DJ Michelle Pesce

Michelle Pesce is a DJ that has earned praise all over the world. She is also the founder and CEO of the artist agency nona entertainment, and she is a co-founder of the woman. collective. She was recently featured on Forbes.com and in InStyle Magazine's 2020 Badass Women issue along with 49 other women, some of which include Nancy Pelosi, Billie Eillish, Judy Chicago, Melina Matsoukas, Hoda Kotb, Kelly Clarkson, and Dakota Johnson. Other women on the list include Melina Matsoukas. Michelle, who was born and raised in Youngstown, Ohio, has always had a strong affinity for the hip-hop and pop music that was popular in the 1980s and 1990s. She began her career as a personal publicist for some of the most successful celebrities and artists from around the world while working at Wolf-Kasteler, an entertainment PR business. During her time there, she fostered her love for the music and entertainment scene while also working there. Michelle was mesmerized by the energy that was generated during Woodstock '99 as a result of the combination of world-class performers and hundreds of thousands of music lovers experiencing the transformative power of music. Her interest in DJing was sparked during the course of the festival's three-day run. Soon after that, she went out and bought herself a set of Technics turntables so that she could teach herself the trade. Pesce made the shift from publicity to DJing full-time in 2004, with the guidance of DJ Spinderella (Salt-n-Pepa), who was her mentor. Because Michelle is able to read a crowd and combine classic and contemporary sounds in a variety of genres, including hip hop, R&B, rock, electro, deep house, and pop, she has maintained a high level of client retention. She is currently the most in-demand DJ for major Hollywood Award Season parties, including those for the Golden Globes, Screen Actors Guild, Emmys, and Academy Awards, and she is the only DJ to have spun for the Recording Academy eight times on music's biggest night: the Recording Academy's Official Grammys after-party. These parties include the Golden Globes, the Screen Actors Guild, the Emmys, and the Academy Awards. Her career as a DJ has taken her all over the world, where she has packed dance floors for some of the most prestigious entertainment publications and companies, such as InStyle, GQ, Vogue, Vanity Fair, Marie Claire, Entertainment Weekly, Paramount, Fox Searchlight, Warner Bros, Hulu, Viacom, NBCUniversal, Levi's, DVF, Marc Jacobs, and Tom Ford. She has also performed at film festivals such as Sundance Film Festival and TIFF, in addition to In addition, Michelle has had a guest appearance as herself on the HBO series Entourage and has given many live performances on the number one national morning show Good Morning America. Michelle uses her experience as a veteran DJ and the reach of her firm, nona, to push for pay parity, to ensure that excellent DJs continue to have work, and to create amazing dance floors. She does this with a thought for those who will follow in her footsteps.