SAN ANTONIO \u2014 His dad, Rene Cardenas, is a famous San Antonio DJ now his son wants to take the city\u2019s music scene international. Our Yami Virgin, who started out as a radio DJ while at UTSA, introduces us to an artist ready to make his own name on the world stage.<\/p>\n
Two turntables, six minutes, and a chance to put San Antonio on the world stage.<\/p>\n
“The DMC battle is the most prestigious DJ battle that has ever been on the planet,” said Rene Cardenas, known as DJ RC3.<\/p>\n
RC3 has won the U.S. Nationals.<\/p>\n
Now, he’s headed to London for the DMC World Finals. <\/p>\n
“I’m going to go to London and show everybody how the USA Rolls and how we do it down here in the 210,” Cardenas said. <\/p>\n
He’s competing in the classic category, showing off his scratching, beat juggling, and musical creativity.<\/p>\n
Between practice sessions, he’s studying business administration at St. Philip’s College. <\/p>\n
“I feel a lot more independent being that I’m really focusing on myself and I’m the one that’s worried about myself and making sure that I am on top of everything,” Cardenas said.<\/p>\n
After competing in Tokyo last year, he says he’s more comfortable taking the world stage. <\/p>\n
“I make sure that I have fun while I’m doing anything related to DMC and especially when I’m out there,” Cardenas said.<\/p>\n
To help cover the trip, RC3 will showcase his battle routines at Pueblo Hall, Oct. 25, a chance for all of us in San Antonio to hear his skills before the world does.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SAN ANTONIO \u2014 His dad, Rene Cardenas, is a famous San Antonio DJ now his son wants to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":462674,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[82,84,83],"class_list":["post-462673","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-antonio","tag-san-antonio","tag-san-antonio-headlines","tag-san-antonio-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/462673","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=462673"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/462673\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/462674"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=462673"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=462673"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=462673"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}