DJ Buddha

American DJ and record producer From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Urales Vargas (born March 15, 1980), known professionally as DJ Buddha, is an American DJ, record producer, radio personality, music publisher, and record executive from Lawrence, Massachusetts.

Born
Urales Vargas

(1980-03-15) March 15, 1980 (age 46)
Genres
Occupations
  • Disc jockey
  • record producer
  • songwriter
  • A&R
  • music publisher
  • radio personality
  • record executive
Instruments
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DJ Buddha
Background information
Born
Urales Vargas

(1980-03-15) March 15, 1980 (age 46)
Genres
Occupations
  • Disc jockey
  • record producer
  • songwriter
  • A&R
  • music publisher
  • radio personality
  • record executive
Instruments
LabelTherapist Music
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Career

DJ Buddha has been associated with the team La Favela in the form of a mixtape and a movement called "Caribbean Connection", which delivered a mix of dancehall reggae and reggaetón. Along with the "Caribbean Connection" and "Tropical Heat" series, he has created hundreds of mixtapes which were critically acclaimed. DJ Buddha has also recently released a mix album titled Ultra.Latino which hit #2 on iTunes Latin within the 1st week of its release date.[1]

Collaborations

DJ Buddha has worked alongside reggae artist Mighty Mystic and has created records and collaborated with other reggae artists such as Mr. Easy, Tantro Metro & Devonte, Mr. Vegas, Red Rat, and T.O.K., the latter of whom he worked with as their official DJ for roughly six years. While on the road with T.O.K., Buddha created the remix for "Gal Yuh A Lead", featuring T.O.K., Beenie Man, & Nina Sky, which was one of his first songs to gain major airplay. He also created two different promotional mixtape samplers of T.O.K and Lady Saw for reggae indie label VP Records.

He has worked on remixes with other artists like Pitbull, Daddy Yankee, Machel Montano, Lil Jon, N.O.R.E., etc. In 2004 Daddy Yankee's "Gasolina" was remixed by DJ Buddha, featuring Cuban-American rapper, Pitbull and N.O.R.E., and first appeared on Caribbean Connection Volume 2. Later that summer, Lil Jon mixed his own vocals to the remix, which was featured on his Crunk Juice album. In 2005 he teamed up with Pitbull again on "She's Hotter Remix" featuring T.O.K. He later became Pitbull's official DJ and joined him on the road for the next six years.

Buddha has been a part of the 25th anniversary of Michael Jackson's Bad album, doing the 2012 edit of "Bad" with Afrojack & Pitbull. He also co-produced with Marc Kinchen & Big Syphe the theme song for the Men In Black 3 film, titled "Back In Time". In 2014, Buddha won a Grammy award for his work on the song "Echa Pa'lla (Manos Pa'rriba)".

In recent years

In 2012, Buddha started a record label (Therapist Music) & publishing company (Therapist Music Publishing). He was inducted into the Boys & Girls Club of Lawrence (Mass.) Alumni Hall of Fame on Nov. 19, 2015.

In 2016, he was credited as a music supervisor on Nick Cannon’s feature King of the Dancehall (premiered at TIFF 2016).

In 2025, Buddha was nominated for a Premio Lo Nuestro 2025 37th Crossover Collaboration of the Year & 2 nominations at 2025 Premios Juventud 2025 nominations for Mejor Dance Track & Tropical Mix.

Discography

Mixtape


Tracks (produced, written or remixed)


Albums (appeared on or produced)


Publications

References

External links

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