A seasoned veteran with 16 years of experience rocking parties and radio airwaves alike, DJ Baby G has delivered on the promise of his 1990 USA DMC Championship with a career that has spanned 3 commercial radio stations, 2 international DJ competitions, 2 European tours, and countless club and concert gigs around the U.S.

His passion for music, technical skill, and innovative approach have earned him steady acclaim and an ever-widening audience via a national weekly mix show on XM Satellite radio. Meanwhile, in his adopted home of Austin, TX, G leads a radio mix jock team that has made Hot 93 FM the city’s #1 station and driven the competing hip-hop station out of business – all in one year.

The foundation of DJ Baby G’s career was the burgeoning hip-hop scene in early 90’s Dallas, a scene that produced such talent as Grammy-winner Erykah Badu. Baby G was known in Dallas circles as a tastemaker, breaking underground hip-hop and dancehall reggae music and all the while opening for artists such as De La Soul, Pete Rock & CL Smooth, 8 Ball & MJG, The Geto Boys, and Common. His mixtapes were distributed nationally and sold well in markets such as Chicago, San Francisco, San Diego, Detroit, Austin, and Dallas. From 1991 to 1994, G also worked as a stage DJ with Dallas-based groups MC 900 ft. Jesus (American Recordings) and Mad Flava (Priority Records). Two tours with MC 900 ft. Jesus introduced 7 European countries to the band’s innovative mix of hip-hop, industrial, jazz, and funk music, while Mad Flava’s national tour put them in the company of headliners KRS-One, A Tribe Called Quest, Ice Cube, Coolio, Cypress Hill and Gang Starr.


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A regular guest on Dallas community radio by 1990, G became a mix show DJ for 100.3 JAMZ FM in 1994. In 1998 he began producing live mixes on Dallas’s #1 station (K104) home of renowned DJ Greg Street. When Emmis Broadcasting created an Austin sister to legendary hip-hop stations Hot 97 (NY) and Power 106 (LA) in 2003, Baby G was tapped to be Hot 93’s Head Mix DJ. He is currently featured as a live mixer daily on the popular Hip-Hop Lunch Stop as well as 2 live nightclub broadcasts a week. More recently he was contracted by XM Satellite Radio to produce a weekly two-hour nationwide mix show, 360 (Ch. 67 The City), showcasing the hottest hip-hop, R&B, and dancehall reggae.

The Austin Chronicle says of Baby G,

“He is as comfortable playing classic breaks at a B-Boy gathering as he is blending commercial rap hits on Hot 93.3.”

In fact, his repertoire is even more varied – how many hip-hop DJ’s can say they have opened for Tejano legend Selena, spun music at raves around the country, and attracted diverse crowds of 400+ people to reggae parties years before Sean Paul hit mainstream radio airwaves? Throughout his career, Baby G has remained committed to uncovering the newest music, be it a reggae artist from Killeen, TX or an underground Chicano MC from Los Angeles, and infusing it with the hottest commercial hits and classic old-school jams. The popularity of his club dates and radio shows attest to the fact that Baby G knows how to read his audience and deliver what they want. As he explains it, he “bridges the gap” – between local and national, underground and mainstream, classic and brand-new.

With his trademark precision and versatility, G is currently balancing radio success with innovative musical collaborations. But at the end of the day, “the cut selecta” DJ Baby G will be known for what he sees as the heart of the DJ’s craft – “generating good vibes” while keeping the crowd moving, from the first song he spins to the last one of the night.

- Words by Kiara Alvarez