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Rebel Girls

Get to Know Jay Shalé

Rebel Girls

Rebel Girls

Kids & Family, Education For Kids, Stories For Kids

4.57.2K Ratings

🗓️ 12 February 2026

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Summary

Award-winning, self-taught DJ Jay Shalé shares her journey from learning music as a kid in Germany to creating the energy for massive sports crowds in the US in this conversation with Junior Reporter Kalani Jules.

Transcript

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0:00.0

This is Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls.

0:07.6

Hi, Rebels.

0:09.0

This is Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls, The Interview.

0:12.5

I'm your host, Kaylani, and today we're talking to the award-winning international self-taught

0:17.8

DJ, Jay Shalai.

0:20.0

Jay went from buying her first DJ controller in 2016

0:23.9

to spinning tracks for sold out NFL and WMBA crowds.

0:28.1

As the first ever front-facing DJ for the Atlanta Dream

0:31.3

and a former Game Day DJ for the Atlanta Falcons,

0:34.6

she's not just playing music.

0:36.5

She's creating the energy that makes people feel alive

0:39.2

wherever they are. Hey, Jay. Thanks for being here. Hi, Kaylani. All right, Jay. We want to know your

0:47.8

story. Take it away. So my name is Jay Shalay. I am an international award- DJ, MC, content creator, music producer, all the good things.

0:57.7

I'm originally from Rijksburg, Germany, but I currently live in Atlanta, Georgia.

1:02.2

So music is obviously a very big part of your life.

1:05.6

When did you first fall in love with music?

1:07.9

So going back to Germany, I love to tell the story because it's very unique, I feel.

1:15.3

But in Germany, the recorder is a very well-respected instrument.

1:18.5

I took lessons.

1:19.5

That's actually the instrument I learned how to read music on.

1:22.7

I believe I was around five or six when I first started playing that.

1:26.9

And that is my earliest memory of playing an

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