Career
He is best known for his work with the Beastie Boys. One of New York"s premier hip-hop artists on the turntables, DJ Hurricane fostered his skills alongside Run Doctorate.M.C. in the Hollis, Queens area of New York City before eventually hooking up with the Beastie Boys, where he made a name for himself as the group"s DJ before going on to release his own albums. Hurricane began rhyming at the age of 11, during hip-hop"s infancy, eventually forming a group called the Solo Sounds and later the Afros.
While serving as one of Run Doctorate.M.C."s bodyguards on the 1986 Raising Hell tour, he became friends with the Beastie Boys, who were the tour"s opening acting
lieutenant wasn"t long before the Beasties offered Hurricane an opportunity to be their exclusive DJ. In 1993, along with the Beastie Boys, he contributed the track "lieutenant"s The New Style" to the Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome-benefit album Number Alternative produced by the Red Hot Organization. As the Beasties rose in fame with each successive album in the 1990s, Hurricane simultaneously reveled in the spotlight, releasing his first solo album in 1995 on Grand Royal, titled The Hurra (guest artists include the Beastie Boys, Military Cross Breed, and Senator Dog).
He started his own production company, Don"t Sleep Productions in 1999. From 2008 to 2012 he was touring DJ for Faith Evans.