Monumental Moments in DJ History

From vinyl to mp3, check out how DJing has evolved.

Funkmaster Flex (@funkmasterflex) - For popular radio DJ Funkmaster Flex, work never ends. Sometimes, though, he is just on chill mode.TWEET: "Wow! Been here all day!! I have done no work today!! Really enjoying it!! Wahhhhh!!!" (Photo: Henry Dziekan/Retna Digital)
34. DJ Jazzy Joyce - Hot 97 mainstay Jazzy Joyce has been breaking down doors for female DJs since the early '80s, when she recorded her hit "It's My Beat" with Sweet Tee. (Photo: Profile Records)
Scratch Live! - Scratch Live, simply known as "Serato" within the DJ and music scene, allows the manipulation and playback of digital audio files (mp3, wav, aiff, ogg and non-DRM aac) using traditional vinyl turntables or CD players via special timecode vinyl records or CDs. As of 2004, DJs no longer had to carry around crates of records in order to rock a party. All of their jams are now stored on their laptop. (Photo: Courtesy Serato.com)
Philly Stand Up\r - Questlove deejays at the event, DJ Questlove: A Celebration of Two Philadelphia Classics, at the Mitchell & Ness Flagship Store in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Photo: Gilbert Carrasquillo/Getty Images)DJ Hero - Now you can be a DJ too. In 2009, FreeStyleGames released the Guitar Hero video game spin-off. To score points, the player must press buttons to activate accented beats, adjust their crossfade between the two songs, and "scratch" the turntable on the game's custom controller in time to marks that scroll on the screen to score points and perform well for the virtual crowd.  (Photo: Courtesy FreeStyle Games)

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DJ Jazzy Joyce - Female DJ recognition. In 2005, Jazzy Joyce becomes the first female to join Funkmaster Flex's Big Dawg Pitbulls DJ crew. (Photo: Courtesy Profile Records)

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