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DJ CASSIDY myamigouk/djcassidy.htm Visit the page above for more videos from DJ Cassidy, read his full biography, visit his Artist Store, or find out if he has any concert tours planned. Cassidy Durango Milton Willy Podell (born 1981), better known as DJ Cassidy, is a New York DJ. One of the highest earners in the business, Cassidy is known for his work at celebrity functions, including the 50th birthday party and 2009 inauguration of President Barack Obama, and the 2008 wedding of Beyoncé and JAY Z. Born in New Yorks Upper East Side, Cassidy was interested in deejaying from an early age. He asked his parents for two turntables and a mixer for his tenth birthday, although he was surprised that he got what hed asked for. He soon began his career, working at teenage parties, school carnivals and talent shows, and in his senior year in high school at nightclubs in New York. In 1999 he studied at George Washington University, then transferred to New York University, graduating in sociology in 2003. He was discovered by Sean Diddy Combs whilst working the 10–4 night shift in the basement of Lotus, a club in Manhattan. Combs scribbled his phone number on a napkin and asked Cassidy to call him, which led to invitations to work at Grammy parties and the MTV Video Music Awards. As of 2011, according to Forbes, Cassidy was performing 200 gigs a year, sometimes earning $100,000 a night. He was hired for the weddings of Beyoncé, Jennifer Lopez and Kim Kardashian, President Obamas first inauguration ball, his and Michelle Obamas 50th birthdays, the 2012 Democratic National Convention, as well as for parties hosted by Oprah Winfrey and Anna Wintour. It was after he worked at the party for the opening of Oprahs girls school in South Africa that she recommended him to the Obamas. Cassidy is known for his boaters and cricket sweaters, his colour-blocked tuxedos and bow ties, often in pink and green, and his trademark gold microphone.