Dubai-based teen DJ aims for first female scratch title at 'Olympics of DJing'
Fourteen-year-old DJ Michelle Rasul is chasing a place at the top of competitive turntablism, building on a passion she developed as a child watching her father perform in their native Azerbaijan. Known as DJ Michelle, the Dubai-based teenager began learning the art of scratching and mixing records at the age of five, after asking her father, DJ Vagif Rasulov, for her own equipment.
Rasul won the DMC Middle East DJ Championships in the Scratch category in Dubai in September 2025 and went on to represent the UAE at the DMC World Finals in Tokyo in October, but did not take the title. She is set to defend her regional title at the upcoming 2026 DMC Middle East competition in Dubai on September 6, with the winner qualifying for the world finals due to take place in London in November.
REUTERS | VAGIF RASULOV
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