Born September 17, 1974 in Washington, D.C., USA as Chris Oroc, **DJ Babu** is a Filipino-American DJ. One-third of the hip hop group [[artist:Dilated Peoples]] (alongside [[artist:Rakaa-Iriscience]] and [[artist:Evidence (2)]], Babu is also a member of the [[artist:Beat Junkies]] DJ crew, and together with rapper Defari forms the duo [[artist:The Likwit Junkies]]. He lived in Oxnard, California for 1 year, and later moved to the neighboring city of Camarillo.

Babu has won multiple competition titles Including the Vestax World Championships and multiple ITF titles. As a revered battle DJ he has appeared in and hosted numerable videos. Under the name "[[artist:107304]]", and produced perhaps the genre's most popular battle record, 1996's Super Duck Breaks, which sold over 10,000 copies.

DJ Babu has also featured on numerous acts alongside groups such as [[artist:Jurassic 5]], [[artist:Swollen Members]] and The [[artist:Visionaries]]. Individually Babu has featured in many other groups as well.

He is also the one responsible for Coining the phrase "TURNTABLIST".