DJ. H. Vidal

When it comes to working the wheels of steel, nobody does it better than  DJ H. Vidal. DJ H. Vidal has been rocking the ones and twos for well over a decade. His unique style of blending vocals from hot new records with blazing instrumentals from the past has blessed audiences from Philadelphia to Florida.

As a youngster growing up in Reading, Pennsylvania, H. Vidal listened to the music that his mother would play throughout the house. As a result, he was raised on a steady musical diet of classic funk and soul. Groups like the Bar Kays, the Fatback Band, Parlament / Funkadelic, Earth, Wind & Fire and Mandrill were staples on his mom’s turntable. And the precocious little tyke was soaking it all in growing up.

The same thing happened when he heard his first rap record King Tim III by the Fatback Band, which, by the way, was actually the first hip hop record ever released, beating the Sugarhill Gang’s “Rapper’s Delight” by about two weeks. Like his mom’s penchant for 70s funk and soul, H. Vidal was hooked on the music of his generation, making records by stalwart hip hop acts like LL Cool Jay, The Fat Boys, The Skinny Boys, Treacherous 3 and RunDMC a mainstay in his musical buffet. But as much as he loved rap music, oddly enough his first active participation in hip hop culture wasn’t music, but dance.

“When I got introduced to hip hop culture I started break dancing. I used to break dance and pop lock,” says H. Vidal. “I was a member of a break dancing crew called the B-Boys. I was a serious b-boy, man. I used to do talent shows and doing things on the block and whatnot.”

DJ. H. Vidal is one busy DJ, no wonder his organization the Tech.nitions nominated him for their coveted Rookie of the Year Award. In September of 2004, Clear Channel moved H. Vidal to 95.7 The Beat in sunny Tampa Florida, where he holds down an on-air shift as well as mixes. Within five short months he became the number one jock in his time slot, and is also syndicated at KIIZ in Killeen, Texas. 

DJ H.Vidal is heard nightly at 95.7 The Beat.  For BOOKINGS, contact Cindy Nuzzo @ 727.235.3532 or nunoise@tampabay.rr.com