[2][6] From 1992 to 1994 American DJ Qbert dominated the competition, until being asked to step down in order to "level the playing field".

[3] In 2017 the Bronx-born Puerto Rican DJ Perly became the first woman to win the DMC United States finals.

She went on to earn fourth place in the world finals in London later that year, the highest-placing female to that date.

The club was founded by Tony Prince in 1983 as a DJ remix label which targeted professional disc jockeys and enthusiasts instead of the mass market.

[17] Musicians who contributed megamixes to the company included Alan Coulthard,[19] Les Adams (who was a judge on some of the earlier DMC championships),[16] Chad Jackson, Dave Seaman, Steve Anderson, Peter Slaghuis, Paul Dakeyne, and Ben Liebrand.