Official DJ and Ambassador of Lacoste L!ve in

Official DJ and Ambassador of Lacoste L!ve in Latin America
DJ at Univision’s Morning Show “Despierta America”
DJ for Vogue Magazine Latin America & Mexico
DJ for MTV Latin America Events
DJ/Host of Univision’s Award Show Premios Juventud 2013
Founder of Fundacion DJ (Fundacion Desarrollo Juvenil)
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Quotes & Brands
“Mauricio Parra es un DJ único con talento musical, la intuición del comunicador y
la vocación altruista de un gran ser humano…Outstanding!”
-Vogue Magazine Latin America & México"DJ Mauricio Parra spins to success in South Beach” -The Huffington Post“Nuestro DJ Favorito” -Despierta America (Univision’s #1 rated Morning Show)"Quienes lo han escuchado solo lo puede calificar con una palabra: Excelente.”
-Glamour Magazine Latin America & Mexico“Local Celebrity” -Ocean Drive Magazine-
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Biography
All of them have shared the stage and the magic
of Musician and DJ, Mauricio Parra.
Mauricio has a gift. He knows innately how to
entertain audiences with his unique energetic
style and enthusiastic stage presence. He
breaks the barriers of being married to one genre
and adapts to any situation and crowd. Not
only can he spin records, but he is also an
extraordinary percussionist who knows when
and how to take listeners to the next level with his
addictive beats. Mauricio is not your average
DJ, but a true artist who embodies the soul and
heart of what music is all about.
His entertainment industry career began at age 19 when he joined Radio Caracol (Colombia’s # 1 Radio Station
Network) as an On-Air DJ, Producer and MC for their nationwide Top 40 radio station “Oxigeno F.M.” Mauricio
also worked as on-air talent for “The Adam Bomb Show” at Clear Channel Radio’s Y100.7 F.M. in Miami. For
over 15 years Mauricio has been playing at the hottest clubs and events in Paris, New York, South Beach,
Stockholm, Mexico City and many other cities around the world. In 2013 Mauricio was invited to join Fatboy
Slim, Alesso, Showtek, W&W and other artists included in the prestigious DJ Mag list "Top 100 DJs" in the world,
to perform at the Electronic Music Festival Istmo Fest.
He is the Official DJ and Ambassador for Lacoste L!ve in Latin America. He won Univision’s nation-wide contest
DJ @ PJ and became the Official DJ/Host of the top rated award show “Premios Juventud” in 2013. He is
a regular guest DJ at Univision’s #1 rated morning show “Despierta America” the DJ for Vogue
Magazine Latin America and he DJ’s at MTV official events.
Named by Vogue Magazine as “Vogue’s DJ” and Ocean Drive Magazine as a “Local Celebrity” in Miami, Mauricio
has been featured 4 times in Vogue Magazine Latin America and he has also been featured in the
Huffington Post, Glamour Magazine Latin America, Ocean Drive, Miami Magazine and Complot. As Manager
of Music Programming at MTV Networks, Mauricio managed everything related to music videos, countdowns
and weekly music shows for the channels MTV Latin America, VH1 Latin America and MTV Tr3s. He has worked
closely with artists, music labels and media outlets throughout the U.S. and Latin America.
Mauricio is the founder of “Fundacion DJ” a foundation that uses music and DJing for the advancement and
development of youth. Some of the partners and supporters of Fundacion DJ are: MTV, Inter-American
Development Bank, UN Women and the Organization Of American States.
With the many talents that Mauricio possesses, it’s no wonder why he is so busy and in demand. His exceptional
ability to entertain and enrapture his audiences is in a class all its own. Mauricio Parra knows how to pull out all
the stops. He doesn’t just get a crowd moving, he moves hearts and spirits. Now if you can only be so lucky to
be there when he does it...
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Vogue September 2011
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Vogue September 2011
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DJ MAURICIO PARRA SPINS TO SUCCESS IN SOUTH BEACH
Posted on August 13th, 2013
With his voice still raspy from hyping up a celebrity filled venue from the night before, DJ Mauricio Parra begins to tell me about the best
night of his career.
