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We actually do condone this behavior 🙌🏽

DEF3’ performance at least years festival is now live on our YouTube page! Come relive the magic with us. Find the link in our bio / story.

Enjoy! Let us know if you were there and if we’ll be seeing you next year in the comments 💬👇🏽

#wickedwoodsmusicfestival #wickedwoods #def3 #musicfestival #canadá

TOOTH, NAIL & CLAW - @chozen_soundz x @noetikamusic x @def3 💥 still feeling the buzz from the Duality EP release! Every lyric, drop, and frame is about taking you somewhere bigger than just sound. Watch it and feel it 🎥✨
Videographer: @windmill_films

Afternoon classes sure hit different 💨😵‍💫 @1nceagainvintage

For real though this t-shirt played a major role in me getting into vintage again and opening a store 30 years later… thanks for the inspiration 🙏🏽 @breal @cypresshill #vintagestore #cypresshill #vintageclothing #vintageraptee

You feeling the funk?

🇯🇵 “Tokyo” w/ @captainklab

let me know

You can find me cooing 🎵 hallelujah in ⛩️ shibuya/
Sushimi in my belly little 🍣 salmon, lil tuna/
Do some shopping 🛒 and some coolin’
if i’m lucky hit the buddha/
Then to tower records 📀 digging through crates for new music/

Everybody so polite waving, through the windows/
Out in shinjuku betting cincos on pachinko/
Bbq for dinner get my wagyu beef 🥩 on/
Hit the karoake 🎤 with the homies 🗣️ get my sing on/

Shots of tequila 🥃 with the 🦎 gecko in the bottle/
Sleeping in a capsule tummy full of fish 🐠 waffles/
Posted with my 🐶 dawg at 🚉 train station, gotta go/
Definitely coming back you should call me 🐕 Hachiko/

Thinking bout moving out to Tokyo 🎌/
So I can live large like i’m Tetsuo 🏍️/
Start again in japan, man it sure sounds lovely 🤔/
Some land in the country 🏔️in a mansion 🏠 or something/

Out now on @junkfood.records 🎵

#hiphop #japan #tokyo #rap #shibuya

#throwbackthursdayShout out to @def3 for the picture… we go way back as you can see.We have always loved 🇨🇦… I think this was a Vancouver/ Whistler show?Fun times!!
#2011 #ripzumbi

Kids have the best ideas💡

#pigeonsofinstagram #pigeons #greatideas #cute #thingskidssay

🇯🇵 Japan ‘06 🌏 My 1st International Tour

Found this photo of @factorchandelier and I and thought I’d give a little backstory on it, as it was my first international tour + how its connected to “Tokyo” w/ @captainklab

Enjoy! #tokyo #hiphop #rap #shibuya #japan

Like Father… Like Son…

#latinmusic #electronicmusıc #hiphop #rap #chile

This crowd had me on my knees 🙏🏽

Heading to “THE MYSTERIOUS BEYOND” AKA Ontario this Summer for @sonicspringsfestival in August alongside this Stacked lineup!

Also very excited for the opportunity to lead my first festival workshop. More details to come!

#edmfestival #electronicamusic #bassmusic #ontario canadianartist

Heading to “THE MYSTERIOUS BEYOND” AKA Ontario this Summer for @sonicspringsfestival in August alongside this Stacked lineup!

Also very excited for the opportunity to lead my first festival workshop. More details to come!

#edmfestival #electronicamusic #bassmusic #ontario canadianartist

Definitely not new to this…

I’ve been getting asked a lot lately — and seeing comments/messages — about my live show and how I “started DJing now.” But the truth is, I started rapping and DJing around the same time.

From 2001–2015, I hosted and played 2–3 residencies a week, starting as an all-vinyl DJ before @serato, then moving into that era, until around 2015 when I decided to focus solely on rapping.

Tbh, it was hard pulling myself off the nipple of resident DJ pay, but my end goal was to build something unique — something that didn’t feel so replaceable.

For 20 years, I felt like rappers needed a DJ, and that was that — even when I crossed over into bass music. A lot of my DJ homies suggested I start playing DJ sets myself, but I was resistant. I wanted to keep that element as part of the show.

I’ve worked with so many amazing DJs over the years and learned so much from every one of them. But after touring with @drfresch, and a conversation with @kaleenazanders , I started to understand electronic music as a DJ culture — and maybe that idea was what was holding me back from being perceived as a headlining act in EDM, rather than a feature.

In 2024, for my Shambhala set at The Grove, I decided it was time.

I still felt like turntables or CDJs weren’t quite the right fit, so with the help of @captainklab and @oakummusic , I started performing from Ableton and MIDI controllers — and instantly felt a huge shift.

Funny enough, that set became a benchmark in a new evolution for me and the industry. Unknown to me while I was on stage, @anderson._paak was also in attendance and showed some love after, which was lowkey the ultimate universal sign that this was the right move.

Even then, I still felt a bit like a sore thumb on lineups and a little disconnected from traditional electronic acts. So as of December last year, I finally went back to DJing from CDJs — and honestly, it’s been so fun and sooooo much easier. Not in the sense of the art of it, but logistically… holy crap.

Needless to say, this is where I’m at now.

Fusing rapping and DJing as one has been exhilarating to explore, and I can’t wait to keep pushin

Tax loophole for ravers but you have to watch the full set to be eligible..

My @wickedwoodsmusicfestival 2025 Live set from the URSUS stage is on YT… link in bio

Shot and edited by @windmill_films