DJ Kutmaster Spaz

biography

Aside from laying down the cuts on the turntables, rocking the mic at concerts, spinning at the club and hosting a TV Show, Kutmaster Spaz, spends countless hours, committing himself to touching the lives of youth, of students, of strangers and even to family and friends with his positive message.

Through humor, adversity and strength, Spaz himself has overcome many obstacles in his life that he shares with those he encounters. This message, along with a positive, alcohol-free, drug-free and tobacco-free lifestyle is what he has promoted over the past 20 years.

As a child, Spaz himself was afflicted with dyslexia, a neurologically based disorder that interferes with the acquisition and processing of language.

Varying in degrees of severity, dyslexia is manifested by difficulties in receptive and expressive language, including phonological processing, in reading, writing, spelling and handwriting. Along with being dyslexic, Spaz struggled with having “Attention Deficit Hyper Active Disorder (A.D.H.D.).Yet, Spaz did not let this hinder him at a young age. Instead, he took things in stride and overcame this difficulty by turning towards his love for music.

It was in his youth that he began to hone his skills as a re-mixer/DJ and MC. And the rest, as they say, is history.

Kutmaster Spaz is now a nationally recognized re-mixer/DJ by the music industry. His cutting edge mixing skills, showmanship and keen sense of music programming has lead to many opportunities including a position as a Club Chart Reporter for Billboard Magazine. A title only given to 150 top DJ’s in the U.S.

He was the first mixer in Hawaii to receive an award labeled "Mixer of the Week" by Hitmakers magazine, a national industry magazine, for his work promoting new urban and dance music to Hawaii.

Spaz has also graced the covers of such magazines as "MidWeek," "Honolulu Weekly", G MAG, Pau Hana Weekly and "Elan` - Hawaii Style Mag". He has also appeared in national and international magazines including the Source, Street Beat, Industry Insider, Adrenalin (UK) and Low Rider making Spaz one of the most well known DJ entertainers in Hawaii today.

Spaz is one of Hawaii's premier re-mix disc jockeys who has been practicing his craft for the past 25 years. He has been pleasing crowds at clubs around the state for years and continues to delight crowds in the thousands with his unique music blends and emcee showmanship.

He spends countless hours in visiting different schools and communities to educate students about career opportunities, peer pressure and the growing problems of drug use.

Spaz was responsible for setting a World record for 48 hours of non-stop mobile mixing while raising almost two tons of canned food items for the Hawaii Food Bank in April of 2001. As part of the 48-hour tour, Spaz raised 5,160 pounds of food for the Hawaii Food Bank a feat accomplished by one man's vision of helping to lessen the hunger for Hawaii's people.

In the past Spaz has also worked diligently on behalf of the American Lung Association of Hawaii as a spokesperson with the Music with a Message Tours providing teens with a positive, tobacco-free message, he was also the key spokesperson for HMSA (a Blue Shield Organization) Go Live Healthy Program geared to young adults. Spaz is also the founder and creator of the Lunch Mix Program. A program set to motivate teens to make the right choices.

He has also worked to educate youth on teen dating violence by partnering with the Domestic Violence Clearing House through the partnership of a mother-daughter luncheon and a men's march in October 2001.

Service Awards:

D.A.R.E. Volunteer Award, May 2010
D.A.R.E. Volunteer Award, May 2010
Proud Lion Service Award 2010
Webling Elementary School Volunteer Appreciation Award, May 2009
D.A.R.E. Volunteer Award, May 2009
Webling Elementary School Volunteer Appreciation Award, May 2008
D.A.R.E. Volunteer Award, May 2008
D.A.R.E. Volunteer Award, May 2007
D.A.R.E. Volunteer Award, May 2006
D.A.R.E. Volunteer Award, May 2004
D.A.R.E. Volunteer Award, May 2003
Governor's Kilohana Volunteer Award winner, 2002
American Lung Association Volunteer award winner, 2001
Ola Pono Award winner, 2001
Hawaii Business Jaycees Three Outstanding Young Persons award winner, 2001
American Lung Association program founder award winner for "Lunch Mix", 1998

Industry Achievements:

Hawaii Student Film Festival Indie Award for inspiring Students in the film industry, May 2006
Honolulu Advertisers Body and Mind Cover feature, February 2005
Hawaii Music Awards winner Hip Hop album of the year (REACT FOR HIM), 2003
Hawaii Music Awards winner Hip Hop album of the year (Spin City), 2001
Mixer of the Week by National publication Hit Makers Magazine, 1994

Business Accomplishments:

Cambridge Who's Who Honors, 2009
30th Signal Costumer Service Division Appreciation Award, 2009
Sassy #1 Hawaii teen magazine status, 2002
Creating The World's first DJ School for Turntablist, April 2000
Xtreme Radio @ 104.3 Xcellence Award (for contribution in making Xtreme Radio #1), 1999

Spaz has and continues to work with numerous organizations including The American Lung Association, Hawaii Drug Free Schools, D.A.R.E. Program, American Diabetes Association, American Heart Association, American Cancer Society, Hawaii Food Bank and HMSA to help make a difference in our community. Spaz also servers as the Vice President Board member for Ke Ola Hou Organization which services Youth Programs on the East Side and North Shore of Oahu, as well as a proud Lion with the Kamehameha Lions Club of Hawaii.

In 2003 Spaz signed with Time Warner to be the Executive Producer and Host for a the hit T.V. Show on OC16 called DIS-N-DAT. DIS-N-DAT is about music, entertainment, people, places, food and trends in Hawaii all tied together with comedy and a positive message. The show can be seen in Hawaii on Wednesday night at 10:00 pm on Oceanic Time Warner Cable’s OC16

Kutmaster Spaz has made the transition from being "just a DJ" to a multi-media producer, production manger, promotions director, voice talent and on screen actor. Spaz's production credit's include work on numerous music videos including Jasmine Trias, I.A. and other local Hip Hop R&B artist. Spaz's on camera credit includes a character role (Diego) on ABC’s hit TV Show LOST, major commercials for Bank of America and hosting DIS-N-DAT T.V. Spaz’s innovative and creative marketing skills has lead to the success of American Lung Association’s "Lunch Mix” program 1998, Xtreme Radio #1 status in 1999, in 2000 the Worlds first DJ School for Turntablist, Sassy #1 teen magazine status in 2002, “React For Him” Hip Hop Album of the year (2003) and the creation of DIS-N-DAT TV, which is now one of the longest running shows on OC16 and is syndicated world wide through IPTV. Currently Spaz is the President for the DIS-N-DAT Media Group (a multi-media production company) as well as the Music and Marketing Director at CW’s Night Club on Lewers in Waikiki were you can find him Friday and Saturday nights doing what he loves the most…mixing music and making people have a good time!

E-mail
spaz@hawaii.rr.com

Mailing Address:
P.O. Box 10618
Honolulu, Hawaii 96816-0618