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Crosscurrents

DJ Lamont On Connecting With The ‘Micro-Communities’ Of San Francisco

By Jeneé Darden
Published November 14, 2019 at 4:55 PM PST
Courtesy of DJ Lamont
DJ Lamont of Fingersnaps Media

For nearly 20 years DJ Lamont has been teaching spinning skills through his business Fingersnaps Media Arts. But he’s also known for getting the party started around the Bay Area. He shares his journey to music and San Francisco.

"A DJ is a social worker in many regards, because the idea is you are working the behavior of all these different groups, trying to understand them with the music that you play."

DJ Lamont is spinning at Ruth's Table Thursday Nov. 14 from 6 to 10 p.m. On Friday, Nov 22, he’s hosting "Talk What We Hear: Exploring the History of Chicago House Music 1989" at Fingersnaps Media Arts in the Mission.

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Jeneé Darden
Jeneé Darden is an award-winning journalist, author, public speaker and proud Oakland native. She is the executive producer and host of the weekly arts segment Sights & Sounds as well as the series Sights + Sounds Magazine. Jeneé also covers East Oakland for KALW. Jeneé has reported for NPR, Marketplace, KQED, KPCC, The Los Angeles Times, Ebony magazine, Refinery29 and other outlets. In 2005, she reported on the London transit bombings for Time magazine. Prior to coming to KALW, she hosted the podcast Mental Health and Wellness Radio.
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