Jarobi White is true Renaissance man, music artist, DJ, chef and restaurateur. But most know him as one of the founding members of one of the most enduringly beloved hip-hop groups, A Tribe Called Quest, whose 1990 debut album literally changed the boundaries and possibilities of the genre. He left to pursue a a life in the culinary arts, but returned for their triumphant reunion/final album in 2016. His successful restaurant career had taken him to DC, Atlanta, South Carolina and then to New York, where he worked in a Michelin-starred kitchen. He brings the same passion and artistry to his work behind the decks, taking the audience on a sonically uplifting trip through the best of the 70s, 80s and 90s, sharing the grooves from his youth up to the time of his first success, acting as a musical “tour guide” through the finest R&B, worldbeat, soul, pop and hip-hop party anthems.

Jarobi serves up a flavor-filled set of upbeat sounds and grooves from his youth in the 1970’s and up through the 80’s, 90’s to the present. He describes himself as “a tour guide” on Tribe’s first album, “providing the vibe backbone” with smooth like butter intros and outros … exactly what his DJ set feels like, as he guides you through decades of Black Culture with Hip-hop party anthems old and new, along with R&B, Worldbeat, Soul, Pop and Trap. In his sets Jarobi’s library, organized by beats per minute, covers everything from Frank Ocean to Ghostface Killah to Michael Jackson.