Jay Vargas

Biography

In his hometown UpscaleRiots virtually came out of nowhere. Known by club goers as "The Kid", UpscaleRiots has proven time and time again that not only can he make a name for himself but can roll alongside veteran DJ's in Corpus. In toddler years UpscaleRiots was introduced to music from his mother by watching Fantasia and was able to see the colors of music, which is how he understood Serato as a program, and at 5 years old was taught how to play guitar. At the age of 16 he got into the DJ scene when he was an assistant to another DJ in Corpus. By the age of 17 he was known around for doing house parties locally in Corpus Christi, and by the age of 18 he was already doing local clubs and venues. His biggest hit on SoundCloud is a mashup of Martin Garrix and Steve Aoki coming in at almost 500 downloads. Now at 19 he has done almost every single club in Corpus Christi, has done a show for one of the Dallas Cowboys players, successfully built his home studio, and soon heading out to Victoria Texas for some shows. UpscaleRiots now opens up for many famous artists, also he is very busy in his social and school life pursuing a degree in sound engineering and doing charity work as a DJ.