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DJ LENN
SWANN
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LENN
SWANN
"Coming soon"
The long awaited EP:
Motocity Technos
featuring
members of the 12 Tech Mob
Feat the Single "MO' WERK"
12 Tech MOB DJs
DETROIT'S Finest
Est in 1987
Dj Lenn Swann
Dj Dez/Andres
Dj Daddy Riff
Dj Don Q
Dj Shotgun
Dj Los
Top 100 Finalist Dj LenSwann Remix
PRhyme Remix Contest
Detroit's Dj Lenn Swann
Detroit has always been the go-to place for music. Motown records provided the soundtrack to the 60’s & 70’s with hits from The Marvelettes to The Jackson 5.
But a new sound was on the rise in the late 70’s and early 80’s, that sound was hip hop.
Imagine being a young kid from the westside 7-mile
area; hearing this new sound. Back then that kid was Leonard Adams, later he would
come to be known as the world famous D.J. Lenn Swann.
Photo of the Week
FINALE - Just Due f/. Homeboy Sandman,
Miz Korona+ Dj Lenn Swann on the cutz
Boom Bap Machine of the week
Check out Lenn Swann's Classic Mixxes on Sound Cloud.
"The "Raw Dog Mixxes were some of the 12 Tech Mob's best Rapp mixxes to date. Detroit stand up! What up doe!" says Lenn Swann.
sPRING 2026
Listen 2 his collaboration with Dj Dijital here
Swann and the 12 Tech Mob are in the process of producing new material for the forthcoming year.
Check out Daddy Riff's new project!
VIDEO of the Week
 12 Tech Official; This was the official moment that the Real D.j. Los was inducted into the 12 Tech Mob! Long overdue, well deserved, and rightfully earned! |  Got the T-Shirt and the Hat. Detroit Pioneers yall! |  Syracuse University's Underground is filled with graffiti laden walls with names of legendary hip-hop artists & groups etched alongside colorful masterpieces of street art. I found this place like an asylum during my short 10 months of studiy there. |
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 Where it all began for me. |  At a recent tribute in memory of the late great Grand Master Roc Raida in Detroit, MI |  NY state of Mind |
 |  Photo by Joe Conzo - www.joeconzo.com |  |
 |  |  The Mayor of Detroit Hip-Hop |
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 Main Source's DJ K Cut |  |  |
 In the back of Westside Music record store/studio |  |  |
 |  |  (L to R) DJ Klever, Lenn Swann, Lady the BO$$ and DJ DEZ/Andres at the Shelter in the basement of Saint Andrews Hall in Downtown Detroit, MI. |
 Labor of love. |  6/8 Jun Goddie's; Certified And Official Mixx Tape; Hosted by DjBj 3525 and yours truly Dj Lenn Swann 2014. |  Swann, left, Shotgun (arguably the best battle DJ to ever touch Technics 1200 turntables), center, and Dj Daddy Daddy Riff (12 Tech Mob 2nd incarnation) on Edgewood st. in ATL in 1995 during the last Freaknic! |
 On stage at the 2002 Gravity Games in Cleveland, Ohio during the 2002 Guitar Center Spin-Off. |  The Creator of the modern scratch "Grand Wizard Theodore" and DJ Lenn Swann in Chicago in 2004 at the vinyl combat battle. |  The Legendary Stevie D & Swann outside Jacob Javitz Center during the 1998 Vibe Music Seminar |
 LennSwann, Dj Brown Hornet and the "World Famous" Beat Junkies in Chicago in 2004 at the vinyl combat battle. |  On stage trying to Survive in the heat of battle in 2003 at the Scribble Jam Dj Battle in Ohio. |  The original band I DJ'd for as a young'n (11 years old to 30.) Enemy Squad. |
 Recording some joints in an SSL equipped studio in Burbank, CA. circa 2004. |  On stage getting it in at the House of Blues in Chicago during the Chicago DMC regional DJ Battle. |  Lenn Swann battling the Allies J-Smoke during a DMC Head to Head DJ Battle at S.O.B's in Manhattan, N.Y. in 2000. |
 Lenn Swann on stage at Honda's Studio "E" Concept Car presentation at COBO Center in Detroit. |  On stage getting it in at the House of Blues in Chicago during the Chicago DMC regional DJ Battle. |  Lenn Swann in 2001 on Detroit's West Side. |
 The 2002 Vestax World DJ Extravaganza. |  Competing as the US Champion in the 2002 Vestax World DJ Extravaganza at Club Fabric in London, England. |  Lenn Swann rocking the crowd on Detroit's Belle Isle during the Adidas All Night/All Day MC/DJ/ Slam Dunk Battle in 2003. |
 Lenn Swann and the late great MC BREED (R.I.P.) at the Disc on 9 mile during recording sessions for the rap group Evil Angels Running Through Hell (E.A.R.T.H.) |  Detroit as seen from Windsor, Ontario, Canada. |  On the wall down the street from my Mom's house in Detroit. Graffiti by Sintex. |
 Lenn Swann breakin it down on the ground during studio photography training inside Defense Information School (DINFOS) in Maryland in 2009. |  A tribute to my father Len Sr. (R.I.P) |  Dj Dez, Lenn Sawnn and Daddy Riff on Santa Barbara in 2011. |
 The late great Grand Master Roc Raida (R.I.P.), Lenn Swann and Q-bert backstage after the Detroit Scratch show at the State Theater in Detroit. |  On the wall down the street from my Mom's house in Detroit. Graffiti by Syntex. |  Dj Len Swann on stage during the 2015 New York regional DMC battle as Dj Precision (X-ecutioners) judges in the shadows. Limited edition Amerikkka T-Shirt from Maurice Malone's Hip-Hop Shop in Detroit circa the 90s. Photo by Arvee |
 Bugz (R.I.P) w/Female, DJ LenSwann and Big Proof (R.I.P.) the night that Proof won the 1999 Source Magazine Unsigned Hype Battle @ the Kit Kat Club in NYC. Detroit Whut! |  Swann doing some modeling for Bofresco clothing, based down in Jacksonville, Florida. |
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