DJ Kass


Luis Rosa, professionally known as DJ Kass, is a Dominican American disc jockey and recording artist from the Bronx. His single “Scooby Doo Pa Pa” was referred to by E! Online as "the new dance craze that you need to know about" in 2018.

Early life

Luis Rosa was born August 28th, 1987 in the Dominican Republic and raised in the Bronx. His father was a DJ, and Rosa learned about different forms of music from him.

Career

In 2013, DJ Kass began DJing in various clubs in the Dyckman area of Washington Heights, Manhattan. He released his first single titled "Tamo Open Yo" in 2016. The song reached #2 on ITunes in the Dominican Republic and was officially remixed by El Alfa in 2017.

Scooby Doo Pa Pa

On September 12, 2017, DJ Kass released his single "Scooby Doo Pa Pa", whose lyrics are based on the song "Man's Not Hot" by Big Shaq. The single went viral when Lele Pons and Inanna Sarkis posted Instagram videos of them dancing to it in character as Daphne Blake and Velma Dinkley from the Scooby-Doo television show.
"Scooby Doo Pa Pa" reached #9 on Billboard's Hot Latin chart the week of March 3rd, 2018 becoming the first song in the Dembow genre to reach the Top 10 on Billboard Latin.
On April 2nd, 2018, DJ Kass announced that an official "Scooby Doo Pa Pa" remix featuring Pitbull would be released. On April 19th, the remix was performed live by DJ Kass and Pitbull at Alex Sensation's Miami Bash at the American Airlines Arena, being officially released on April 27th, 2018.
In early May 2018, DJ Kass was charged with plagiarism by Dominican rapper Shelow Shaq and his producer, Topo, who note that "Scooby Doo Pa Pa" samples the bass line from Shelow Shaq's song "Tu Maldita Madre". The lawsuit led to the video being taken down from YouTube.
On May 21st, 2018, "Scooby Doo Pa Pa" was featured on the finale of Dancing With The Stars, where Olympic ice skater Adam Rippon and Jenna Johnson performed their freestyle dance to it.''