DJ Yoda Grows Disenchanted With Hip-Hop -- Exclusive Video

DJ Yoda (aka Duncan Beiny) has successfully made the genre jump from his hip-hop-spinning roots to "upbeat and clubby" dance beats. The London-born DJ/turntablist and winner of the DMC DJ of the Year Award has released several mixtapes and his new EP, 'D.J. Yoda & Friends' is available now.

"I came up on the hip-hop scene, definitely," he tells Spinner. "Throughout the '90s, I would listen to nothing but hip-hop, play nothing but hip-hop, but I feel like from about 2000, hip-hop started going downhill for me. There was less and less rap music that I was interested in playing. And I started finding the energy and the rawness that I loved about hip-hop in other types of club music."

Watch the full interview with DJ Yoda below and visit AOL Music's SXSW site for more Live from Austin video interviews.

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