DJ Mike Smoove (born Michael Riggins in August 26, 1977) is one of the

hottest hip hop DJ's from the West Coast to step onto the Hollywood

scene. He was born and raised in Inglewood, California. He later

relocated to Compton then to Santa Ana, California.

Music has always been a major part of Smoove's life; raised by his Mom

the majority of his adolescence he grew up listening to Old School

Classics. At an early age he was exposed to gangs and drugs. But to

keep him focused his parents started putting him in dance contests and

sports. Mike loved music whether it was listening, singing, or

dancing to it.

In 1989, Mike went to live with his Father in Santa Ana, CA to attend

school. Although his roots will always remain in Inglewood, CA, Santa

Ana would later prove to play in an instrumental role in his road to

success. During high school, he turned his focus to basketball and

was immediately placed on the Varsity team as a freshman and would end

his senior year as the Co-Captain of one of the State's top high

school basketball teams at that time. After high school he attended a

couple years of college, starring in basketball at saddleback college

with current Denver nugget Anthony Carter. But he would decide that

college was not the route for him and decided to pursue a career in

music. He started spending hours in the studio making beats at a home

studio his dad bought for him. And soon after that started making

hip-hop and r&b songs wit local artists. In 1999 Mike Smoove would

connect with B.H. Tha Great & Tyrant from Santa Ana. He started doing

music with them and joined the group, I.K. With

I.K., Smoove performed all over from night clubs, the House of Blues

Anaheim and Vegas, community events, all the way to opening for Rick

Ross in Miami. Even putting out several mixtapes. In September 2006

Smoove decided to shift his focus, he took the last of his savings and

purchased DJ equipment. He had never deejayed before, but knew more

about music and how to make people party than most DJ's he had seen

and heard. He practiced during every free moment he had. Plus studied

under Deejay's Rampage, N.I.C, Mark Da Spot, and Tendaji Lathan.

Then on October 28, 2006 only one month after buying his dj

equipment, He deejayed his first gig at night club the rocking taco in

Fullerton. Since then he has gone on to dj at almost every major night

club in Hollywood. Including My House, Apple, Mood, Element, The Highlands, The Garden

Of Eden, Basque, Cabana, Cinespace, Ivar, Forbiddin City, Sugar,

Ritual, Avalon, Lax, and the list goes on. Even being called to host or

deejay major events for stars such as Danity Kane, Swizz Beatz,

Tyrese, Tank, David Banner, Kwame Brown, Snoop Dogg, Dj Quik, Al B

Sure, Biz Markie, Allen Iverson, Dwayne Wade, Kenyon Martin, Lebron

James, Lamar Odom, Jordan Farmar, Josh Powell, Trey Songz, Jackie Long, Young Jeezy, Shaq, Ne-yo, T-Pain,

Hurricane Chris, R Kelly, Gorilla Zoe, Yung Joc, Penthouse Magazine

and so on. Also Mike Smoove has been traveling to do gigs in Atlanta,

Las Vegas for all star weekend, Arizona, Utah, Florida, and over

seas.. Dj Mike Smoove has now joined forces with one of biggest and

hottest dj crews in the land The Core Deejays. Known for being

able to mix all genres from Britney Spears to Jay Z. Be on the lookout

for this young rising star in a city near you..

To book DJ Mike Smoove, visit the following website:

WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/DJMIKESMOOVE and/or you may contact him at:

714.686.5759 Email DJMIKESMOOVE@GMAIL.COM OR

WWW.TWITTER/DJMIKESMOOVE.. AIM DJMIKESMOOVE