Meet Hollywood’s residing DJ, Fredy Muks, music producer as well, and creator of Afro Trap House music, a combination of African rhythms and electronic sounds. Fredy is a new wave of international DJs bringing a new sound to Hollywood. Currently, he holds a DJ spot at the W Hotel here in Hollywood. Fredy has held a residency at The W for two years now, collaborating with other artists and making the nightlife in Hollywood a harmonious and happy atmosphere to have fun. Fredy has lived in Europe, Africa, and the U.S., experiences that have irrevocably shaped his musical career. On where his style is influenced from, his music comes from African rhythms and Europe’s electronic sounds, using instruments and pulls from multiple cultures. Some of Fredy’s earliest memories of music are from his older brother playing. Fredy described him as an amazing bass player with a love for Reggae. Fredy remembers his father and mother’s love for music and how it rubbed off on him as well.
Fredy is also the founder of Muks Entertainment, a Dallas-based entertainment company focused on producing music, television, multi-media products, and events. Like sharing the joy of his love for music, Fredy believes in sharing the joy of life and people as well. He and the company seek out opportunities to engage in mutually beneficial relationships to promote people and projects that result in positive impacts to culture, community, individuals, and the entertainment industry.
After traveling around the world, being born in Cameroon, Africa, Fredy has seen all kinds of humanity across the world. Each culture teaching him something about people and their spirit. It was seeing the richest beings, who in our culture in America would be labeled as financially, the poorest, he made sure to give back to these communities. Musk Entertainment is involved in charities to donate and raise funds to help those less fortunate and those not born in America. He is also the Vice President USAfrica Superstar for almost five years. This charity is currently in 26 African countries and focuses on children’s health, education, and human rights and getting healthcare to all. Every person involved in the organization is in the medical field, or a teacher or artist contributing to participate by visiting these countries or helping to correlate activates and fundraisers.
As of right now music is Fredy’s focused passion and it happens to pay, but even a dream job can feel like work. No matter how fun it is, at times, it can be difficult for any artist. Fredy finds his motivation in the goals he sets for himself, by having direction. “By building something that I want to achieve that could help people, it’s pretty easy to wake up when my motivation is charity.”
A perspective that isn’t so accessible to those who do not experience things outside of themselves. Most go day to day with what is perceived as their norm. What sets Fredy’s view apart from other artists today is the education he received by seeing another world from such a young age and still does today by staying current. “My greatest education comes from traveling and seeing other cultures, getting other perspectives, and learning the difference between needs and wants.” After all poor are only poor financially. When people can have such joy that you cannot buy it, it’s a real nourishing joy that comes from people and music of course.
