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Christopher E. Oroc, born 17 September 1974, known as DJ Babu, is an American-Filipino DJ, record producer, turntablist and educator. He is a member of the globally renowned DJ crew Beat Junkies, of the Los Angeles-based hip-hop trio Dilated Peoples, and of the duo Likwit Junkies, formed with rapper Defari.

Babu is widely recognised as the inventor of the term “turntablist”, referring to DJs who regard the turntable as a musical instrument. The DMC World DJ Championships have called him the “godfather of turntablism”, owing to his influence on competitive DJing and on technical innovation.

In 2017, Babu co-founded and became programme director of the Beat Junkie Institute of Sound (BJIOS), a DJ school and professional training centre based in Los Angeles.

In 2025, he joined the faculty of the Peabody Institute of Johns Hopkins University, within the team teaching its hip-hop studies, where he teaches DJing and turntable performance at conservatory level.