about . . .
DJ LADY FINGAZ
As the child of a musician some of Lady Fingaz’ earliest memories revolve around the stage, taking in her father’s gigs, and often sitting in to sing with the band. From this musical beginning she began studying piano, and it wasn’t until her teenage years Lady Fingaz would discover and immerse herself in her first true love: hip-hop.

Soon the Texas native soon emerged as turntablist, producer, and vocalist DJ Lady Fingaz in 2001. And New Orleans is where she would quickly make a name for herself as a rising female talent in an all too often male dominated genre. In 2004, Lady Fingaz joined forces with local indie hip-hop label Media Darling Records, and went on her first U.S. tour alongside the label's artists. Later that year, Lady Fingaz was honored at OffBeat’s Best of the Beat awards for “Best Emerging Hip-Hop Artist”. She has opened for legendary underground hip hop artists such as Floetry, Faust and Shortee and Saul Williams, and in 2005 her Essence Music Festival superlounge performance was a surprise favorite among festgoers.

Lady Fingaz is one of the country's preeminent turntablists, but since Katrina, she no longer calls New Orleans her home. Her "Chocolate Kitty" performance will be her first (and perhaps final) major local performance before she relocates permanently to San Francisco.

DJ SOUL SISTER
Soul Sister has succesfully turned her beloved hobby of collecting and sharing "rare groove, deep funk, old school funk, breaks, underground disco, soul jazz, Washington D.C. go-go, old school hip hop" into a full-time career as a specialty DJ artist.

The host of the 11+year-running Soul Power show on WWOZ FM in New Orleans and a live DJ who has taken the local nightlife by storm, Soul Sister was one of the first US radio DJs to highlight the rare groove format and is one of the few female DJs to spin and mix 100% funk (on 100% vinyl) and related original styles in her live club performances.

In addition to her popular weekly parties, she is regularly invited to open and perform alongside local and national musicians. And When Hurricane Katrina blew threw her hometown, she evacuated with 1 bag of clothes and 2 bags of records, and wound up spinning wildly popular gigs in both New York and Los Angeles.

LADY LOLO
Lady Lolo has lived in New Orleans for less than 5 years, but this native of Los Angeles considers this city her home. It was in L.A. that she began performing as a "selector," carefully spinning choice reggae, hip hop & soul cuts from her vast vinyl collection. Her highly personal style quickly caught the attention of DJ Soul Sister, who jumped at the chance to support a brand new woman DJ in New Orleans.

While she lost nearly half of her record collection in Hurricane Katrina, Lady Lolo has no plans to stop DJing and has recently been named the newest member of Soul Sister's new DJ crew, the Soul Syndicate Sound System.

**just added** -> BEVERLY SKILLZ aka DJ deIZM (Lafayette)
Beverly Skillz aka DJ deIZM is at the forefront of female battle dj's in the south. She's been scratching and beat juggling since 2004. In 2005 she battled in Guitar Center in New Orleans, and in the prelim she beat out five other guys to take first and move on to the finals. She placed third in the finals. She also competed in the DMC American Battleground in Birmingham, Alabama against 13 other dj's to tie for 3rd.

She and her crew, the Mad Cajunz Turntablists, have performed with Inspectah Deck, Afru-Ra, and PlanetAsia. She currently holds down a weekly on Saturday nights at Nitecaps in Lafayette, La.