It's an unusually fast start for a new “SNL” player, particularly now that the on-air cast has swelled to 21 people. Johnson, a 32-year-old stand-up comic from Nashville, Tennessee, has already impersonated President Joe Biden twice in the season's five episodes, along with Adam Driver, Joe Buck, Jon Gruden, Lindsey Graham and Louis C.K. Glenn, you're like my son,” Johnson's “Trump” said. “Most people don't like him but he's a wonderful guy, OK? Tall, rich, like my sons. I’m going to keep doing more music with other artists like Pitbull.With Youngkin, portrayed by cast member Alex Moffat, looking uncomfortable on a split screen next to him, Johnson circled through topics like “Dune,” “Star Wars,” Chris Pratt and Santa Claus as a subject “countdown” mirroring ESPN's “Pardon the Interruption" appeared onscreen. 'Scooby Doo Pa Pa' is about the beginning of my career and it has opened doors. "I'm going to be performing with Pitbull in Miami at an Alex Sensation concert," Rosa says proudly, He teases, "I've got a lot of music that has yet to be heard. He powers through with positive thoughts and lights up when the topic switches to the upcoming mid-April release of Pitbull'sremix of "Scooby Doo Pa Pa." "Now I’m an artist and a DJ and I feel very happy with the success of 'Scooby Doo Pa Pa.' As for the video, I’m happy it’s finally out because now people know who DJ Kass is because before the video people did not know who I was."Ī DJ for 15 years and a recording artist for 2 years means that Rosa has been learning the music business through a different lens. "I honestly feel very happy because I’m a guy from the Bronx and I didn’t have experience ," Rosa said. Those videos have received millions of views, but none of that benefit Rosa. People "took advantage," he says, but then, in another breath, returns to more favorable opinion. Those rights issues have been resolved and now it's evident that Rosa, who is signed to Groundwerk through Entertainment One, feels a sense of relief now that his official "Scooby Doo Pa Pa" video is out for the world to see, but the late debut comes after many others, including fitness personalities, have released their own versions of the track, which dropped in September of 2017.
So why did the DJ Kass official music video take so long? "There was an agreement between my label and the producer and as a result we could not release the video because I did not have the right to use the track so we didn't want to have a video that would get taken down ," Rosa, 30, explains. (A spokesperson for Zumba confirmed that there are no formal partnerships with the song or the artist, but that there may be instructors who use the song on their own during exercises classes).ĭJ Kass Notches First Top 10 on Hot Latin Songs Chart With Viral Hit 'Scooby Doo Pa Pa' For the most part, he says, his image was mostly unseen as the song has gained the attention from all ages, from children to Zumba teachers.
As the track has earned top spots on the Billboard Latin charts and continues gaining traction, the newfound attention is not lost on Rosa.Īs the beat-driven song reached nearly 600,000 YouTube hits on Monday (April 2), Rosa spoke to Billboard exclusively about why his official video, filmed in Manhattan, comes 6 months after the song's debut. It may be cold outside, but Rosa is warm inside because his catchy ''Scooby Doo Pa Pa" track has become a global movement of its own, from twerking-obsessed videos to fitness fanatics who can't get enough.
"We are good, we are good here and it's quiet," says the artist, whose real name is Luis Rosa, named after his father, a former DJ. "Nothing but snow right now." It's lunchtime and DJ Kass is at home in Yonkers, N.Y.
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