Who is DJ Afrolicious?

James Jessie (a.k.a. DJ Afrolicious) hails from the valley of sun, otherwise known as Phoenix, Arizona. Born and raised in Phoenix, his life has been all about music. After playing piano at a very young age, James started DJing at 14 years old after picking it up as hobby from one of his Dad’s longtime friends. He spent years mastering his craft until he came out to Utah in 2019 and officially became DJ Afrolicious! Since 2019, he’s traveled all throughout Utah valley killing sets and learning a whole bunch of new music and having new experiences.

James isn’t just a one trick pony though. He studied at the University of Utah and graduated with his Bachelor’s in Game Design with a Minor in Music Technology. James still uses his game design skills to this day and has even published two games on Steam called One Week By Car & Hell of A Racket. He also is solo developing his own mobile game known as New Choice. James is also a pro wrestler dawning the ring name, Jesse Dulae, the “Pop Star of Pro Wrestling”!

Besides DJing, he loves to play video games, watch pro wrestling, cook, design t-shirts, and listen to all types of music. He specializes in Hip Hop, 70’s, 80’s, and 90’s music, but has a broad knowledge of pop music, latin, R&B, gospel, and afrobeats. His favorite artists include Lupe Fiasco, Kendrick Lamar, J. Cole, Anderson .Paak, Rapsody, & Nas.