Parra was the hype man and official DJ of Premios Juventud — the Latin awards show — in which he spun intermittently for Latin music’s
biggest pop artists including Jennifer Lopez, Pitbull and Ricky Martin. The roaring fans who waved, sang along and danced throughout the
show were following his lead and the energy flowing from his DJ booth to front and center of the stage.
“The energy of the crowd was amazing! During commercial breaks, I got the chance to hype people up and they were responding to me
incredibly. The energy and support from all the people in Miami was just unbelievable,” says the DJ, who has a strong fan base in Miami
and his homeland of Colombia.
It wasn’t too long ago that Parra was recording pop hits off the radio onto cassettes and playing them at parties during his school days in
Bogota. He remembers always wanting to be the one in charge of the music at these adolescent gatherings. Music carried him along, and,
still in his teens, the then-novice Parra became the assistant to a very prominent DJ at one of Bogota’s hottest clubs, giving him the ammunition he needed to take those homemade mixes to the next level and embody the hype man. Then came a radio gig for Radio Caracol,
Colombia’s No. 1 radio station, where he spun on-air and at clubs across the country; the next stop was Miami, more specifically South
Beach.
“I became a South Beach DJ. You name the club in South Beach and I’ve spinned there,” says the 35-year-old Parra, who is still beaming
from the PJ awards. As far as performances and venues go, “This is at the top of the list… Everyone in the acting business and the music
business was there,” he says. But one wonders what could be on the personal playlist of a DJ of Parra caliber. He says it’s nothing like the
music he plays at clubs — mainly house, tribal house and lots of percussion, as he himself is a percussionist. He rocks out to Metallica,
mellows out with Bob Marley and chills with Pink Floyd.
The Huffington Post
There’s also another intriguing fact about this South Beach master mixer that you should know. He makes a killer impersonation of a Latino
Sponge Bob. In fact, Parra was the voice of the Latin American Sponge Bob, of Santa Claus and did voice-over commercials for Snickers
and Coca-Cola. After years of working as a radio DJ, he went to a casting call for voice actors, and when producers heard his deep radio
voice he was about to be shown the door — but then he called on the high-pitched voice of the sponge and landed the part. “They said,
‘Oh my God, we love it!’” He was hired on the spot.
DJ Mauricio Parra uses music to strengthen his community
While spinning for the Hollywood crowd is glamorous, Mauricio Parra is not just focused on the outside. He set his sights on creating a
foundation to use DJs for good. He founded the Fundacion DJ in March 2012 and in just one year has created the largest network of DJs
in Latin America who promote positive social messages like not drinking and driving, wearing a helmet if you’re riding a motorcycle and
ending domestic violence.
The foundation has teamed up with MTV Latin America to promote its second DJ Agentes de Cambio contest in which DJs submit a
two-minute video promoting a social theme. This year’s theme is “El Valiente No Es Violento” or “The Brave Are Not Violent.” The winner
lands a 30-second spot on MTV Latin America, a chance to spin with Parra in Quito, Ecuador and a feature in DJ Mag.
Parra’s climb to the top of the music business is just getting started. He’s going places internationally, and he welcomes fans to follow him
along in that journey.
“My next step would be to have a permanent job doing this, being a host of a show and being able to spin for thousands and thousands
of people. Getting to tour the country or the world, and sharing my music and my energy. That’s what I would love to do.
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Vogue January 2015
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Glamour July 2015
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Magazine Articles & Interviews
Vogue Hombre
Teleguia Magazine
Ocean Drive
Complot Magazine
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David Guetta
Red Carpets & Celebrities
Ocean Drive
Magazine & Black Label
Red Carpet
Pitbull
Opening of The Alchemist store in South Beach
With Kate Hudson and Celebrity Stylist Oribe
DJ for Univision’s #1 Rated Morning
Show Despierta America
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Los Premios MTV 2009
Red Carpet in LA
Spinnig for over 32,000 people at the "Animate"
concert in Montevideo, Uruguay
Red Carpets & Events
Los premios MTV 2008 Official Party in
Guadalajara, Mexico
Official Lacoste L!ve
DJ & Ambassador
for Latin America
Performing at the EDM Festival Istmo Fest
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DJ/Host of Univision's Award Show "Premios Juventud"
Red Carpets & Events
Vogue Shopping Experience
event in Masaryk, Mexico City
With Eva Hughes, CEO of Conde Nast Mexico
and Latin America
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