Tracy Young

Tracy Young

Tracy Young
Background information
Birth name Theresa Young
Born Charlottesville, Virginia, U.S.
Origin Washington, DC
Genres House, Tribal House, Deep House, Tech House
Occupation(s) DJ, Producer
Years active 1991–present
Labels Ferosh Records, F-Region Productions
Website tracyyoung.com

Theresa "Tracy" Young, is an American electronic dance music DJ, producer, remixer, radio personality and entertainment correspondent.

Biography

Tracy Young was born in Charlottesville, Virginia to Phillip and Patricia Young. At a young age Tracy's parents divorced in which resulted in numerous moves during her early years. Her family finally settled in Alexandria which was a short distance from Washington, D.C.. Growing up in a divorced household in which both her parents remarried Young was heavily influenced by her family and by the surrounding communities near her home. Her father was a commercial real estate broker while her mother worked at the Pentagon during the Reagan Administration. Her stepmother owned an independent toy shop while her stepfather was a minister. With music being a strong influence on her the time she spent at T.C. Williams High School in Alexandria allowed her to branch out into exploring a career in music. She commenced her DJ career at the age of 19, and later went professional when she became the resident deejay at the Hill Haven Nightclub in Washington DC. Young graduated from the University of Maryland with a Bachelor's degree in Speech Communication.[1]

Career

Young began her professional radio career as an intern at the urban-leaning rhythmic-formatted radio station WPGC 95.5FM in Washington D.C. while she was still attending the University of Maryland. Tracy became an on-air mix show deejay for several of the station's highly rated shows. She was soon promoted to Assistant Music Director and then became the stations Music Director where she remained for a year and a half before accepting a new position as Interscope Records's Southeast Regional Promotions Director. The new position resulted in her relocating to Miami, a city with a thriving club music scene. Shortly after her move, Young met club impresario Ingrid Casares who along with Chris Paciello opened Liquid nightclub in South Beach.[2] Tracy had landed the permanent deejay residency position at Liquid and during her residency she served as the deejay for many events hosted by celebrities including Sean Puffy Combs, Russell Simmons, Cher, Ricky Martin and The Smashing Pumpkins.[2] It was during her time at Liquid, where Young first met Madonna. She was able to land a prominent gig to deejay a party celebrating the launch of Madonna's film The Next Best Thing. Their friendship and professional relationship blossomed and Tracy was asked to deejay Madonna's and Guy Ritchie's wedding in Scotland.[3]

Throughout her career as a professional DJ, Young has served as a deejay for many events including The Emmy Awards, the Sundance Film Festival, Kylie Minogue's 2011 North American tour, and Britney Spears's 21st birthday.[2][4] In 2003, Young launched her own record label, Ferosh Records, and she also began serving as executive producer of the annual New Years Day party called Genesis.[5] She actively supports philanthropic causes and has held fundraising campaigns for various LGBT charities such as GLAAD, GMHC, Elton John AIDS Foundation and The National Gay and Lesbian Task Force.[4]

Young has appeared in numerous television programs such as MTV's House of Style, BET's Rap City, E!'s Kourtney & Khloe Take Miami, Bravo's Real Housewives of Atlanta , The Real Housewives of Miami and LOGO's reality-television series, The A-List: New York. Tracy received plenty of media attention when it was discovered that she had a romantic relationship with Real Housewives of Atlanta cast member Kim Zolciak, after they were photographed together while in public. Young later remixed Zolciak's hit single "Tardy for the Party".[6]

Most recently Young was tapped to remix the campaign song for Hilary Clinton's run for the Presidency of the United States Of America. The song titled STRONGER TOGETHER features recording artist Jessica Sanchez.

Selected remixes

Note: Original songs are indicated by †

Compilations

Singles

EP

Albums

References

  1. ↑ Lady of the House from The Advocate 26 September 2000
  2. 1 2 3 Taylor, Jeffery (2012). "DJ Profiles Tracy Young", 'Noizemag.com'
  3. ↑ Churchville, Sara (2011). "Tracy Young: Some Girls Just Know How To Do It", South Beach Magazine
  4. 1 2 Landers, John (2004). "Get into the Groove: Tracy Young is a DJ with a Heart of Gold" Broward Palm Beach New Times
  5. ↑ Hamersly, Mike (2011). "DJ Tracy Young returns to her hometown of Miami to spin New Year's Day at the Genesis party at Mansion", 'Miami.com'
  6. ↑ Huffington Post (2010), "Kim Zolciak & Tracy Young Dating: Real Housewives' Star Now A Lesbian?"
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