Few people in the world are as tapped into Latin music’s discography as Gia Fu, a Chinese DJ and producer from Hong Kong. To date, Gia’s career has been impressive, from throwing salsa parties in Hong Kong and headlining some in New York, to producing a big band album with Angel Meléndez, playing a party during the 2022 Latin Grammys, and signing with Marc Anthony’s talent agency. How does she make this all happen while living on the other side of the world? Gia’s online presence is everything. She has played numerous guest sets on My Analog Journal, runs her own YouTube channel Mild Mambo Club, and shares her research on Instagram, all while maintaining a strategic hot-girl persona. Part of Gia’s success is in knowing how to make the digital world work for her. Gia’s love for Latin music dates back to her childhood. She grew up dancing mambo and cha-cha-cha under the direction of her mother, a dance teacher who taught ballroom-style in Shanghai, Beijing, and Hong Kong. But it wasn’t until high school, when Gia found herself at a breakdancing party, that she heard her first salsa record. “My friends would go to these breakdancing battles in Hong Kong. It was all local kids and nobody spoke Spanish, but the DJ suddenly played ‘Que Se Sepa’ by Roberto Roena. The whole crowd started singing along ‘si si, si do re do si do do,’ and when the beat dropped everyone went crazy. I was like, ‘What is this? I need to know more about this music.’” read more about Gia here at this Latina mag link https://latina.com/meet-the-dj-from-hong-kong-bringing-salsa-to-a-new-generation/ IG https://www.instagram.com/_giafu https://www.giafu.net #GiaFu #djlife #SalsaMusic - @boricuasdistingui