YOGI was born and raised in Chicago. He started to DJ in 1991, after years of faithfully listening and studying the techniques he heard on Chicago radio mix shows. His play lists were heavily House music influenced, although, being a lover of all music styles, he often incorporated hip hop / R&B, new wave / synthpop, freestyle, techno, and industrial into his sets. After years of playing gigs at all the local colleges and universities, he hooked up with one of Chicago land biggest promoters, and began playing at some of Chicago's biggest and most legendary clubs at the time (including Shelter, Elixir, Drink, Karma, Stardust, Dennis Rodman's Illusions, Harry's Velvet Room., Pasha, XL, Mint, System, Dragon Room, and Dragonfly...just to name a few).After a few years, YOGI decided to