Billboard caught up with Anderson .Paak ahead of his DJ Pee .Wee set at House of Mouse, and he shares how he’s grown as a DJ, working on his label, collaborating with Mariah Carey and more!
Tetris Kelly:
So a party doesn’t start until DJ Pee .Wee shows up. Man, how you feeling?
I feel great!
I feel like everywhere I go in the industry, I can be at Coachella, I can be at the Super Bowl — you’re there providing the vibe. So what’s the evolution been like for you as a DJ?
Man, it’s been great. I love DJing, you know? Being a part of the party, but also like helping make the party is like, it’s a dream, like, I love it. So it’s been awesome to get to learn a lot of music. Shout-out to Eddie and Maurice. It’s, like, always a new challenge every time, just like, trying to make the crowd move. So it’s been awesome to go from like, a little like speakeasy, where we started, to doing parties with Mickey Mouse now.
I mean, that’s what I’m saying, being at the House of Mouse. How’d you get involved with Mickey and all his cool friends?
It’s been a dream come true. I think our first party that we did was in London, maybe. And, yeah, we hooked up with Joss, and they just like, you know, at first I didn’t know what Willie was about, and it was just like, exceeded all expectations, like to be able to interact with, like, all the characters, and they took me to the studio, and we did so much cool content. It’s been amazing.
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