In 2015, West Philadelphia resident Nashirah Riggs (aka Nashirah) got her start as a DJ in an unusual way.
As a student at the now defunct Charter High School for Architecture and Design, she was working with classmates on putting together a fashion show when a teacher suggested she work on the event’s music. After the event proved successful, Riggs quickly earned a residency at Dahlak Paradise, an Eritrean restaurant and bar on Baltimore Avenue.
“That was the first time I DJ’d for a crowd,” she told Technical.ly.
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