-Style-Club/House/Breakbeat- Shorty Tripp started dj'ing in 1998. Influenced by artists such as Bad Boy Bill, Richard "Humpty" Visson, Donald Glaude and Chris Cox. "I like to be very aggressive with my music" "I do very Quick mixes along with some turntable trickery" Shorty resided at the number 1 dance club here in Johnson City Tn for over 4 years and now has recently moved to the new number 1 dance club in the Tri Cites "The Planet" In 2002 Shorty Tripp became North Carolina's number 1 dance music dj by defeating over 80 dj's in a battle competition to crown the victory. Shorty Tripp has has followed up acts such as... -Magic Mike- -Dj Icey- -Baby Ann- -Jen Lasher- -Deep Dish- -AK1200- -Dj Sammy- -Many Many More- Shorty Tripp has been involved with Tennessee's premier production groups such as Famliy Tree, Child of Libra, Release Dj's and Afterhouse Productions. Shorty can also be credited for the opening of "The Afterhouse" Johnson City's first underground club.