Craig De Shan Adams (born October 19, 1977), better known as DJ Assault or Craig Diamonds, is an electronic musician and producer known for pioneering Detroit booty music and the ghettotech genre.
[1] Growing up he would listen to techno and house stations on the radio, such as the Electrifying Mojo on WMXD, which would highly influence his sound.
[6] The success of the tracks "Sex on the Beach" and "Ass and Titties" in the mid-'90s lifted him to fame.
[4] In the mid-2000s, he founded the label Jefferson Ave.[4] In 2023, Berlin club Kater Blau [de] and radio station HÖR Berlin cancelled DJ Assault performances due to unspecified social media posts of the artist.
Adams has cited The Wizard, Farley Jackmaster Funk, Bad Boy Bill, Mike Hitman Wilson, and Julian “Jumpin” Perez as influences.