Orleans.  In July of '02, DJ Raj Smoove made history as the first DJ contracted by the Essence Music Festival to perform as a superlounge artist in the Louisiana Superdome and has already been booked for the 2003 festival.  In September of '02, Raj flew to Chicago to represent New Orleans as a finalist in the KOOL MIXX National DJ Championship.

For the past five years, Raj has been the resident Hip-Hop DJ at the world renowned House of Blues in New Orleans, rocking the very successful Soul 2 Soul Hip-Hop night every Thursday.  In April of 2003, Raj signed on with Hot 104.5 KNOU in New Orleans as a mixshow DJ allowing him to dominate the city's airwaves as well.  Stemming from this, the world renown and respected DJ organization, the Tech.Nitions inducted Raj Smoove making him the New Orleans representative.  His presence in the city also won him a sponsorship with Anheiseur-Busch