DJ Keezy


Akeena Bronson, known professionally as DJ Keezy, is a DJ from Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Background

DJ Keezy was born and raised in North Minneapolis. She and started DJ-ing in 2013 after encouragement from Minneapolis artists DJ Snuggles and BdotCroc. Keezy speaks on the energy of working with other women such as BdotCroc, and has advocated for all-women line-ups in musical sets.

Career

DJ Keezy is most known spinning throwback music such as 90's hip-hop and R&B, Motown, and Funk. She credits Prince as an inspiration and has a tattoo of his purple love symbol on her arm. She has been the opener for acts such as Kehlani, Big Freedia, The Internet, Cupcakke and Trina & Da Brat.
Noticing the lack of events featuring all-female performers, DJ Keezy threw her first all-women event in 2015 in First Avenue's Record Room under the name Fixx. In 2016, Keezy spun records on Minnesota Public Radio's The Current as a part of their Pride Anthems show curated by DJ Shannon Blowtorch. In 2017, she played a 10-day run at South by Southwest with frequent collaborator BdotCroc. She played sets at Soundset Festival in 2017 and 2019. Keezy toured nationally with Rhymesayers acts Atmosphere, The Lioness, and Nikki Jean in early 2020.
In July of 2020, DJ Keezy, alongside Lady Midnight and Sophia Eris to launch a fundraiser with the goal of the opening of a music venue called Auntie's. Auntie's would be the only music venue in Minnesota to be owned by womxn of color. The artists pledged to bring in workers in mental health and sexual violence advocacy fields as well as community members in order to create a business model that reflects their goals and mission.

The Klituation

DJ Keezy is one of the founders of the Klituation, a dance party created by and for women-identifying, gender non-conforming, and queer womxn held annually in the Twin Cities, Minnesota. Maria Isa is credited with realizing the name "Klituation" as a nod to the consistent all-female line-ups promoted at the annual dance party. Keezy curates other dance nights throughout the Twin Cities and aims to show the collective power of creative womxn. The fourth Klituation dance party was held at First Avenue's Mainroom in 2016 and featured Sophia Eris, Shannon Blowtorch, Sarah White, Maria Isa, The Lioness, Manchita, K.Raydio, and Lady Midnight.

Awards

Twin Cities Best Club DJ - City Pages, 2017.