-Welcome to the show. -...man.

I feel like we've all...

we've all been thrust into this new world

of living in a different way, and then you're the first person

who I felt like truly captured,

like, bringing joy

into the world of social distancing.

Did you think your stream was gonna blow up as much as it did?

'Cause I think you started with, what, 200 people?

And then it jumped to, like, 100,000 over time.

I started with 200. And no, I didn't think

it was going to become what it did.

And, um, it was literally me sitting at home

and just kind of feeling isolated

and missing my friends.

-Right. -And, you know, I tour the world deejaying,

so I'm used to being around a lot of people.

And I just felt like I needed to do something.

I was going stir-crazy in here.

So I started my IG live.

And I had never really used IG live.

I started it just to invite some of my friends

and just to play music from my laptop into the phone

and share old-school stories about some of these records

that I produced back when I was, like, 18 and 19 years old.

-Right, right. -And then it just kind of took off,

like, with the stories.

And then one of my buddies is another DJ named DJ Clark Kent.

He was like, "You should actually start deejaying

in-in your, uh, IG live."

And it turned into, like, this massive party.

What... Actually, I thought it was massive.

It went from 200 to 10,000 people,

and I was just excited about that.

-(laughs) -And by the time Fri...

By the time Friday arrived, it was, like, 25,000 people,

and J.Lo was in there,

-and then Drake popped in. -Right.

Oprah popped in,

and, uh, then Michelle Obama popped in.

And that was, like, I froze up for a bit.

And even though I deejayed for Michelle

and, uh, and the former president,

it was still kind of surreal that...

I'm used... I'm used to being in their world,

and now they're in my world.

Like, they came over to see what I was up to.

And just having all of these artists in there

-was just, like, amazing... -Right.

...that they were coming to-to D-Nice

-to see what I was up to. -Right.

And the.. And, also, the music.

The music that I chose to play

was much different than what I would play at a party.

So, at a party, I'm looking at people

and trying to cater to them.

-Uh-huh. -But when you're in that...

in that world, there's, you know, there's no audience.

So I literally just played from the heart.

I played what I felt.

Do you think the sets you've created now

are gonna become the sets that you start playing

once social distancing is over?

Do you think... do you think this period

has helped D-Nice create, like, a new idea,

or do you think this set is specifically designed

for what you're doing on Instagram?

No, I think that this is going to become the norm of...

Because other DJs have called me, you know, to say--

like, I mean, other big DJs-- like, "Dude, you reminded me

of what it felt like to actually just play music that you love."

-Oh, wow. -So I think people are gonna start

incorporating that into their sets.

I think people were in that chat room--

in that IG live, rather--

to hear me play and to-to experience it.

And-and the fact that they were engaged for...

-I played nine hours in there. -Yeah.

-Yeah, it was a marathon. -It was a nine-hour set

of, like, a straight marathon set

where it was just fun, and it didn't even feel like it.

It was just mind-blowing. It was mind-blowing.

-So, I feel like... -You-you... Yeah.

I mean, to have... to have a party

where you have Michelle Obama pop in, I don't think...

I don't think... I think there's, like, a handful

of people on the planet who can say that phrase.

"I was throwing a party,

and then Michelle Obama pops in."

And now she hasn't just popped in.

The two of you are also teaming up.

You're gonna be... you're gonna be deejaying

another big set that's coming up,

but this time you're teaming up

with Michelle Obama's, um, organization.

What is... what is that gonna be?

The whole concept of it... It's Michelle's organization,

and she's trying to, you know, increase voter registration.

-Right, right. -So they came up with an idea

to throw a couch party where we can, like,

just kind of galvanize people to register to vote.

So it's a party with purpose, you know,

where I'll play great music.

We'll make sure, you know, to remind people

to log on to, you know, the site to register to vote,

-which is important, you know? -Mm-hmm.

We have to. I mean, it's a big election year,

so just trying to drive that traffic up.

Hey, man, if there's anyone who can drive the traffic,

it's the hottest DJ in the world right now.

It's so amazing, because when you just type "DJ"

into Google right now,

it autocorrects it to D-Nice.

-So, clearly, you've done a major thing. -Oh, wow.

Congratulations on creating something completely new,

and I hope this is just the beginning.

And thank you, man. Thank you for making us all dance.

Thank you for bringing a little joy into everybody's lives.

I'll see you at the party tomorrow.

All right, absolutely. Have on your dancing shoes, man.

-I'll be there. Let's do it. -All right.