Biography
Christopher E. Oroc (born September 17, 1974), better known as DJ Babu, is a Filipino-American DJ, record producer, turntablist, and educator. He is a member of the world-renowned DJ crew the Beat Junkies, the Los Angeles–based hip-hop trio Dilated Peoples, and the duo Likwit Junkies with rapper Defari. Babu is widely credited with coining the term "turntablist" to describe DJs who approach the turntable as a musical instrument. He has been referred to by the DMC World DJ Championships as the "godfather of turntablism" due to his influence on competitive DJing and technical innovation. As of 2017, Babu is the co-founder and Program Director of the Beat Junkie Institute of Sound (BJIOS), a DJ school and professional training facility in Los Angeles. In 2025, he joined the Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University as a member of its Hip Hop Studies faculty, where he teaches DJing and turntable performance at the conservatory level.
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Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Hybrid Theory
2000
Reanimation
2002
Blazing Arrow
2002
Whitey Ford Sings The Blues
1998
Electric Circus
2002
Expansion Team
2001
The Platform
2000
Rockit (Extended Dance Version)
1983
Unexpected Guests
2009
Unlearning Vol. 1
2021
Neighborhood Watch
2004
Alive
1999
86 Witness
2019
Weather Or Not
2018
Cats & Dogs
2011
The Layover EP
2008
The Weatherman LP
2007
20/20
2006
Kut Masta Kurt Presents Masters Of Illusion
2000
My Vinyl Weighs A Ton
1999
Time Waits For No Man
1998
Rap Album Two
2017
Mic Tyson
2012
This Way
2004
Credited work
727 releases · 153 albums · active 1996–2026
- Other credits · 580
- Production · 414
- Engineering · 205
- Performance · 182
Studios: D&D Studios · The Studio · Total Recall Studios · Olympic Studios
Frequent collaborators
- Various
- Dilated Peoples
- Swollen Members
- Evidence (2)
- Linkin Park
- Defari
- Babu The Dilated Junkie
- Sean Price