 LOS ANGELES (Luck Media & Marketing, Inc.) - One of the hottest female hip-hop DJs in Los Angeles since breaking through doing intros and outros for comics at The Laugh Factory in 2001, DJ Shy recently scored one of the city's most coveted on air gigs, spinning and mixing for top rated pop station KIIS-FM which also features American Idol's Ryan Seacrest during the morning show. Filling in for full-time DJ Drew, the talented and charismatic Shy (aka Karen Beck) made her on air debut with a compelling, highly rated hour long mix during the noon hour July 5, followed by a second set during the Friday "traffic hour" (5-6 p.m.) on July 8. Popular also from her live gigs for such companies as NIKE, PUMA and MAC Cosmetics - she first attracted the attention of KIIS-FM's Music Director Julie Pilat at a well-attended date she did for MAC at The Grove shopping mall in L.A. - DJ Shy has also been busy this summer doing daytime events for NIKE's Battleground Basketball Tournament. The eight week annual event takes place on Venice Beach and includes ball players such as the R&B singer Brian McKnight and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Jr. Over the years, the consummate "vinyl only" personality has also done high profile spinning for Missy Elliot (the wrap party for the hip-hop legend's UPN show, whose guests included Tweet, Busta Rhymes and Teena Marie) and Jin tha MC, the popular addition to Ruff Ryders who won BET's "MC Battle" seven years straight. Next stop for the Pennsylvania born, Korean American USC Alumnus is Asia, where she will tour in mid to late August, hitting five of the hottest hip-hop clubs on the continent -- Club Mix in Beijing (August 19); Coccolatte in Singapore (August 20); Q Bar in Bangkok (August 21); Park 97 in Shanghai (August 24) and C Club in Hong Kong (three nights, August 25-27).
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