DJ Beto is a favorite deejay for African music lovers in New York City. He spins friday and saturday nights at Kilimanjaro, 349 Broadway, in New York. His day job is at Stern's Music in New York where he hears everything coming in. (Info on Stern's on the web: sternsmusic.com). Sean Barlow talked to Beto for our "Summer 2003 Dance Party" show on Afropop Worldwide where Beto did a customized quick mix for us.

Sean Barlow: Beto, tell us a little bit about your story of deejaying, how you started and so on.

DJ Beto: I came to New York in 1989 and I had a friend who was a deejay at Club Kilimanjaro and because I was roommates with him and I didn't have any other choice, the only thing I knew and all that I could do was to listen to him and watch him while he was deejaying and I was very curious to learn to become a deejay one day. And then he told me "Ok, I want you to help me carry my records and make sure everything is ok, my equipment is connected properly, and then I'll teach you how to deejay later." And then I fell in love with it and he took me out to deejay and now I'm still doing it today.

SB: And you work every weekend?

Beto: I work Fridays and Saturdays for the rest of the year....

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