City Link: DJ Irie

A day in the life of South Florida's hottest DJ

The midday sky above Miami Beach has turned ugly, dumping warm, heavy rain on a city that doesn't recognize imperfection, natural or otherwise. Knee–deep puddles are forming along the heavily trafficked streets, leaving locals and tourists alike wondering what happened to that perfect Florida sunshine. Yet inside the Lincoln Road restaurant Balans, DJ Irie is a one-man oasis of calm. Clad in a green track jacket and pristine, white–on–white Adidas kicks, Irie scrolls through his Blackberry and sips a cappuccino as his publicist looks on. His cool demeanor belies the fact that the man is facing the kind of day that would leave most people as flustered as a nightclub bouncer on Jeopardy!

By Joanie Cox, Special to Metromix