City

New York City

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's radio station

Radio station

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 Hot 97. She is best known for her collaboration with rapper Sweet Tee

Sweet Tee

Sweet Tee is an American rapper, who was signed to MCA Records in the 1980s. She scored minor chart success with her debut album, It's Tee Time, which peaked at #31 on the US Billboard R&B chart. She scored four chart hit singles from her debut album...

 on the 1986 single "It's My Beat". In 1994, she was featured on "9th Wonder (Blakitolism)", the first single from "Blowout Comb

Blowout Comb

Blowout Comb is the second studio album by American hip hop group Digable Planets, released October 18, 1994, on Pendulum/EMI Records. The album is titled after a grooming product that was used popularly by African Americans during the 1970s, amid the trend of the Afro hair style...

", the second album from Grammy winning rap group Digable Planets

Digable Planets

Digable Planets is an American alternative hip hop trio based in New York City, composed of Ishmael "Butterfly" Butler , Mary Ann "Ladybug Mecca" Vieira and Craig "Doodlebug" Irving . They released their debut album Reachin' in 1993, and their follow-up album Blowout Comb in 1994...

. Not only were her DJ cuts prominent on the hook and the outro, but Joyce also exchanged several ad libbed lines at the end of the song's third verse with group member Ladybug Mecca and she was acknowledged by name throughout the track.

She was a contestant on the first season of DJ reality show, "Master of the Mix

Master of the Mix

Master of the Mix is a reality television series and disc jockey competition. The 2010 season of the show has eight episodes and seven disc jockeys. The show is hosted by Just Blaze and judged by Kid Capri. Biz Markie is a regular guest. The contestants are DJ Jazzy Joyce, Rich Medina, Vikter...

", which aired on two cable networks: BET

Black Entertainment Television

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 and Centric.

External links

• Official Website
• DJ Jazzy Joyce at Discogs
  Discogs
  Discogs, short for discographies, is a website and database of information about audio recordings, including commercial releases, promotional releases, and bootleg or off-label releases. The Discogs servers, currently hosted under the domain name discogs.com, are owned by Zink Media, Inc., and are...